Famous Deaths In November - 17

1826  On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47   

1848  On November - 17 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1849  On this day in history death of prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)   

1856  On November - 17 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

1858  Death of Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771) on November - 17.   

1862  On November - 17 alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

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 November - 17.   

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

1897  Death of George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) on November - 17.   

1902  Death of Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) on November - 17.   

1905  Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history death of robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847)   

1927  On November - 17 death of adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44   

1928  On November - 17 death of lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)   

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  Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies on November - 17.   

1938  Death of Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)   

1941  On this day in history 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  On November - 17 paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74   

1944  On November - 17 a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies   

1947  Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 on November - 17.   

1955  On November - 17 james Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64   

1958  On November - 17 death of mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)   

1959  Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 on November - 17.   

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

1968  On November - 17 wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

1970  On November - 17 naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69   

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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 November - 17.   

1503  On November - 17 birth of il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)   

1576  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) was born on November - 17.   

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

1612  On this day in history birth of dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)   

1681  Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

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