Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
0754 Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.
1153 On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.
1464 On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1510 Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.
1536 Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.
1553 On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.
1673 On this day in history death of regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1720 Death of Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654) on August - 17.
1723 Death of Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668) on August - 17.
1730 On August - 17 mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 On this day in history johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1768 On August - 17 death of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1777 On August - 17 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 On this day in history barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1834 On this day in history death of husein GradaÅ¡Äević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies on August - 17.
1861 Death of Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806) on this day in history.
1865 On August - 17 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1875 Death of Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827) on this day in history.
1878 On August - 17 death of richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1889 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 on August - 17.
1893 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29] on this day in history.
1896 Death of Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
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