Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

0656  On July - 17 death of uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.   

0924  On this day in history edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies   

1025  On this day in history boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On this day in history boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on this day in history.   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

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

1571  Death of Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516) on July - 17.   

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

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

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1682  Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on July - 17.   

1826  On July - 17 joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1838  On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1845  On this day in history death of charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)   

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 July - 17.   

1875  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77   

1878  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on this day in history.   

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

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  On July - 17 birth of elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

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

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader was born on this day in history.