Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  On this day in history louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43   

1886  Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history death of giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)   

1889  On this day in history william Roxby Beverly, artist, dies   

1892  Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1914  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79 on May - 17.   

1916  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1917  Death of Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) on May - 17.   

1919  On May - 17 bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80   

1920  On this day in history maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies   

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884) on May - 17.   

1930  Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies   

1935  Death of Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) on May - 17.   

1936  Death of Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868) on May - 17.   

1938  Death of Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877) on May - 17.   

1943  Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65 on May - 17.   

1945  Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies on May - 17.   

1947  On May - 17 death of george William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)   

1950  Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 17 karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66   

1953  On May - 17 eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73   

1955  Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies on May - 17.   

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on May - 17.   

1963  Death of John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888) on May - 17.   

1964  Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on May - 17.   

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on May - 17.   

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer