Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  On May - 17 louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43   

1886  On May - 17 death of john Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)   

1888  On May - 17 death of giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)   

1889  On May - 17 william Roxby Beverly, artist, dies   

1892  On May - 17 gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72   

1914  On May - 17 peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79   

1916  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)   

1919  Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80 on May - 17.   

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

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on May - 17.   

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

1930  On this day in history 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  Death of Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

1938  Death of Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877) on May - 17.   

1943  Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65 on May - 17.   

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

1947  Death of George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) on this day in history.   

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

1951  Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73   

1955  Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies on May - 17.   

1957  On this day in history shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on May - 17.   

1963  Death of John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 17 otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1970  Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 on May - 17.   

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 17 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 May - 17.   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer