Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

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

1848  Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1849  Death of Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

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 November - 17.   

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

1897  On this day in history death of george Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)   

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 November - 17.   

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

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  A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies on this day in history.   

1931  Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 on November - 17.   

1936  On November - 17 death of ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83   

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

1958  On November - 17 death of mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)   

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

1962  On November - 17 arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami   

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

1970  On this day in history 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  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 November - 17.   

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