Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06 On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.  

Feb 06 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies in the year 1917.  

Feb 10 In the year 1917 emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73  

Feb 11 On this day in history death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 On this day in history charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60  

Feb 16 In the year 1917 death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)  

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies in the year 1917.  

Mar 06 On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

Mar 08 In the year 1917 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78  

Mar 18 In the year 1917 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies  

Mar 25 In the year 1917 death of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)  

Mar 29 On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01 On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1917.  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died in the year 1917.  

Apr 14 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 in the year 1917.  

Apr 18 On this day in history moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73  

Apr 24 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies  

May 03 In the year 1917 norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies  

May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1917.  

May 17 In the year 1917 death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

May 25 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.