Famous Deaths In 1917
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Jan 02 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.
Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.
Jan 29 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies in the year 1917.
Feb 10 In the year 1917 emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
Feb 11 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died on this day in history.
Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1917 jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
Mar 08 In the year 1917 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78
Mar 18 In the year 1917 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
Mar 25 On this day in history death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)
Mar 29 On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.
Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
Apr 09 In the year 1917 death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
Apr 14 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1917 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 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died in the year 1917.
May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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