deaths
January 17, 1850
Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (born 1762)
Elizabeth Simcoe
Dame Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe was an English artist and diarist in colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Her diary gives an account of Canadian life.
January 17
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year.