Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  On July - 17 edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on July - 17.   

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)   

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67   

1645  On this day in history death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1682  On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29   

1704  On July - 17 death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1753  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on July - 17.   

1791  On this day in history death of martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)   

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.   

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1838  On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1845  On July - 17 death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  On July - 17 daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29   

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on July - 17.   

1875  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65   

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1487  On July - 17 birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on July - 17.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on July - 17.