Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
44545April 17Death1941 – Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1899)
44546April 17Death1942 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
44547April 17Death1944 – J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
44548April 17Death1944 – Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
44549April 17Death1948 – Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
44550April 17Death1954 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
44521April 17Death1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
44522April 17Death1574 – Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (b. 1500)
44523April 17Death1669 – Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
44524April 17Death1680 – Kateri Tekakwitha, American saint (b. 1656)
44525April 17Death1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
44526April 17Death1696 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
44527April 17Death1711 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
44528April 17Death1713 – David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
44529April 17Death1742 – Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
44530April 17Death1764 – Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
44531April 17Death1790 – Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
44532April 17Death1799 – Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
44533April 17Death1840 – Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
44534April 17Death1843 – Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
44535April 17Death1882 – George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
44536April 17Death1888 – E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
44537April 17Death1892 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
44538April 17Death1902 – Francis, Duke of Cádiz (b. 1822)
44539April 17Death1921 – Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
44540April 17Death1923 – Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
44541April 17Death1930 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
44542April 17Death1933 – Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
44543April 17Death1936 – Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
44544April 17Death1937 – Yi Sang, South Korean poet and author (b. 1910)

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