Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17

0532  On this day in history boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.   

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1673  On October - 17 death of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)   

1702  Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies on October - 17.   

1757  On October - 17 death of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)   

1763  Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1776  On October - 17 death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)   

1780  Death of William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1786  On October - 17 death of johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)   

1806  Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies on October - 17.   

1825  Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1836  Death of Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) on October - 17.   

1837  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58   

1849  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on October - 17.   

1868  On October - 17 death of laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)   

1887  Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) on October - 17.   

1890  On October - 17 prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77   

1897  On this day in history isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84   

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 on October - 17.   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on October - 17.   

1918  On this day in history gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

1921  Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1931  On October - 17 death of alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)   

1934  On this day in history death of santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852)   

1941  John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on October - 17.   

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1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  On this day in history birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen