Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on September - 17.   

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

1322  On this day in history death of robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)   

1422  Death of Constantine II of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1575  Death of Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

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  On September - 17 death of thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)   

1652  Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 on September - 17.   

1665  Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies on this day in history.   

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  Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1727  Death of Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40   

1762  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1771  Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies   

1808  On September - 17 death of benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755)   

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  Death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) on September - 17.   

1839  On September - 17 ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies   

1846  On this day in history francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84   

1858  Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies on this day in history.   

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

1863  Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

1868  Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies on September - 17.   

1869  On September - 17 peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies   

1873  Death of Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781) on this day in history.   

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

1271  On this day in history birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

1550  On this day in history birth of pope Paul V (d. 1621)   

1552  Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) was born on September - 17.   

1580  On September - 17 birth of charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange   

1605  Francesco Sacrati, composer was born on September - 17.   

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

1630  On this day in history birth of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)