Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43 on May - 17.   

1886  Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) on May - 17.   

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

1889  William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies on May - 17.   

1892  On this day in history gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72   

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

1916  On May - 17 gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68   

1917  On May - 17 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)   

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

1920  On this day in history maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies   

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history death of harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)   

1930  Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies   

1935  Death of Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) on May - 17.   

1936  On this day in history death of panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)   

1938  On May - 17 death of jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)   

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

1945  Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies on May - 17.   

1947  On May - 17 death of george William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)   

1950  Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 17 karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66   

1953  Eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73 on May - 17.   

1955  Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies on this day in history.   

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 17 death of john Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)   

1964  On this day in history 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  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

1451  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.