Famous Deaths In November - 17

0375  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on this day in history.   

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies   

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on November - 17.   

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on this day in history.   

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.   

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on this day in history.   

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

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on this day in history.   

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 November - 17.   

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

1558  Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.   

1562  Death of Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518) on November - 17.   

1592  On this day in history death of john III of Sweden (b. 1537)   

1600  On November - 17 death of kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542)   

1608  On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22   

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 November - 17.   

1648  Thomas Ford, composer, dies on November - 17.   

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

1668  Death of Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634) on this day in history.   

1690  On November - 17 death of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610)   

1713  Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) on November - 17.   

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

1747  On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79   

1768  Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.   

1770  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.   

1776  On this day in history death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)   

1780  On this day in history 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 November - 17.   

1808  On November - 17 death of david Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)   

1818  On November - 17 charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies   

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on this day in history.   

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

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on November - 17.   

1576  On November - 17 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 November - 17 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 this day in history.