Famous Deaths In 1917

Jan 02 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.

Jan 06 In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82

Jan 10 Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.

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

Jan 17 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1917.

Feb 09 On this day in history francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies

Feb 10 Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

Feb 11 On this day in history death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 in the year 1917.

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

Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) died on this day in history.

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

Feb 18 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies in the year 1917.

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

Mar 08 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 in the year 1917.

Apr 07 On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.

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 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 In the year 1917 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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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.

Jan 02 In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.