Famous Deaths In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

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 July - 17.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

1453  On July - 17 death of john Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

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

1571  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

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

1704  On this day in history death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  On July - 17 pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.   

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 July - 17.   

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1790  On this day in history death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)   

1791  On July - 17 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 July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

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

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1875  On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  On this day in history birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader