Famous Deaths In November - 17

0375  On this day in history valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54  

0474  On this day in history leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies  

0594  On this day in history gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies  

0641  Death of Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) on this day in history.  

0680  Death of Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) on November - 17.  

0885  On this day in history death of queen Liutgard  

1093  On November - 17 margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies  

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  Death of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285) on November - 17.  

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

1512  Death of Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered on November - 17.  

1558  On this day in history 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 November - 17.  

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 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  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602)  

1648  On this day in history thomas Ford, composer, dies  

1665  Death of John Earle, English bishop on this day in history.  

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

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

1747  Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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  Death of James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) on November - 17.  

1780  Death of Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720) on November - 17.  

1794  Death of Jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

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

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on November - 17.  

1503  On this day in history birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)  

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

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.  

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)  

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

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.