Famous Deaths In November - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1826 On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47
1848 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history death of prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)
1856 On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77
1858 On November - 17 death of robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)
1862 On this day in history alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63
1865 Death of James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813) on this day in history.
1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.
1893 On this day in history alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1897 Death of George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) on this day in history.
1902 On November - 17 death of hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847)
1905 On this day in history adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88
1917 F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 on November - 17.
1921 On November - 17 john McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
1922 Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on this day in history.
1927 Death of Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 on this day in history.
1928 On November - 17 death of lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)
1929 On November - 17 a F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
1931 On November - 17 georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50
1936 On November - 17 death of ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)
1937 Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies on November - 17.
1938 Death of Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.
1940 Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on this day in history.
1941 Death of Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history death of ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)
1943 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on November - 17.
1944 A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
1955 James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on November - 17.
1958 Death of Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913) on November - 17.
1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 on November - 17.
1962 On this day in history arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1970 Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on this day in history.
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