Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

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

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

1849  On this day in history 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 November - 17 death of robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)   

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  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 November - 17.   

1902  Death of Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) on November - 17.   

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

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

1921  John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies on November - 17.   

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 November - 17 death of lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)   

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 November - 17.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history death of ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)   

1943  Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on November - 17.   

1944  A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on this day in history.   

1947  Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 on November - 17.   

1955  On this day in history james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

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

1968  On November - 17 wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

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

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0009  On this day in history birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

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 November - 17.   

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 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.