Famous Deaths In November - 17

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

0474  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on November - 17.  

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

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on November - 17.  

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  On November - 17 death of st. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256)  

1326  Death of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285) on November - 17.  

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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 this day in history.  

1558  Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On November - 17 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 November - 17 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  Death of Calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1747  On November - 17 alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79  

1768  On November - 17 thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75  

1770  On this day in history gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38  

1776  On November - 17 death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)  

1780  On November - 17 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 this day in history.  

1808  On November - 17 death of david Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)  

1818  On November - 17 charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies  

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0009  Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) was born on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history 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  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 17.  

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