Famous Deaths In 1917

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

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

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 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

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

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1917.  

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 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 in the year 1917.  

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 On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

Apr 07 On this day in history spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died in the year 1917.  

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

Apr 18 On this day in history moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73  

Apr 24 In the year 1917 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 In the year 1917 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 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died in the year 1917.  

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

May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1917.  

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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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 04 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.