Famous Deaths In February - 17

0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1612  On February - 17 ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57   

1624  On February - 17 death of juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)   

1652  Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1654  Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62 on February - 17.   

1659  Death of Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) on February - 17.   

1673  Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history death of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)   

1688  Death of Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian on this day in history.   

1715  Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1732  Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63 on February - 17.   

1768  On February - 17 death of arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)   

1780  Death of Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) on this day in history.   

1796  On February - 17 james Macpherson, poet, dies   

1815  On February - 17 franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59   

1827  On February - 17 johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81   

1841  Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70 on February - 17.   

1847  William Collins, landscape painter, dies on February - 17.   

1852  Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

1854  Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1856  On February - 17 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris   

1874  On February - 17 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77   

1875  On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33   

1878  On February - 17 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59   

1883  Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1890  Death of Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38   

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1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  On February - 17 birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.