Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.  

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

Jan 16 In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 05 On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41  

Feb 06 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 in the year 1917.  

Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies in the year 1917.  

Feb 10 Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1917.  

Feb 11 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died in the year 1917.  

Feb 13 In the year 1917 joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48  

Feb 15 On this day in history charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60  

Feb 16 In the year 1917 death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)  

Feb 17 In the year 1917 edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70  

Feb 18 In the year 1917 charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

Mar 06 In the year 1917 jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

Mar 08 On this day in history ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78  

Mar 18 William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies in the year 1917.  

Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 01 On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

Apr 07 In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 On this day in history death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I  

Apr 14 On this day in history lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57  

Apr 18 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies  

May 03 On this day in history norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies  

May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1917.  

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died in the year 1917.  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

May 25 In the year 1917 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72  

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Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.