Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1848  On November - 17 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1849  On November - 17 death of prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)   

1856  William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on November - 17.   

1858  On this day in history death of robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)   

1862  On November - 17 alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

1865  On November - 17 death of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)   

1875  On this day in history hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies   

1893  On this day in history alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36   

1897  On November - 17 death of george Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)   

1902  Death of Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1905  Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 on November - 17.   

1917  On November - 17 f-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77   

1921  John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies on this day in history.   

1922  Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on November - 17.   

1927  On November - 17 death of adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44   

1928  Death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1929  A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies on November - 17.   

1931  On this day in history georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50   

1936  Death of Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

1937  On November - 17 jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies   

1938  Death of Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1940  On November - 17 death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)   

1941  Death of Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) on November - 17.   

1943  Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1944  On November - 17 a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies   

1947  On November - 17 ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83   

1955  On November - 17 james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

1958  On this day in history death of mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)   

1959  On this day in history heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72   

1962  Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami on November - 17.   

1968  Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on November - 17.   

1970  On November - 17 naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69   

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

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

1503  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on November - 17.   

1576  On this day in history 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  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on November - 17.   

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)