Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  On September - 17 hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81   

1312  Ferdinand V, king of Castile/Leon, dies at 26 on September - 17.   

1322  On September - 17 death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  On September - 17 death of constantine II of Bulgaria   

1563  Death of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier on this day in history.   

1574  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies on September - 17.   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on September - 17.   

1604  On this day in history lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69   

1621  Death of Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542) on September - 17.   

1630  Death of Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567) on September - 17.   

1652  On this day in history bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69   

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on September - 17.   

1676  Death of Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (b. 1626) on September - 17.   

1679  On September - 17 juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50   

1702  On this day in history olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71   

1727  On September - 17 death of glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)   

1732  Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1762  On September - 17 francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74   

1771  On September - 17 tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50   

1803  On September - 17 franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies   

1808  Death of Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) on September - 17.   

1820  Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 on September - 17.   

1823  Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91   

1836  On September - 17 death of antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)   

1839  Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1858  On September - 17 dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies   

1862  On September - 17 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on September - 17.   

1864  On September - 17 walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1869  Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies on September - 17.   

1873  On this day in history death of alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781)   

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1192  Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) was born on September - 17.   

1271  Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  On September - 17 birth of john Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader   

1630  Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) was born on September - 17.