Famous Deaths In October - 07

0290  On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated   

0336  Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on October - 07.   

0929  On October - 07 charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies   

1368  Death of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) on October - 07.   

1488  Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on October - 07.   

1571  On October - 07 ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle   

1577  On October - 07 death of george Gascoigne, English poet   

1612  On October - 07 menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70   

1620  On this day in history death of stanisÅ‚aw Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)   

1637  Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on this day in history.   

1639  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 on October - 07.   

1651  On this day in history death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)   

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

1660  Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1681  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history death of guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)   

1766  On October - 07 andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71   

1772  On October - 07 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)   

1777  Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1780  Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 on this day in history.   

1787  On October - 07 death of henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)   

1792  On this day in history death of george Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)   

1793  Death of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) on October - 07.   

1796  Death of Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1800  Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on this day in history.   

1811  On October - 07 august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68   

1849  On October - 07 edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40   

1864  Alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on October - 07.   

1887  On this day in history george James Webb, composer, dies at 84   

1890  On this day in history john Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89   

1894  On this day in history death of oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)   

1903  On October - 07 death of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)   

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1573  On this day in history birth of william Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)   

1576  On October - 07 birth of john Marston, English writer (d. 1634)   

1577  Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)   

1698  Henri Madin, composer was born on October - 07.   

1713  Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On October - 07 birth of caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1734  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) was born on this day in history.