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 November - 17.  

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

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

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on November - 17.  

1093  Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies on this day in history.  

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

1302  On this day in history death of st. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256)  

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

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1494  On November - 17 death of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)  

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

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

1562  On this day in history death of antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)  

1592  On this day in history death of john III of Sweden (b. 1537)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1668  On November - 17 death of joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634)  

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

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 November - 17.  

1747  On this day in history alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79  

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  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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.