Discover what happened on 20 July 1917 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Ivan von Müller (German classical philologist (1830–1917))
- Maximilian von Laffert (German general (1855–1917))
- Yury Gilsher (Russian flying ace (1894-1917))
- Michail Ivanovič Karinskij (Russian philosopher (1840–1917))
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (American politician (1839-1917))
- Jesse Benedict Carter (American classical philologist and religious studies scholar (1872–1917))
- Otto Brandis (German judge (1856-1917))
- Willem Saal (Dutch conductor (1868–1917))
- Louis Sainte-Marie-Perrin (French architect (1835-1917))
- Alfred Shepherd (Australian flying ace)
- Samuel W. Thornton (American politician)
- Tadeusz Jaroszyński (Polish writer and cartoonist (1862-1917))
- Josef von Pop (Austrian servant)
- William Charles Heaton-Armstrong (British Member of Parliament)
- Sir Charles Cayzer, 2nd Baronet (English shipowner)
- Leo Lehmussaari (Finnish artist (1894-1917))
- August Carl Friedrich Krohn
- Minna Kinkel (Minna Emilia Ida Werner (1827-1917) was Gottfried Kinkel’s wife.)
- Anna E. Nicholes (American social reformer, civil servant, clubwoman, suffragist, settlement worker (1865-1917))
- Ernst Ludwig Plass (German painter)
- Ianthe Florence Skyring ((died 1917))
- Andrew Rutherford ((born 1834))
- Anne Harriett Penelope Eleanor Filgate ((died 1917))
- Clive Maitland Waterlow ((1885-1917))
- Stephen John Burton ((1882-1917))
- Franz Sales Amlehn
- Franz Fieger (head teacher at a German school in Prague (1842-1917))
- Joseph Grant Burnett (American police officer (1867-1917))
- Aristede Dejoie (American politician)
- Joseph T. Cunningham (American lawyer (1865–1917))
- Béla Perczel (Hungarian politician (1851–1917))