Famous Deaths In November - 17

0375  On November - 17 valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0474  On November - 17 leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies  

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

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on November - 17.  

0680  On November - 17 death of hilda of Whitby (b. 614)  

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on November - 17.  

1231  Death of Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) on this day in history.  

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

1326  On this day in history death of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)  

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1494  On this day in history death of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)  

1512  On this day in history death of kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered  

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

1562  On November - 17 death of antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)  

1592  Death of John III of Sweden (b. 1537) on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history death of kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542)  

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1665  On November - 17 death of john Earle, English bishop  

1668  Death of Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634) on this day in history.  

1690  Death of Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610) on November - 17.  

1713  Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) on November - 17.  

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  On November - 17 gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38  

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

1780  On November - 17 death of bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)  

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

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history death of david Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)  

1818  Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies on this day in history.  

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)  

1502  On November - 17 birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)  

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

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

1594  On this day in history birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)  

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)  

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)  

1685  On this day in history birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)