Famous Deaths In May - 17

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

1886  Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) on May - 17.   

1888  Death of Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history william Roxby Beverly, artist, dies   

1892  Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1914  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1916  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68 on May - 17.   

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

1919  On May - 17 bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80   

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

1926  On May - 17 lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies   

1927  Death of Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 17 herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61   

1931  Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1936  On May - 17 death of panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)   

1938  On this day in history death of jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)   

1943  On May - 17 montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65   

1945  On May - 17 jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies   

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

1950  On May - 17 eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67   

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

1953  Eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 17.   

1955  On this day in history alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies   

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.   

1961  On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

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 this day in history john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

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

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 this day in history charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

1978  On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies   

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1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on this day in history.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

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

1490  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer