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 November - 17.  

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  On November - 17 death of queen Liutgard  

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 November - 17.  

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

1512  Death of Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on this day in history.  

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

1562  Death of Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518) on this day in history.  

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

1600  Death of Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542) on November - 17.  

1608  Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 on November - 17.  

1632  Death of Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594) on November - 17.  

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  Death of John Earle, English bishop on November - 17.  

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

1690  On this day in history death of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610)  

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

1720  Death of Calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1747  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on November - 17.  

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  On this day in history death of bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)  

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

1818  Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies on November - 17.  

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on November - 17.  

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 this day in history 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  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on November - 17.  

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)