Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1562  Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on December - 17.   

1651  On December - 17 wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81   

1663  Death of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) on this day in history.   

1679  Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies   

1721  On December - 17 death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1811  On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

1829  On December - 17 bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80   

1830  Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history death of kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21   

1847  On December - 17 death of archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)   

1860  On December - 17 death of désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)   

1870  Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1881  Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62 on December - 17.   

1891  Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle on December - 17.   

1893  On December - 17 levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1916  Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.   

1917  On December - 17 death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)   

1925  On December - 17 a N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies   

1926  On this day in history alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70   

1930  On December - 17 peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36   

1933  Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer