Famous Deaths In November - 17

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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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.   

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  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.   

1612  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on November - 17.   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)