Famous Deaths In May - 17
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1050 Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.
1189 On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
1336 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
1365 Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.
1395 On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm
1464 On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)
1510 Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.
1521 On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
1575 Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1591 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1606 Death of Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered on this day in history.
1626 On May - 17 death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
1695 On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies
1727 On this day in history catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
1729 Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on May - 17.
1765 On this day in history death of alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1796 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1797 On this day in history death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)
1801 On this day in history death of william Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
1807 On this day in history death of john Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
1809 On this day in history leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies
1822 On this day in history death of armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)
1829 On this day in history death of john Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
1838 Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) on this day in history.
1839 On this day in history death of archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
1840 On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57
1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 on this day in history.
1864 N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on May - 17.
1866 On this day in history adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70
1868 Death of Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) on this day in history.
1872 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 on May - 17.
1875 Death of John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1879 Death of Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) on this day in history.
1883 Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies on this day in history.
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