Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

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

1848  Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on November - 17.   

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

1862  On this day in history alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

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

1875  On this day in history hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1902  Death of Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 17 adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88   

1917  On November - 17 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  Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history death of adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44   

1928  Death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) on November - 17.   

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  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  On this day in history death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1955  James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On this day in history 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  Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On November - 17 birth of roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)   

1594  On this day in history birth of johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)   

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

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

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