Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

1826  On November - 17 louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1848  Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies on November - 17.   

1849  Death of Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794) on November - 17.   

1856  William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1858  On November - 17 death of robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)   

1862  Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 on November - 17.   

1865  On this day in history death of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)   

1875  Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.   

1893  On November - 17 alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36   

1897  On this day in history death of george Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)   

1902  Death of Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1905  Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 on November - 17.   

1917  F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 on November - 17.   

1921  John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies on November - 17.   

1922  Death of Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 on this day in history.   

1928  Death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) on November - 17.   

1929  On this day in history a F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies   

1931  Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 on November - 17.   

1936  On November - 17 death of ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)   

1937  On this day in history jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies   

1938  On this day in history death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on November - 17.   

1941  On November - 17 death of earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide   

1942  Death of Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) on this day in history.   

1943  Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1944  A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on November - 17.   

1947  On November - 17 ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83   

1955  On this day in history james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

1958  Death of Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913) on this day in history.   

1959  On November - 17 heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72   

1962  On November - 17 arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami   

1968  Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on November - 17.   

1970  Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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0009  On November - 17 birth of vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)   

1502  Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on this day in history.   

1594  Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health) was born on November - 17.   

1612  On November - 17 birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on November - 17.   

1685  On November - 17 birth of pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)