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In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen
Danish general and politician (1844–1917).
Born April 11th, 1844 in Copenhagen.
Died June 14th, 1917 at 73 years old in Frederiksberg.
Lorentz Dietrichson
Norwegian author and art historian (1834–1917).
Born January 1st, 1834 in Bergen. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1917 at 83 years old in Christiania.
Agnes Dean Abbatt
New york painter.
Born June 23rd, 1847 in New York City.
Died January 1st, 1917 at 69 years old in Westchester County.
François Mocquard
French zoologist and herpetologist (1834–1917).
Born October 27th, 1834 in Haute-Saône, Leffonds.
Died March 19th, 1917 at 82 years old in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Isaac Bentham
British water polo player (1886–1917).
Born October 27th, 1886 in Wigan.
Died May 5th, 1917 at 30 years old in Arras.
Gaston Alibert
Fencer (1878–1917).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 39 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis).
Waldemar Tietgens
German rower (1879-1917).
Born March 26th, 1879 in Hamburg.
Died July 28th, 1917 at 38 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Sarah Martha Baker
British botanist and phycologist (1887–1917).
Born June 4th, 1887 in London.
Died May 29th, 1917 at 29 years old
Henri-Émile Bazin
French hydraulic engineer (1829–1917).
Born January 10th, 1829 in Nancy.
Died February 14th, 1917 at 88 years old in Dijon.
Herbert von Petersdorff
German swimmer (1882-1917).
Born January 2nd, 1882 in Berlin.
Died January 16th, 1917 at 35 years old in Darmstadt.
Percy Courtman
British swimmer, olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder (1888-1917).
Born May 14th, 1888 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Died June 2nd, 1917 at 29 years old in Neuville-Bourjonval.
Vera Slutskaya
Russian revolutionary and bolshevik member of the duma (1874–1917).
Born September 17th, 1874 in Minsk.
Died November 12th, 1917 at 43 years old in Pushkin.
Ludvig Drescher
Danish footballer (1881-1917).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Sønderborg.
Died July 14th, 1917 at 35 years old in Copenhagen (pneumonia).
Jakob Knudsen
Writer, clergyman (1858–1917).
Born September 14th, 1858 in Rødding.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 58 years old in Birkerød. [ref]
Chrétien Waydelich
French croquet player (1841–1917).
Born November 28th, 1841 in Strasbourg.
Died September 7th, 1917 at 75 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Károly Hornig
Hungarian catholic cardinal (1840-1917).
Born August 10th, 1840 in Buda, Pest. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1917 at 76 years old in Veszprém. [ref]
Alfred John North
Australian ornithologist (1855–1917).
Born June 11th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died May 6th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sydney.
Sven Berggren
Swedish botanist (1837-1917).
Born August 12th, 1837. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1917 at 79 years old in Lund.
Louise Hammarström
Swedish chemist (1849-1917).
Born May 25th, 1849 in Hosjö församling.
Died November 5th, 1917 at 68 years old in Nya Kopparberg.
Anton Rehmann
Polish botanist (1840-1917).
Born May 13th, 1840 in Kraków.
Died January 13th, 1917 at 76 years old in Lviv.
Bernhard von Gaza
German rower (1881–1917).
Died September 25th, 1917 at 36 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Wilhelmina Lagerholm
Swedish photographer and painter (1826-1917).
Born March 25th, 1826 in Örebro.
Died June 19th, 1917 at 91 years old in Stockholm.
Maksim Bahdanovič
Belarusian writer (1891–1917).
Born December 9th, 1891 in Minsk.
Died May 25th, 1917 at 25 years old in Yalta (tuberculosis).
Stéphane Javelle
French astronomer (1864–1917).
Born November 16th, 1864 in 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Nice.
Jørgen Brunchorst
Norwegian politician (1862-1917).
Born August 10th, 1862 in Bergen.
Died May 19th, 1917 at 54 years old in Rome.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 284
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