Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
0535 On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
0695 Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.
0942 On December - 17 death of william Longsword
1187 On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies
1195 Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.
1213 On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53
1273 Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.
1471 On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies
1562 Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 on this day in history.
1651 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81 on December - 17.
1663 On this day in history death of nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 On December - 17 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies on December - 17.
1721 On this day in history death of richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62 on December - 17.
1811 On December - 17 john Antes, composer, dies at 71
1829 On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
1830 On December - 17 simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia
1833 Death of Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 on December - 17.
1847 Death of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791) on December - 17.
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 December - 17.
1881 On this day in history lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62
1891 On December - 17 msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 on December - 17.
1899 On December - 17 frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle
1907 On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
1913 Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on December - 17.
1916 On December - 17 death of grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated
1917 On December - 17 death of elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)
1925 A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies on December - 17.
1926 Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 on December - 17.
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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