Famous Deaths In October - 17

0532  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  On October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1702  Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies on October - 17.   

1757  Death of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) on October - 17.   

1763  On this day in history arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76   

1776  Death of Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) on October - 17.   

1780  Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) on October - 17.   

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  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

1897  On October - 17 isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84   

1904  On October - 17 nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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 October - 17 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 October - 17.   

1941  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on October - 17.   

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1253  On October - 17 birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.