Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  On May - 17 louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43   

1886  On this day in history death of john Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)   

1888  On May - 17 death of giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)   

1889  William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72   

1914  On May - 17 peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79   

1916  On May - 17 gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68   

1917  Death of Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80   

1920  Maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies on May - 17.   

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history death of harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)   

1930  Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61 on May - 17.   

1931  On this day in history johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies   

1935  Death of Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) on May - 17.   

1936  Death of Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 17 death of jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)   

1943  Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies   

1947  On May - 17 death of george William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)   

1950  On this day in history eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67   

1951  Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66 on May - 17.   

1953  On May - 17 eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73   

1955  On May - 17 alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies   

1957  On May - 17 shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 17 death of john Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)   

1964  Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on May - 17.   

1967  On May - 17 john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

1969  On this day in history joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 on May - 17.   

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on May - 17.   

1974  On May - 17 charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

1978  John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies on this day in history.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.