Famous Deaths In August - 17

0754  On August - 17 karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on August - 17.   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history death of regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)   

1676  On this day in history grimmelshausen, writer, dies   

1681  On this day in history nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76   

1720  Death of Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history death of joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)   

1730  On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61   

1731  On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57   

1768  On August - 17 death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)   

1777  On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54   

1785  On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

1786  On August - 17 frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74   

1792  On August - 17 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38   

1804  Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies on this day in history.   

1834  Death of Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1850  Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.   

1861  Death of Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) on August - 17.   

1865  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82   

1875  On August - 17 death of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)   

1878  On this day in history death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died   

1880  Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1887  Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 17 james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies   

1889  On this day in history ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42   

1893  On August - 17 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]   

1896  On this day in history death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1898  On August - 17 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56   

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1473  On August - 17 birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.