02 Jan 1917
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death
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Edward B Tylor: English anthropologist, dies at 84
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02 Jan 1917
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death
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Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877) |
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06 Jan 1917
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death
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Hendrik P G Quack: Lawyer / economist (Bank of the Netherlands), dies at 82
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10 Jan 1917
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death
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Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875) |
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10 Jan 1917
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death
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Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846) |
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16 Jan 1917
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death
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George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837) |
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17 Jan 1917
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death
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Hendrik Goeman Borgesius Dutch politician, dies at 70
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25 Jan 1917
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death
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Edwin Tyler cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
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29 Jan 1917
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death
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Evelyn Baring Earl Cromer English consul-General in Egypt, dies at 75
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05 Feb 1917
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death
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Paul Rubens: Composer, dies at 41
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05 Feb 1917
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death
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Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860) |
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06 Feb 1917
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death
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Edouard A Drumont: French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
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10 Feb 1917
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death
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John William Waterhouse, Italian-English soldier and painter (b. 1849) |
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10 Feb 1917
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death
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Emile Pessard composer, dies at 73
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11 Feb 1917
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death
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Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872) |
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13 Feb 1917
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death
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Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
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15 Feb 1917
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death
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Charles A van Ophuysen Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
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16 Feb 1917
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death
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Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1848) |
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17 Feb 1917
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death
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Edmund Bishop English Secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
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18 Feb 1917
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death
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Charles E Barber US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
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06 Mar 1917
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death
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Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom: Premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
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06 Mar 1917
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death
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Valdemar Psilander Danish actor (b. 1884) |
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08 Mar 1917
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death
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838) |
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17 Mar 1917
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death
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Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838) |
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18 Mar 1917
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death
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William Shalders South African cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
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25 Mar 1917
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death
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Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832) |
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27 Mar 1917
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death
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Moses Jacob Ezekiel, American-Italian soldier and sculptor (b. 1844) |
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28 Mar 1917
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death
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Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847) |
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29 Mar 1917
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death
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Fran Gerbic composer, dies at 76
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31 Mar 1917
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death
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Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854) |
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01 Apr 1917
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death
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Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868) |
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07 Apr 1917
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death
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Spyridon Filiskos Samaras: Composer, dies at 53
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07 Apr 1917
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death
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Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861) |
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09 Apr 1917
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death
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Edward Thomas: Poet, killed in WWI
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09 Apr 1917
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death
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James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863) |
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14 Apr 1917
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death
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L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (b. 1859) |
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14 Apr 1917
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death
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Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57
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15 Apr 1917
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death
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János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839) |
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18 Apr 1917
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death
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Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858) |
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18 Apr 1917
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death
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Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17), dies at 73
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24 Apr 1917
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death
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Oskar Blumenthal writer, dies
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01 May 1917
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death
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Jose E Rodo: Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo)
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11 May 1917
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death
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Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, dies at 66
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17 May 1917
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death
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Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829) |
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20 May 1917
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death
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Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887) |
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20 May 1917
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death
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Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850) |
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25 May 1917
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death
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Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891) |
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25 May 1917
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death
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Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer, dies at 72
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29 May 1917
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death
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Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831) |
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06 Jun 1917
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death
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Iacob Moresianu: Composer, dies at 59
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12 Jun 1917
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death
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Maria Teresa Carreno: Composer, dies at 63
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12 Jun 1917
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death
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Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853) |
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13 Jun 1917
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death
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Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850) |
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15 Jun 1917
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death
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Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) |
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18 Jun 1917
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death
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Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840) |
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20 Jun 1917
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death
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James Mason Crafts: US chemist, dies at 78
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21 Jun 1917
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death
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Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1856) |
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25 Jun 1917
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death
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Géza Gyóni, Hungarian poet (b. 1884) |
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27 Jun 1917
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death
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Gustav von Schmolle: German economist (Historical School), dies at 79
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27 Jun 1917
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death
