Famous Deaths Happened In January - 17
Saturday, 15 March 2025
0395 On this day in history theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49
1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies on this day in history.
1119 On January - 17 boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies
1229 On this day in history albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68
1369 On January - 17 death of king Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)
1468 Death of Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405) on January - 17.
1598 On this day in history death of fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)
1604 Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61 on January - 17.
1617 On January - 17 pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68
1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1625 On this day in history nicolo Rubini, composer, dies at 50
1654 Death of Paul Potter, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
1661 On January - 17 death of andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 on January - 17.
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6] on this day in history.
1705 On January - 17 death of john Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
1718 Death of Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history death of matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
1738 On January - 17 jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies
1750 On January - 17 tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78
1781 On this day in history marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
1788 Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 on January - 17.
1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73 on January - 17.
1820 On this day in history daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73
1823 Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36 on January - 17.
1826 Death of Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806) on January - 17.
1830 On this day in history w Waiblinger, writer, dies
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60 on January - 17.
1834 On this day in history death of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (b. 1762)
1856 On January - 17 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
1861 Death of Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) on January - 17.
1863 E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 on January - 17.
1869 On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55
1874 On January - 17 chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62