Notable people who died on July 17 include: Magnus Felix Ennodius, Leo IV, Wu Hanyue, Du, Baldwin VI.

Notable Deaths on July 17

Q: What is Florence Fuller known for?

Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (born 1867)

1946 — Florence Fuller

South African-born Australian artist (born 1867)

July 17 has seen 135 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 521 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 17 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 135 people 521 – 2025

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In 1892 she left Australia, travelling first to South Africa, where she met and painted for Cecil Rhodes, and then on to Europe

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There she trained with her uncle Robert Hawker Dowling and teacher Jane Sutherland and took classes at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, becoming a professional artist in the late 1880s

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She lived and studied there for the subsequent decade, except for a return to South Africa in 1899 to paint a portrait of Rhodes

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Between 1895 and 1904 her works were exhibited at the Paris Salon and London's Royal Academy.

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Florence Ada Fuller was a South African-born Australian artist

Magnus Felix Ennodius

Gallo-Roman bishop

Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.

521

Leo IV

pope of the Catholic Church (born 790)

Pope Leo IV was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 10 April 847 to his death in 855. He is remembered for repairing Roman churches that had been damaged during the Arab raid against Rome, and for…

855

Wu Hanyue

Chinese noblewoman (born 913)

Lady Wu Hanyue (吳漢月), formally the Lady Dowager Gongyi of Wuyue (吳越國恭懿太夫人), was the mother of Qian Chu, the fifth and final king of the Chinese state Wuyue of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

952

empress dowager of the Song dynasty

Empress Dowager Du was an empress dowager of imperial China's Song dynasty. She was the wife of general Zhao Hongyin and the mother of Emperor Taizu of Song, who founded the Song dynasty.

961

Baldwin VI

count of Flanders (born 1030)

Baldwin VI, also known as Baldwin the Good, was the count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070 and count of Flanders from 1067 to 1070.

1070

Robert Guiscard

Norman adventurer

Robert Guiscard, also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.

1085

Baldwin VII

count of Flanders (born 1093)

Baldwin VII was Count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119.

1119

Sverker II

king of Sweden (born 1210)

Sverker the Younger, also known as Sverker II or Sverker Karlsson, was King of Sweden from 1195 or 1196 to 1208 when he was defeated in the Battle of Lena by Erik Knutsson. Sverker died in the 1210 Battle of Gestilren…

1210

Edmund Mortimer

2nd Baron Mortimer (born 1251)

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. His mother was Maud de Braose.

1304

Jadwiga

queen of Poland (born 1374)

Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was Queen of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. Crowned "King", to highlight her sovereign status, she reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. Born in Buda,…

1399

Dmitry Shemyaka

Grand Prince of Moscow

Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich northern town Galich-Mersky. When his uncle prince…

1453

John Talbot

1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (born 1387)

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, KG, known as "Old Talbot" and "Terror of the French" was an English nobleman and a noted military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He…

1453

Hosokawa Takakuni

Japanese commander (born 1484)

Hosokawa Takakuni was the most powerful military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth shōgun. His father was Hosokawa Masaharu, a member of the branch of the Hosokawa clan. His…

1531

Georg Fabricius

German poet and historian (born 1516)

Georg Fabricius was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist who wrote in Latin during the German Renaissance.

1571

Mimar Sinan

Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (born 1489)

Mimar Sinan also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, was the chief Greek-Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of…

1588

Mózes Székely

Hungarian noble (born 1553)

Moses Székely was Prince of Transylvania in 1603.

1603

William

Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (born 1592)

William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau…

1642

Robert Carr

1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (born 1587)

Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, was a politician, and favourite of King James VI and I.

1645

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur

French fur trader and explorer (born 1657)

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur was a French fur trader and explorer in North America, recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River valley.

1704

Robert Bolling

English planter and merchant (born 1646)

Robert Bolling was an English-born merchant, planter and politician. He was the founder of the Bolling family of Virginia, one of the First Families of Virginia, with at least fifteen descendants serving in the Virginia…

1709

Thomas King

English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (born before 1660?).

Thomas King was an English professional soldier, lieutenant governor of Sheerness, Kent, and Member of Parliament for Queenborough, in Kent.

1725

Peter III of Russia (born 1728)

Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when his wife, Catherine II, overthrew him in a palace coup d'état. He implemented many notable reforms during his reign,…

1762

Adam Smith

Scottish economist and philosopher (born 1723)

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "father of economics", or the "father of…

1790

Martin Dobrizhoffer

Austrian missionary and author (born 1717)

Martin Dobrizhoffer was an Austrian Roman Catholic missionary and writer.

1791

Charlotte Corday

French murderer (born 1768)

Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, known as Charlotte Corday, was a reactionary figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Corday was an…

1793

John Roebuck

English chemist and businessman (born 1718)

John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE was an English industrialist, inventor, mechanical engineer, and physician who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale…

1794

Charles Grey

2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1764)

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey was a British Whig politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. His government enacted the Reform Acts of 1832, which expanded the electorate in the United…

1845

Karl Tausig

Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (born 1841)

Karl Tausig was a Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger, and composer. He is widely regarded as Franz Liszt's greatest pupil and one of the greatest pianists of all time.

1871

Aleardo Aleardi

Italian poet and politician (born 1812)

Aleardo Aleardi, born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists.

1878

Maurycy Gottlieb

Ukrainian-Polish painter (born 1856)

Maurycy Gottlieb (; 21 February 1856 – 17 July 1879) was a Polish-Jewish realist painter of the Romantic period. Considered one of the most talented students of Jan Matejko, Gottlieb died at the age of 23.

1879

Jim Bridger

American scout and explorer (born 1804)

James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as Old Gabe in his…

1881

Tự Đức

Vietnamese emperor (born 1829)

Tự Đức was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest reigning Nguyễn emperor.

1883

Jean-Charles Chapais

Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1811)

Jean-Charles Chapais, was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canada's government.

1885

Frederick A. Johnson

American banker and politician (born 1833)

Frederick Avery Johnson was an American politician and banker who served a U.S. Representative from New York from 1883 to 1887. He was a member of the Republican Party and a resident of Glens Falls, New York.

1893

Leconte de Lisle

French poet and translator (born 1818)

Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle.

1894

Josef Hyrtl

Austrian anatomist and biologist (born 1810)

Josef Hyrtl was an Austrian anatomist. His work in German, including the publication of Lehrbuch der Anatomie des Menschen in 1846, which was considered the German equivalent of Gray's Anatomy.

1894

Thomas McIlwraith

Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (born 1835)

Sir Thomas McIlwraith was the Premier of Queensland between 1879 and 1883, 1888, and in 1893. McIlwraith was a dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland during the late 19th century and, in common with most…

1900

Hector Malot

French author and critic (born 1830)

Hector-Henri Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a…

1907

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1854)

Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all…

1912