Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 17
Sunday, 23 March 2025
1884 Death of Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804) on January - 17.
1887 On January - 17 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1890 Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1891 On January - 17 johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74
1892 Alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
1893 On January - 17 rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70
1901 On this day in history jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87
1902 Death of Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed on this day in history.
1903 On January - 17 death of ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 On this day in history ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72
1909 Death of Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 on January - 17.
1910 On January - 17 thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies
1911 Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88 on January - 17.
1913 On this day in history carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73
1917 On January - 17 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70
1927 Death of Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history death of albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. 1893)
1933 John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies on this day in history.
1936 Death of Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885) on January - 17.
1938 On January - 17 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 January - 17 frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61
1946 On January - 17 gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
1947 Death of Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) on this day in history.
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74 on January - 17.
1955 J A Veraart, economist, dies at 68 on January - 17.
1959 On January - 17 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 Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1966 On January - 17 vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
1967 Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at 82 on January - 17.
1968 On this day in history julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83
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