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Who died on November 17
118 figures who shaped history died on November 17.
- 118deaths
- 58events
Best known
Best known
Valentinian I
Roman emperor from 364 to 375
Gregory of Tours
Historian and Bishop of Tours (c. 538–594)
Nikephoros Melissenos
Usurper of the Byzantine Empire
Elizabeth of Hungary
Hungarian princess and Christian saint
Hethum II
King of Cilician Armenia
Leo III of Armenia
King of Armenian Cilicia until 1307
Valentinian I — Roman emperor from 364 to 375, who died on November 17 375.
Gregory of Tours — Historian and Bishop of Tours (c. 538–594), who died on November 17 594.
Nikephoros Melissenos — Usurper of the Byzantine Empire, who died on November 17 1104.
Elizabeth of Hungary — Hungarian princess and Christian saint, who died on November 17 1231.
Hethum II — King of Cilician Armenia, who died on November 17 1307.
Leo III of Armenia — King of Armenian Cilicia until 1307, who died on November 17 1307.
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- 641
Emperor JomeiEmperor of Japan from 629 to 641 - 885
Liutgard of Saxony (queen)Queen of East Francia from 876 to 882 - 935CChen JinfengEmpress consort of Min
- 935WWang YanjunEmperor of Min from 933 to 935
- 1188UUsama ibn MunqidhBanu Munqidh poet and historian
- 1326
Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of ArundelEnglish nobleman - 1417EEvrenosOttoman military commander (died 1417)
- 1492
JamiPersian poet - 1494
Giovanni Pico della MirandolaItalian Renaissance philosopher - 1525
Eleanor of ViseuQueen of Portugal from 1481 to 1495 - 1558
Mary IQueen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 - 1558
Reginald PoleArchbishop of Canterbury from 1556 to 1558 - 1558HHugh AstonEnglish composer
- 1562
Antoine of NavarreKing of Navarre from 1555 to 1562 - 1592
John III of SwedenKing of Sweden from 1569 to 1592 - 1600
Kuki YoshitakaJapanese naval commander - 1624
Jakob BöhmeGerman philosopher - 1632
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu PappenheimMarshal of the Holy Roman Empire - 1643
Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de GuébriantFrench soldier - 1648
Thomas Ford (composer)English composer (c1580-1648) - 1665
John Earle (bishop)17th-century English bishop - 1668JJoseph AlleineEnglish Nonconformist pastor and author
- 1690
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de MontausierFrench soldier and governor - 1708
Ludolf BakhuizenEast Frisian painter (died 1708) - 1713
Abraham van RiebeeckDutch colonial administrator - 1747
Alain-René LesageFrench novelist - 1768
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of NewcastlePrime Minister of Great Britain (1754–1756; 1757–1762) - 1776
James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)Scottish astronomer - 1780
Bernardo BellottoItalian painter and printmaker (c. 1721–1780) - 1796
Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 - 1808
David ZeisbergerAmerican missionary of the Moravian Church - 1812
John Walter (publisher)Englist newspaper publisher - 1818
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-StrelitzQueen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818 - 1835
Carle VernetFrench painter - 1865
James McCune SmithAmerican physician - 1897
George Hendric Houghton - 1902
Hugh Price HughesWelsh Methodist reformer - 1905
Adolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgGrand Duke of Luxembourg from 1890 to 1905 - 1910
Ralph JohnstoneAmerican aviator - 1917
Auguste RodinFrench sculptor - 1922
Robert ComtesseSwiss politician - 1923
Eduard BornhöheEstonian writer - 1924
Gregory VII of ConstantinopleEncumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1923 to 1924 - 1928
Lala Lajpat RaiIndian nationalist politician and independence activist - 1929
Herman HollerithAmerican statistician and inventor - 1936
Ernestine Schumann-HeinkAustrian-American singer - 1937
Jack WorrallAustralian sportsperson - 1938
Ante TrumbićCroatian politician - 1940
Eric GillEnglish artist - 1940
Raymond PearlAmerican biologist - 1947
Victor SergeRussian revolutionary and author - 1954
Yitzhak LamdanIsraeli Hebrew-language poet, translator, editor and columnist - 1955
James P. JohnsonAmerican pianist and composer - 1958
Mort CooperAmerican baseball player - 1959
Heitor Villa-LobosBrazilian composer - 1962OOlivia DahlDaughter of Roald Dahl
- 1968
Mervyn PeakeBritish author and illustrator - 1968AAbdul Wahed BokainagariBangladeshi politician
- 1971
Gladys CooperBritish actress - 1973
Mirra AlfassaFrench-Indian spiritual guru - 1976
Abdul Hamid Khan BhashaniBangladeshi political leader - 1979
John GlascockEnglish musician - 1982
Eduard TubinEstonian composer and conductor - 1986GGeorges BesseFrench businessman
- 1987
Paul DerringerAmerican baseball player - 1988
Sheilah GrahamAmerican gossip columnist - 1989
Costabile FaraceItalian American mobster - 1990
Robert HofstadterAmerican physicist - 1992
Audre LordeAmerican writer and feminist activist - 1993GGérard D. LevesqueCanadian politician
- 1995
Alan HullEnglish singer-songwriter - 1998
Kea BoumanDutch tennis player - 1998
Esther RolleAmerican actress - 2000
Louis NéelFrench physicist - 2001MMichael KaroliGerman musician
- 2001
Harrison A. WilliamsAmerican politician - 2002
Abba EbanIsraeli diplomat and politician - 2002FFrank McCarthy (artist)American painter
- 2003
Surjit BindrakhiaIndian singer - 2003
Arthur ConleyAmerican soul singer - 2004MMikael LjungbergSwedish wrestler
- 2004
Alexander RagulinRussian ice hockey player - 2005
Marek PerepeczkoPolish actor - 2006
Ruth BrownAmerican singer-songwriter - 2006
Ferenc PuskásHungarian footballer - 2006
Bo SchembechlerAmerican college football player and coach, sports administrator - 2007AAarne HermlinEstonian chess player
- 2008
George Stephen MorrisonAmerican admiral - 2008
Pete NewellAmerican college men's basketball coach - 2011
Kurt BudkeAmerican basketball player-coach - 2012PPonty ChadhaIndian industrialist and philanthropist
- 2012
Armand DesmetBelgian cyclist - 2012
Lea GottliebIsraeli fashion designer and businesswoman - 2012
Freddy SchmidtAmerican baseball player - 2012BBilly Scott (singer)American singer-songwriter
- 2012
Bal ThackerayIndian cartoonist and politician - 2012MMargaret YorkeEnglish crime fiction writer
- 2013
Zeke BellaAmerican baseball player - 2013AAlfred Blake
- 2013
Syd FieldAmerican author - 2013
Doris LessingBritish novelist - 2013LList of association footballers who died after on-field incidents
- 2013MMary Nesbitt WishamAmerican baseball player
- 2014
John T. DowneyAmerican judge and CIA officer - 2014
Bill FrenzelAmerican politician - 2014
Ray SadeckiAmerican baseball player
- 2014PPatrick SuppesAmerican philosopher
- 2015JJohn Leahy (diplomat)
- 2015
Rahim Moeini KermanshahiIranian poet - 2019TTuka RochaBrazilian racing driver
- 2021
Young DolphAmerican rapper - 2024
Macoto TakahashiJapanese artist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on November 17?
118 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 17, including Valentinian I, Gregory of Tours, Nikephoros Melissenos. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on November 17?
58 documented historical events happened on November 17, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus. On the same day, in another year: Elizabeth I became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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