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Who died on September 17
117 figures who shaped history died on September 17.
- 117deaths
- 71events
Best known
Best known
Hugh of France (son of Robert II)
King of the Franks
Conan III of Brittany
Duke of Brittany from 1112 to 1148
Hildegard of Bingen
German nun and polymath (c. 1098–1179)
Robert III of Flanders
Count of Flanders from 1305 to 1322
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
English nobleman and soldier
William III of Thuringia
Landgrave of Thuringia from the Wettin dynasty
Hugh of France (son of Robert II) — King of the Franks, who died on September 17 1025.
Conan III of Brittany — Duke of Brittany from 1112 to 1148, who died on September 17 1148.
Hildegard of Bingen — German nun and polymath (c. 1098–1179), who died on September 17 1179.
Robert III of Flanders — Count of Flanders from 1305 to 1322, who died on September 17 1322.
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk — English nobleman and soldier, who died on September 17 1415.
William III of Thuringia — Landgrave of Thuringia from the Wettin dynasty, who died on September 17 1482.
All entries
- 456RRemistusMagister militum in 456
- 936UUnni (bishop)German archbishop
- 958LLi JingsuiCrown Prince (Imperial Brother) of Southern Tang
- 1422CConstantine II of BulgariaTsar of Bulgaria from 1397 to 1422
- 1563
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of RutlandEnglish earl - 1574
Pedro Menéndez de AvilésSpanish explorer and governor - 1575
Heinrich BullingerSwiss Protestant theologian - 1609
Judah Loew ben BezalelCzech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609)
- 1621
Robert BellarmineItalian Jesuit cardinal and saint - 1626
Johann Schweikhard von KronbergArchbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1604 to 1626 - 1630TThomas LakeEnglish politician
- 1637
Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton17th century English and Scottish earl
- 1665
Philip IV of SpainKing of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal - 1676
Sabbatai ZeviJewish mystic and self-proclaimed Messiah - 1679
John Joseph of AustriaSpanish general and political figure - 1701
Stanislaus PapczyńskiPolish Catholic priest - 1721
Marguerite Louise d'OrléansGrand Duchess of Tuscany from 1670 to 1721 - 1762
Francesco GeminianiItalian composer and violinist - 1771
Tobias SmollettScottish writer and surgeon - 1803FFranz Xaver SüssmayrAustrian composer and conductor
- 1808
Benjamin BourneAmerican judge - 1817
Jacques Bernard d'AnselmeFrench general - 1836
Antoine Laurent de JussieuFrench botanist noted for the concept of plant families - 1852
Francisco Javier EcheverríaPresident of Mexico in 1841 - 1858
Dred ScottAfrican-American plaintiff in freedom suit (c. 1799–1858) - 1862
Lawrence O'Bryan BranchAmerican politician - 1862
William E. StarkeConfederate Army general - 1863
Charles Robert CockerellEnglish architect, archaeologist, and writer - 1863
Alfred de VignyFrench poet, playwright, and novelist - 1864
Walter Savage LandorEnglish writer, poet, and activist - 1868HHook NoseNorthern Cheyenne warrior
- 1877
Henry Fox TalbotEnglish photography pioneer - 1878
Orélie-Antoine de TounensFrench adventurer who proclaimed himself king of Araucania and Patagonia - 1879
Eugène Viollet-le-DucFrench architect and author - 1892
Rudolf von JheringGerman jurist - 1894
Deng ShichangChinese navy officer - 1899
Charles Alfred PillsburyAmerican industrialist - 1907
Ignaz BrüllAustrian musician - 1907
Edmonia LewisAmerican sculptor - 1908
Henri JulienCanadian artist and cartoonist - 1908
Thomas SelfridgeFirst person to die in an airplane crash - 1909
Thomas BentAustralian politician - 1923
Stefanos DragoumisGreek judge, writer and the Prime Minister of Greece (January 1910 – October 1910) - 1933
Joseph De PiroMaltese Roman Catholic priest and missionary - 1936
Ettie RoutNew Zealand writer and safer sex pioneer - 1937
Walter DubislavGerman logician and philosopher of science - 1938
