Famous Deaths Happened In July - 17

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  Death of Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched on July - 17.   

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

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on this day in history.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)   

1571  On July - 17 death of georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)   

1588  Death of Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) on July - 17.   

1627  Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 on July - 17.   

1645  Death of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician on July - 17.   

1682  On July - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1790  Death of Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) on July - 17.   

1791  Death of Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1793  On July - 17 death of charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined   

1794  On July - 17 jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  On this day in history christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

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

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

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

1851  Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37 on July - 17.   

1863  On July - 17 james Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35   

1864  Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29   

1875  Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

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

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

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

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On July - 17 birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader