Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06 On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 On this day in history edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72  

Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 10 In the year 1917 emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73  

Feb 11 In the year 1917 death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

Feb 13 In the year 1917 joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48  

Feb 15 In the year 1917 charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60  

Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) died in the year 1917.  

Feb 17 In the year 1917 edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70  

Feb 18 In the year 1917 charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 In the year 1917 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78  

Mar 18 William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 25 On this day in history death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)  

Mar 29 In the year 1917 fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died on this day in history.  

Apr 14 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Apr 18 In the year 1917 moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73  

Apr 24 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies  

May 03 In the year 1917 norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies  

May 11 In the year 1917 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66  

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

May 25 In the year 1917 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director