Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on November - 17.   

1848  Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1849  On November - 17 death of prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)   

1856  On this day in history william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  Death of Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

1862  On November - 17 alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

1865  On November - 17 death of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)   

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  Death of George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) on November - 17.   

1902  On November - 17 death of hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847)   

1905  On this day in history adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Death of Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 on November - 17.   

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 this day in history death of ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)   

1937  Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies on November - 17.   

1938  On this day in history death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)   

1940  On November - 17 death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)   

1941  On November - 17 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 November - 17.   

1944  A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on November - 17.   

1947  Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1955  On November - 17 james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

1958  On November - 17 death of mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)   

1959  On this day in history heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72   

1962  On November - 17 arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami   

1968  On this day in history wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

1970  Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on November - 17.   

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  On this day in history birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)