Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  On May - 17 louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43   

1886  Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) on May - 17.   

1888  Death of Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820) on May - 17.   

1889  William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1914  On May - 17 peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79   

1916  On this day in history gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68   

1917  On May - 17 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)   

1919  On this day in history bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80   

1920  On May - 17 maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies   

1926  Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies on May - 17.   

1927  On this day in history death of harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)   

1930  On this day in history herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61   

1931  Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1935  Death of Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history death of george William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)   

1950  On May - 17 eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67   

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

1953  On this day in history eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73   

1955  On May - 17 alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies   

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

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

1964  On this day in history otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

1967  On this day in history john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

1969  On May - 17 joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 17 charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

1978  John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies on this day in history.   

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

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on this day in history.   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer