Famous Deaths In November - 17

0375  Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 on November - 17.  

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.  

0594  Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.  

0641  On this day in history death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)  

0680  On this day in history death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)  

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on November - 17.  

1093  On this day in history margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies  

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on November - 17.  

1302  Death of St. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256) on this day in history.  

1326  Death of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285) on this day in history.  

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1494  Death of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463) on November - 17.  

1512  On November - 17 death of kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered  

1558  Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on November - 17.  

1562  Death of Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518) on November - 17.  

1592  Death of John III of Sweden (b. 1537) on November - 17.  

1600  Death of Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542) on this day in history.  

1608  On November - 17 adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22  

1632  On November - 17 death of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)  

1643  Death of Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602) on November - 17.  

1648  Thomas Ford, composer, dies on November - 17.  

1665  On this day in history death of john Earle, English bishop  

1668  On this day in history death of joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634)  

1690  On November - 17 death of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610)  

1713  Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history death of calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682)  

1747  On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79  

1768  Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 on November - 17.  

1770  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on November - 17.  

1776  On this day in history death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)  

1780  Death of Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1794  Death of Jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738) on November - 17.  

1796  On November - 17 catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67  

1808  Death of David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721) on November - 17.  

1818  On this day in history charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies  

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

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.  

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on November - 17.  

1576  On November - 17 birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)  

1594  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)  

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  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.