Famous Deaths In September - 17

1179  Hildegard van Bingen, mystic/composer (Ordo Virtutum), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier   

1574  On this day in history pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies   

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

1604  Lucas Osiander, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history death of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)   

1630  On September - 17 death of thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)   

1652  Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1679  Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1727  Death of Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647) on September - 17.   

1732  Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40 on September - 17.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76   

1824  Giacomo Tritto, composer, dies at 91 on September - 17.   

1836  Death of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies   

1846  Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84 on September - 17.   

1858  On this day in history 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  On September - 17 albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies   

1864  Walter Savage Landor, author, dies on September - 17.   

1868  On this day in history roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

1869  On this day in history peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies   

1873  Death of Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b. 1781) on September - 17.   

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

1271  On September - 17 birth of wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)   

1550  Pope Paul V (d. 1621) was born on September - 17.   

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

1580  Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of francesco Sacrati, composer   

1619  John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader was born on September - 17.   

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