Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 on November - 17.   

1848  On this day in history 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  On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  Death of Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

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 November - 17.   

1875  Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.   

1893  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 on November - 17.   

1897  Death of George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) on November - 17.   

1902  On November - 17 death of hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847)   

1905  On this day in history adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88   

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847)   

1927  Death of Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 on November - 17.   

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

1929  On November - 17 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 November - 17.   

1937  Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies on November - 17.   

1938  Death of Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864) on November - 17.   

1940  Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on November - 17.   

1941  On this day in history 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  James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on November - 17.   

1958  Death of Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913) on November - 17.   

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

1962  On this day in history arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami   

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

1970  Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

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  On November - 17 birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

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

1681  On this day in history 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.