Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  On May - 17 death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)   

1575  Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1591  Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 on May - 17.   

1606  On May - 17 death of forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered   

1626  On May - 17 death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)   

1695  On this day in history cornelis de Heem, painter, dies   

1727  On May - 17 catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies   

1729  Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies on this day in history.   

1765  On May - 17 death of alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)   

1796  On this day in history jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89   

1797  Death of Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) on May - 17.   

1801  On this day in history death of william Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)   

1807  On May - 17 death of john Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)   

1809  On May - 17 leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies   

1822  Death of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766) on May - 17.   

1829  On this day in history death of john Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)   

1838  On this day in history death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)   

1839  Death of Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757) on May - 17.   

1840  On May - 17 niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

1851  On this day in history jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31   

1864  N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59 on May - 17.   

1866  Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70 on May - 17.   

1868  On May - 17 death of isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)   

1872  On May - 17 fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63   

1875  On this day in history death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)   

1879  On May - 17 death of asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)   

1883  Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.