Famous Deaths In January - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1884 Death of Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804) on this day in history.
1887 Death of William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56
1890 On January - 17 salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85
1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 on January - 17.
1892 Alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27 on January - 17.
1893 Rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70 on this day in history.
1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1902 Death of Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed on January - 17.
1903 Death of Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828) on this day in history.
1908 On January - 17 ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72
1909 Death of Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 on January - 17.
1910 Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies on January - 17.
1911 On this day in history francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88
1913 Carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73 on January - 17.
1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history death of juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
1932 On this day in history death of albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. 1893)
1933 John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies on this day in history.
1936 Death of Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885) on January - 17.
1938 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 on January - 17.
1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on January - 17.
1942 Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61 on January - 17.
1946 On January - 17 gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
1947 On January - 17 death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)
1952 On January - 17 walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74
1955 On this day in history j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68
1959 On this day in history abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1961 Death of Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 on this day in history.
1962 On January - 17 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56
1964 Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1966 Vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50 on this day in history.
1967 Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at 82 on January - 17.
1968 On January - 17 julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83
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