Famous Deaths In November - 17

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

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

0594  On November - 17 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  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  On this day in history death of st. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256)  

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

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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 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 this day in history.  

1592  On November - 17 death of john III of Sweden (b. 1537)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1648  On November - 17 thomas Ford, composer, dies  

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

1668  Death of Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634) on November - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1768  On this day in history thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75  

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

1794  On November - 17 death of jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738)  

1796  Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 17.  

1808  On November - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.  

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