Famous Deaths In January - 17
Friday, 29 March 2024
1884 Death of Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804) on January - 17.
1887 Death of William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) on January - 17.
1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56 on January - 17.
1890 On this day in history salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85
1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74 on January - 17.
1892 On this day in history alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27
1893 Rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70 on this day in history.
1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87 on January - 17.
1902 On January - 17 death of gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
1903 On this day in history death of ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 On January - 17 ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72
1909 Death of Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 on January - 17.
1910 Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies on January - 17.
1911 On January - 17 francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88
1913 On this day in history carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73
1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on January - 17.
1927 On this day in history death of juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
1932 On this day in history death of albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. 1893)
1933 On this day in history john Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
1936 On this day in history death of mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885)
1938 On this day in history william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61
1946 On this day in history gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
1947 On this day in history death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74 on January - 17.
1955 On this day in history j A Veraart, economist, dies at 68
1959 On this day in history abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1961 Death of Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 on January - 17.
1962 On January - 17 gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56
1964 On this day in history terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57
1966 On this day in history vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
1967 Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 on January - 17.
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