Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

0656  On this day in history death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1070  Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies on this day in history.   

1345  On July - 17 death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on July - 17.   

1510  On this day in history edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies   

1531  On this day in history death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)   

1571  On this day in history death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

1588  On this day in history death of sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history death of robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician   

1682  On this day in history johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29   

1704  Death of Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on July - 17.   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1762  On July - 17 peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  On July - 17 johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1790  On July - 17 death of adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)   

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on July - 17.   

1793  Death of Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined on this day in history.   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1804  On July - 17 christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1826  On this day in history joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1838  On July - 17 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1845  Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) on July - 17.   

1851  On July - 17 beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37   

1863  James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 on July - 17.   

1864  On this day in history daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29   

1871  Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1875  On July - 17 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  On July - 17 aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65   

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1487  On this day in history birth of esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah   

1487  Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524) was born on July - 17.   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Johann Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader