Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  On November - 17 louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1848  Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on November - 17.   

1849  Death of Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794) on November - 17.   

1856  William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)   

1875  Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on November - 17.   

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

1897  Death of George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies   

1922  On November - 17 death of robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847)   

1927  Death of Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  On November - 17 georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50   

1936  Death of Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861) on November - 17.   

1937  Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)   

1941  On November - 17 death of earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide   

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

1943  On November - 17 paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74   

1944  A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on November - 17.   

1947  Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1955  James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On November - 17 heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72   

1962  Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami on this day in history.   

1968  Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69   

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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 this day in history.   

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  On November - 17 birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.   

1612  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

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