page_title: 1917
section_title: April–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1917 / Deaths / April–June
caption_attribution_description: English: Begian politician Frans Schollaert Français&#160;: "Un homme d'Etat belge&#160;: M. Franz Schollaert"
context_page_description: 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1917, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: April 1 – Scott Joplin, African-American composer, pianist (b. 1867)
  April 3 – Milton Wright, American bishop, father of the Wright brothers (b. 1828)
  April 6 – Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (b. 1893)
  April 7 – George Brown, British missionary (b. 1835)
  April 8 – Richard Olney, American politician (b. 1835)
  April 13 – Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)
  April 14 – L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
  April 18 – F. C. Burnand, British playwright and comic writer (b. 1836)
  April 29 – Queen Tehaapapa III, Tahitian queen (b. 1879)
  May 7 – Albert Ball, British World War I fighter ace, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1896)
  May 13 – Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet, British naval officer (b. 1838)
  May 16 – Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker, British colonial administrator (b. 1850)
  May 17
  Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
  Radomir Putnik, Serbian field marshal (b. 1847)
  May 18 – John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician and inventor (b. 1839)
  May 20 – Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
  May 23 – Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar (b. 1855)
  May 24 – Les Darcy, Australian boxer (b. 1895)
  May 25
  Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
  René Dorme, French World War I fighter ace (b. 1894)
  May 27 – Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Imperial Russian Navy admiral and politician (b. 1843)
  May 29 – Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer, and poet (b. 1831)
  June 3 – Matilda Carse, Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer (b. 1835)
  June 5 – Karl Emil Schäfer, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) (b. 1891)
  June 14 – Thomas W. Benoist, American aviator, aircraft designer and manufacturer, founder of the world's first scheduled airline (b. 1874)
  June 17 – José Manuel Pando, 25th President of Bolivia (b. 1849)
  June 18 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
  June 26 – John Dunville, British Army officer (killed in action) (b. 1896)
  June 27
  Karl Allmenröder, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) (b. 1896)
  Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (b. 1838)
  June 29 – Frans Schollaert, 19th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1851)
  June 30 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter (b. 1861)
caption: Frans Schollaert
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