Famous Deaths In November - 17

0375  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.   

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.   

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies   

0641  On this day in history death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)   

0680  On this day in history death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)   

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard   

1093  On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies   

1231  On November - 17 death of elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)   

1302  Death of St. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256) on November - 17.   

1326  Death of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285) on this day in history.   

1494  Death of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463) on this day in history.   

1512  Death of Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42   

1562  On November - 17 death of antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)   

1592  Death of John III of Sweden (b. 1537) on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history death of kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542)   

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on November - 17.   

1632  On this day in history death of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)   

1643  Death of Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602) on this day in history.   

1648  Thomas Ford, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1665  On November - 17 death of john Earle, English bishop   

1668  On November - 17 death of joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634)   

1690  Death of Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610) on November - 17.   

1713  On this day in history abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)   

1720  On this day in history death of calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682)   

1747  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.   

1768  On November - 17 thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75   

1770  On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38   

1776  Death of James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) on November - 17.   

1780  On November - 17 death of bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)   

1794  On November - 17 death of jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738)   

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1808  Death of David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies   

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on November - 17.   

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  On this day in history birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  On November - 17 birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.