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Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896) |
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28 Jun 1917
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death
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Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868) |
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30 Jun 1917
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death
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Antonio de La Gándara, French painter (b. 1861) |
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02 Jul 1917
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death
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree: English actor / director (Hamlet)
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04 Jul 1917
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death
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Johan H C Kern: Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
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08 Jul 1917
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death
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Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) |
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12 Jul 1917
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death
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Fournier: Swiss / French postage stamp Merchant / forger
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14 Jul 1917
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death
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Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887) |
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16 Jul 1917
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death
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Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka: German Composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
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16 Jul 1917
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death
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Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847) |
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21 Jul 1917
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death
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Christopher J Forster: British RAF-pilot / Captain, dies in battle
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27 Jul 1917
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death
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Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841) |
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31 Jul 1917
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death
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Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881) |
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31 Jul 1917
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death
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Hedd Wyn, Welsh soldier and poet (b. 1887) |
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03 Aug 1917
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death
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Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849) |
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07 Aug 1917
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death
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Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English pilot and commander (b. 1891) |
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13 Aug 1917
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death
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Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) |
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15 Aug 1917
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death
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Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831) |
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20 Aug 1917
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death
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JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer: German chemist (Nobel 1905)
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29 Aug 1917
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death
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George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833) |
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30 Aug 1917
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death
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Uritsky: Leader of Petrogradse Czech
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03 Sep 1917
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death
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Fanya Kaplan: Russian who shot at Lenin on August 30th, executed
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05 Sep 1917
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death
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Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (b. 1872) |
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08 Sep 1917
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death
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Charles Edouard Lefebvre: Composer, dies at 74
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11 Sep 1917
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death
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Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894) |
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20 Sep 1917
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death
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Herbert Morris: Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
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23 Sep 1917
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death
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Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897) |
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25 Sep 1917
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death
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Thomas Ashe, Irish commander (b. 1885) |
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26 Sep 1917
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death
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Edgar H G Degas: French Painter (ballerina)
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27 Sep 1917
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death
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Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834) |
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09 Oct 1917
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death
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Hussain Kamil: Sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63
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13 Oct 1917
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death
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Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888) |
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15 Oct 1917
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death
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Mata Hari, Dutch dancer (b. 1876) |
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17 Oct 1917
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death
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Maria J "Marie" Bakker: Actress / Wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
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22 Oct 1917
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death
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Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863) |
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24 Oct 1917
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death
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James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (b. 1852) |
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27 Oct 1917
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death
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Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897) |
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28 Oct 1917
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death
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Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831) |
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28 Oct 1917
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death
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Dimitrios Votsis, Greek politician (b. 1841) |
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30 Oct 1917
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death
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Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883) |
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03 Nov 1917
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death
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Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846) |
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11 Nov 1917
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death
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Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
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13 Nov 1917
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death
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Emile Durkheim: French sociologist (Le suicide)
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17 Nov 1917
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death
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F-Auguste-R Rodin: French Sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77
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17 Nov 1917
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death
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Auguste Rodin sculptor, dies in Meudon, France
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18 Nov 1917
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death
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Henry Spiekman: Social-democratic politician, dies at 43
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28 Nov 1917
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death
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Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844) |
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01 Dec 1917
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death
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John January, American soccer player (b. 1882) |
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03 Dec 1917
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death
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Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879) |
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07 Dec 1917
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death
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Leon Minkus: Composer, dies at 91
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07 Dec 1917
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death
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Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826) |
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08 Dec 1917
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death
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Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836) |
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10 Dec 1917
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death
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Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) |
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16 Dec 1917
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death
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Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878) |
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17 Dec 1917
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death
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836) |
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20 Dec 1917
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death
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Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (b. 1882) |
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22 Dec 1917
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death
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Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850) |
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22 Dec 1917
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death
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Francesca Saveria Cabrini US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67
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26 Dec 1917
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death
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Louise J Gautier French poetess/daughter of Th
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28 Dec 1917
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death
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Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892) |
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