Famous Deaths In 1917
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 02 In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
Jan 06 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Jan 25 On this day in history 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 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
Feb 06 In the year 1917 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
Feb 09 On this day in history francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
Feb 18 On this day in history charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 in the year 1917.
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 in the year 1917.
Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died on this day in history.
Mar 29 In the year 1917 fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 in the year 1917.
Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1917.
Apr 09 On this day in history death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
Apr 14 In the year 1917 lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57
Apr 18 On this day in history 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 On this day in history norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
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 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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