In the year 1917
284 Notable deaths
William Henry Moody
Us supreme court justice from 1906 to 1910.
Born December 23rd, 1853 in Newbury.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 63 years old in Haverhill.
Francisco Manuel Oller
Puerto rican painter (1833 - 1917).
Born June 17th, 1833 in Bayamón.
Died May 17th, 1917 at 83 years old in San Juan.
Sarah Aaronsohn
Jewish spy working for the british in world war i (1890–1917).
Born January 5th, 1890 in Zichron Yaakov. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1917 at 27 years old in Zichron Yaakov (gunshot wound). [ref]
John Nevil Maskelyne
English inventor and stage magician (1839–1917).
Born December 22nd, 1839 in Cheltenham.
Died May 18th, 1917 at 77 years old in St. George's Hall, London.
Yikuang, Prince Qing
Qing dynasty noble and politician (1838-1917).
Born November 16th, 1838 in Beijing.
Died January 28th, 1917 at 78 years old in Beijing.
Francis Ledwidge
Irish poet (1887-1917).
Born August 19th, 1887 in Slane.
Died July 31st, 1917 at 29 years old in Boezinge.
Hilda Nilsson
Swedish serial killer (1876–1917).
Born May 24th, 1876 in Helsingborg.
Died August 10th, 1917 at 41 years old in Helsingborg (hanging to death).
Richard Olney
American politician and statesman (1835-1917).
Born September 15th, 1835 in Oxford. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1917 at 81 years old in Boston.
Ivan Aguéli
Sufi master and nationally recognized contemporary painter in sweden (1869-1917).
Born May 24th, 1869 in Sala Municipality.
Died October 1st, 1917 at 48 years old in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (railway accident).
John W. Kern
American politician (1849–1917).
Born December 20th, 1849 in Alto.
Died August 17th, 1917 at 67 years old in Asheville.
Florence La Badie
Actress (1888-1917).
Born April 27th, 1888 in New York City.
Died October 13th, 1917 at 29 years old in Ossining (sepsis).
Eugène Grasset
French painter (1845-1917).
Born May 25th, 1845 in Lausanne. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1917 at 72 years old in Sceaux. [ref]
Duke Philipp of Württemberg
German duke (1838-1917).
Born July 30th, 1838 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died October 11th, 1917 at 79 years old in Stuttgart.
Eric Campbell
British actor (1880–1917).
Born April 26th, 1880 in Sale.
Died December 20th, 1917 at 37 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Marian Smoluchowski
Polish physicist (1872–1917).
Born May 28th, 1872 in Vienna, Vorderbrühl, Mödling.
Died September 5th, 1917 at 45 years old in Kraków (dysentery).
Harry Trott
Australian cricketer (1866-1917).
Born August 5th, 1866 in Collingwood.
Died November 10th, 1917 at 51 years old in Middle Park.
Florence Farr
English actress, author, musician, mystic (1860-1917).
Born July 7th, 1860 in Bromley.
Died April 29th, 1917 at 56 years old in Colombo.
Kurt Wolff
German flying ace (1895–1917).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Greifswald.
Died September 15th, 1917 at 22 years old in Wervik.
Gustav von Schmoller
German economist (1838–1917).
Born June 24th, 1838 in Heilbronn.
Died June 27th, 1917 at 79 years old in Bad Harzburg.
Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet
British forensic scientist (1833-1917).
Born January 9th, 1833 in Slough.
Died October 24th, 1917 at 84 years old in Hawkhurst.
Titu Maiorescu
Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917).
Born February 15th, 1840 in Craiova.
Died June 18th, 1917 at 77 years old in Bucharest.
William E. Chandler
American politician (1835–1917).
Born December 28th, 1835 in Concord.
Died November 30th, 1917 at 81 years old in Concord. [ref]
Jean Gaston Darboux
French mathematician (1842–1917).
Born August 14th, 1842 in Nîmes.
Died February 23rd, 1917 at 74 years old in Paris.
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving