Did you know
Mary I was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
Notable Deaths on November 17
1558 — Mary I of England (born 1516)
Mary I of England (born 1516)
November 17 has 118 recorded notable deaths across history, from 375 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
118 source records
375 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 17
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1970 Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft. Source
- 1811 José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile. Source
- 1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg. Source
- 1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress." Source
Did you know
Ferenc Puskás became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup.
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Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
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Bo Schembechler served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234 wins, 65 losses and 8 ties.
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Mervyn Laurence Peake was a British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator.
More major people who died on November 17
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2006
Ferenc Puskás
Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1927)
Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, the greatest Hungarian footballer of all time, and the sport's first international superstar.
2013
Doris Lessing
British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
2006
Bo Schembechler
American football player and coach (born 1929)
Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.
1968
Mervyn Peake
English poet, author, and illustrator (born 1911)
Mervyn Laurence Peake was a British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books.
1494
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Italian philosopher and author (born 1463)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher.
1562
Antoine of Navarre (born 1518)
Antoine, sometimes called Antoine of Bourbon, was King of Navarre from 1555 until his death in 1562 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Jeanne III.
1959
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1887)
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".
2003
Surjit Bindrakhia
Indian singer (born 1962)
Surjit Bains Bindrakhia was a singer from Punjab, India. He was recognized for his distinctive voice and hekh, a singing technique where a note is held continuously in one breath.
1492
Jami
Persian poet and saint (born 1414)
Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as Jami or Djāmī and in Turkey as Molla Cami, was a Persian Sunni poet who is known…
1955
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer (born 1894)
James Price Johnson was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the…
1104
Nikephoros Melissenos
Byzantine general (born 1045)
Nikephoros Melissenos, Latinized as Nicephorus Melissenus, was a Byzantine general and aristocrat. Of distinguished lineage, he served as a governor and general in the Balkans and Asia Minor in the 1060s.
1902
Hugh Price Hughes
Welsh theologian and educator (born 1847)
Hugh Price Hughes was a Welsh Methodist clergyman and religious reformer. He served in multiple leadership roles in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
1998
Esther Rolle
American actress (born 1920)
Esther Elizabeth Rolle was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom Maude, for two seasons (1972–1974), and its spin-off series Good Times, for which she was…
2006
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1928)
Ruth Alston Brown was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Queen of R&B".
1818
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Queen Consort of Great Britain and Ireland, Electress/Queen of Hanover (born 1744)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818.
1326
Edmund FitzAlan
9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1285)
Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel, was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between King Edward II and his barons.
1796
Catherine the Great
of Russia (born 1729)
Catherine II, commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'état against her husband, Peter III.
2021
Young Dolph
American rapper (born 1985)
Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., known professionally as Young Dolph, was an American rapper, songwriter, and record executive. He first garnered mainstream attention for his guest appearance on O.T.
375
Valentinian I
Roman emperor (born 321)
Valentinian I, sometimes known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375.