Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

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

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

1858  On November - 17 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 November - 17 death of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)   

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

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

1905  Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

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  A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies on November - 17.   

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

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

1937  On November - 17 jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies   

1938  On November - 17 death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)   

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

1941  Death of Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide on November - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies   

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  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 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  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  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  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

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.