1817 deaths

Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

Genevan-French author (1766-1817)

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

Polish, Lithuanian and American military leader (1746–1817)

German chemist

French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1758-1817)

Russian Saint and Admiral (1745-1817)

Đorđe Petrović (; ;  – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. Karađorđe Petrović held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813.

British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)

chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

German geologist (1749-1817)

founder of the Sokoto Caliphate

Swiss geologist and meteorologist (1727–1817)

Polish aristocrat (1786-1817)

Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1817

German archbishop of Mainz, later of Regensburg (1744-1817)

heroine of the Colombian Independence Movement (1795–1817)

German prince (1756–1817)

French revolutionary (1762-1817)

British clergyman and mineralogist

Swedish writer (1754-1817)

Italian architect in Russia (1744-1817)

French composer (1763–1817)

Hungarian scientist and botanist (1757–1817)

Catholic cardinal (1746-1817)

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Italian painter (1754-1817)

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

Spanish poet

Mamluk chieftain (1735–1817)

Austrian noble (1733-1817)

American Founding Father and politician (1734–1817)

archduchess of Austria (1797-1817)

son of King Charles III of Spain (1755-1817)

Thomas Matulessy (8 June 178316 December 1817), also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was a famous Ambonese soldier who became a symbol of both the Maluku and Indonesian struggle for independence, declared a national hero by President Suharto On November 6, 1973.

Spanish general and lawyer

French composer

German noble (1737-1817)

English operatic soprano

British Duke (1739-1817)

6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1759-1817)

German prince (1747-1817)

Indian author

French diplomat (1752-1817)

Russian statesman, historian and art collector

Danish composer

American frontier politician (c.1773–1817)

Scottish-American physician and printer

Nawab wazir of Oudh (1780-1817)

Austrian astronomer

Japanese mathematician

German ophthalmologist, economist and author

Ethiopian emperor

Japanese scholar

Russian military commander and statesman (1774-1817)

British Army general (1742-1817)

Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor

Venezuelan general