Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)   

1673  On this day in history death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)   

1702  On this day in history walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies   

1757  On this day in history death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)   

1763  On October - 17 arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1776  On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  On this day in history death of william Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)   

1786  On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  On October - 17 jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies   

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on October - 17.   

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on October - 17.   

1837  Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1868  On October - 17 death of laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)   

1887  On this day in history gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63   

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on October - 17.   

1890  Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 on October - 17.   

1897  On this day in history isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84   

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on October - 17.   

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 on October - 17.   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

1921  On this day in history katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45   

1931  On October - 17 death of alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)   

1934  Death of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1941  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on this day in history.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

1563  On October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen