Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 william Roxby Beverly, artist, dies   

1892  Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 on May - 17.   

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  Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies   

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on May - 17.   

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 May - 17 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  Death of Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877) on May - 17.   

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  Death of George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) on May - 17.   

1950  Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1953  Eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history 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  Death of John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888) on May - 17.   

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

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on May - 17.   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on May - 17.   

1970  On May - 17 nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1973  On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91   

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  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.