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  Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies on this day in history.  

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

0641  On November - 17 death of emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)  

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

0885  Death of Queen Liutgard on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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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 November - 17.  

1562  Death of Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518) on November - 17.  

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

1600  On November - 17 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  Thomas Ford, composer, dies on November - 17.  

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

1668  Death of Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634) on this day in history.  

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 November - 17 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  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738)  

1796  On November - 17 catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67  

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

1681  On November - 17 birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)  

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.