Famous Deaths In December - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0535 Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.
0695 On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]
0942 Death of William Longsword on December - 17.
1187 On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies
1195 On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
1213 On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.
1471 On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1562 On December - 17 adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
1651 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1663 On December - 17 death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.
1711 On December - 17 arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
1721 Death of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) on December - 17.
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.
1811 On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
1830 Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on this day in history.
1833 Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on this day in history.
1847 On December - 17 death of archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)
1860 Death of Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) on December - 17.
1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on December - 17.
1881 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.
1891 On this day in history msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1893 On December - 17 levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71
1899 On December - 17 frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle
1907 Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on December - 17.
1913 Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1916 On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated
1917 On this day in history death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)
1925 A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on December - 17.
1926 On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70
1930 On December - 17 peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36
1933 On this day in history hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81
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