Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1848  On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

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

1856  On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  Death of Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771) on November - 17.   

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1865  Death of James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1875  On November - 17 hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies   

1893  On November - 17 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 this day in history.   

1917  F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1921  On November - 17 john McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies   

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

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

1928  On this day in history death of lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)   

1929  On this day in history a F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies   

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  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 November - 17.   

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

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

1942  On November - 17 death of ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)   

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

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

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

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

1958  Death of Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913) on this day in history.   

1959  Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 November - 17.   

1970  On November - 17 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  On November - 17 birth of atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)   

1503  On this day in history birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

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

1612  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on November - 17.   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

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