Bruno JasieńskiPolish poet and activist - 1943FFriedrich ZickwolffGerman general
- 1948
Ruth BenedictAmerican anthropologist and folklorist - 1948
Folke BernadotteSwedish diplomat - 1951JJimmy YanceyAmerican pianist, composer, and lyricist
- 1953DDavid Curtiss MunsonAthletics competitor
- 1953
Hans FeigeGerman general - 1961
Adnan Menderes9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960 - 1965
Alejandro CasonaSpanish poet and playwright
- 1966
Fritz WunderlichGerman opera singer - 1971
Carlos LamarcaBrazilian former military official - 1972
Akim TamiroffArmenian-American actor - 1973
Hugo WinterhalterAmerican musician, arranger and composer - 1975NNicola MosconaGreek-born operatic bass
- 1980
Anastasio Somoza DebaylePresident of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79) - 1982MManos LoïzosGreek music composer
- 1983
Humberto Sousa MedeirosCatholic cardinal - 1984
Richard BasehartAmerican actor
- 1985
Laura AshleyWelsh fashion designer and businesswoman - 1991
Zino FrancescattiFrench violinist - 1992
Roger WagnerAmerican choral musician, administrator and educator
- 1993
Willie MosconiAmerican pool player - 1993CChristian NybyAmerican film and TV director and editor
- 1994
John DelafoseAmerican zydeco musician - 1994
Vitas GerulaitisAmerican tennis player - 1994
Karl PopperAustrian–British philosopher of science - 1995IIsadore EpsteinEstonian astronomer
- 1995LLucien VictorBelgian cyclist
- 1996
Spiro AgnewVice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973 - 1997
Red SkeltonAmerican comedian - 1999
Frankie VaughanEnglish singer and actor - 2000
Georgiy GongadzeUkrainian journalist - 2003
Erich HallhuberBavarian actor - 2005
Jacques LacarrièreFrench writer - 2005
Alfred ReedAmerican composer, arranger and conductor - 2011CColin MadiganAustralian architect
- 2012
Melvin CharneyCanadian artist and architect - 2013
Kristian GidlundSwedish musician and blogger - 2013
Larry Lake (musician)Canadian trumpet player and composer - 2013
Bernie McGannMusical artist - 2013AAlex NaumikNorwegian singer
- 2013MMichael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician)Irish politician
- 2013MMarvin RainwaterAmerican country music-rockabilly singer-songwriter
- 2013
Eiji ToyodaJapanese industrialist - 2014
George Hamilton IVAmerican country musician - 2014
Andriy HusinUkrainian footballer and coach - 2014
Wakachichibu KomeiJapanese sumo wrestler
- 2014
Charles Read (RAAF officer)Royal Australian Air Force senior commander - 2014
Peter von BaghFinnish film historian - 2014
China ZorrillaUruguayan actress - 2015IIngrīda AndriņaLatvian actress
- 2015
Dettmar CramerGerman football manager - 2015
Vadim Kuzmin (physicist) - 2015
David WillcocksBritish choral conductor - 2016
Bahman GolbarnezhadIranian Paralympic athlete - 2016
Sigge ParlingSwedish footballer - 2017
Bobby HeenanAmerican wrestling commentator and manager - 2019
Cokie RobertsAmerican journalist and author - 2020
Robert W. GoreAmerican scientist and businessman - 2021
Abdelaziz BouteflikaPresident of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 - 2022
Maarten SchmidtDutch-American astronomer - 2024
Nelson DeMilleAmerican author - 2024
Neil King Jr.American journalist and author - 2024
JD SoutherAmerican singer, songwriter and actor
- 2025
Roger ClimpsonAustralian journalist
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Who died on September 17?
117 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 17, including Hugh of France (son of Robert II), Conan III of Brittany, Hildegard of Bingen. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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71 documented historical events happened on September 17, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from taking the interior of Anatolia. On the same day, in another year: Following Louis I's death without a male heir, his daughter Mary was crowned with the title of "King" of Hungary. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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