Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 10 On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.  

Jan 29 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 In the year 1917 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72  

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 In the year 1917 death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

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

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 in the year 1917.  

Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) died on this day in history.  

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

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

Mar 06 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 25 In the year 1917 death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)  

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1917.  

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 in the year 1917.  

Apr 07 On this day in history spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died on this day in history.  

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 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies in the year 1917.  

May 01 Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies in the year 1917.  

May 03 Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies on this day in history.  

May 11 On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66  

May 17 In the year 1917 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)  

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

May 25 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.