Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1826 Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies
1849 On November - 17 death of prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)
1856 William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1858 On November - 17 death of robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)
1862 Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on November - 17.
1865 Death of James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813) on this day in history.
1875 On November - 17 hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
1893 On November - 17 alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1897 On this day in history death of george Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)
1902 On this day in history death of hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847)
1905 Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 on November - 17.
1917 F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 on November - 17.
1921 John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies on November - 17.
1922 Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on November - 17.
1927 On this day in history death of adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44
1928 Death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) on this day in history.
1929 A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies on November - 17.
1931 On November - 17 georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50
1936 On November - 17 death of ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)
1937 On this day in history jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies
1938 On November - 17 death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)
1940 Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history death of earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1942 Death of Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) on November - 17.
1943 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
1947 On this day in history ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
1955 James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on November - 17.
1958 On November - 17 death of mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)
1959 On November - 17 heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1962 On this day in history arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1970 Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on this day in history.
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