Famous Deaths 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 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.

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

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.

Feb 05 On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41

Feb 06 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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

Feb 10 On this day in history emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73

Feb 11 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died on this day in history.

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

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 in the year 1917.

Feb 16 On this day in history death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 on this day in history.

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

Mar 06 In the year 1917 jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73

Mar 08 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.

Mar 18 In the year 1917 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies

Mar 25 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I

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

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

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

May 01 Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies on this day in history.

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

May 11 On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

May 17 On this day in history death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)

May 20 In the year 1917 death of philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)

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 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director