Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In November - 17

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

1848  On this day in history 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  William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 on November - 17.   

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

1862  On this day in history alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63   

1865  Death of James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813) on November - 17.   

1875  Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on November - 17.   

1893  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 on November - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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 November - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history 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 November - 17 death of ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)   

1940  Death of Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide on November - 17.   

1942  On this day in history death of ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)   

1943  Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 on November - 17.   

1944  A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on this day in history.   

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

1955  James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1959  Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1962  Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

1970  Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on November - 17.   

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0009  On this day in history 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 November - 17 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  Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) was born on November - 17.   

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)   

1685  Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) was born on November - 17.