* Leopold Ackermann ( Petrus Fouresius ) ( 1771 – 1831 ), biblical archaeologist

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* Biale, David, " Masochism and Philosemitism: The Strange Case of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch ," Journal of Contemporary History 17 ( 1982 ), 305-323.

* May 17 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician ( b. 1722 )

* April 17 – The Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

Friedrich Leopold August Weismann ( 17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914 ) was a German evolutionary biologist.

Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony ( Friedrich Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver ; 5 September 1722 – 17 December 1763 ) was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for less than three months in 1763.

Leopold II (, ) ( 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909 ) was the King of the Belgians, and is chiefly remembered for the founding and brutal exploitation of the Congo Free State.

Born in Brussels the second ( but eldest surviving ) son of Leopold I and, he succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and remained king until his death.

On December 17, 1909, Leopold II died at Laeken, and the Belgian crown passed to Albert, the son of Leopold's brother, Philip, Count of Flanders.

Leopold Zunz ( Hebrew / Yiddish: יום טוב ליפמן צונץ —" Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz "; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886 ) was a German Reform rabbi and writer, the founder of what has been termed " Jewish Studies " or " Judaic Studies " ( Wissenschaft des Judentums ), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.

Joseph I ( 26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711 ), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, King of the Romans was the elder son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg.

On 17 July 1831, Leopold I, the first Belgian king, sailed to Calais from England, and arrived in Belgium in De Panne.

* Frederick Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xavier ( b. Dresden, 5 September 1722-d. Dresden, 17 December 1763 ), successor to his father as Elector of Saxony.

On August 17, 1864, a squadron consisting of nine British ( Euryalus, Conqueror, Tartar, Leopard, Barrosa, Perseus, Argus, Coquette, and Bouncer ), four Dutch ( Amsterdam, Medusa, Metalen-Kruis, and D ' Jambi ), and three French warships ( Tancrède, Sémiramis, and Dupleix ), together with 2, 000 soldiers, marines and sailors, all under the command of Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper of the Royal Navy, steamed out of Yokohama to open Shimonoseki Strait.

* March 17 – Leopold Hofmann, composer ( b. 1738 )

Leopold Nowak ( 17 August 1904 – May 27, 1991 ) was a musicologist chiefly known for editing the works by Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society.

The piece of music once known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, KV 17, is now considered to be not by him, but by possibly his father, Leopold Mozart.

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Leopold von Auenbrugg ( 19 November 1722 – 17 May 1809 ) was the Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique.

Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, GCM ( 17 January 1926-26 August 2006 ) was a West Indian cricketer.

August Leopold Crelle ( 17 March 1780 – 6 October 1855 ) was a German mathematician.

* 17 November-Francis Leopold McClintock, Royal Navy officer, explorer in Canadian Arctic Archipelago ( born 1819 ).

Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock or Francis Leopold M ' Clintock KCB, FRS ( 8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907 ) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy who is known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

On 17 April 1713, Leopold returned to Köthen.

On November 15, 1908 the Belgian parliament annexed the colony, the reign of Leopold II over Congo being discredited.

* November 15 – King Leopold II of Belgium formally relinquishes his personal control of Congo ( known as Congo Free State ) over to Belgium ( becoming Belgian Congo ).

* November 21 – Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister ( b. 1863 )

* November 20 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands ( b. 1614 )

* November 19 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German Prince ( b. 1694 )

* November 30 – Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty.

* November 7 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet ( d. 1819 )

* November 1 – Duke Leopold III of Austria ( d. 1386 )

* November 14 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer ( d. 1787 )

* November 28 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ( d. 1728 )

* November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation.

* November 15 – Margrave Leopold III of Austria ( b. 1073 )

* 16 December 1790 – 12 November 1826 His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony

* 6 April 1818 – 12 November 1826 ( in the UK ) His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony

* 12 November 1826 – 21 July 1831 His Serene Highness ( His Royal Highness in the UK ) Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony

On 15 November 1902, Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino attempted to assassinate Leopold, who was riding in a royal cortege from a ceremony in memory of his recently-deceased wife, Marie Henriette.

Leopold III ( born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel ( French ) or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel ( Dutch ) or Leopold Philipp Karl Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel ( German ); 3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983 ) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the heir apparent, his son Baudouin.

Having desired a meeting with Adolf Hitler since June 1940, Leopold III finally met with him on 19 November 1940.

* Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium, who became later the fourth king of the Belgians as Leopold III ( born 3 November 1901, and died at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 25 September 1983 ).

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart ( November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787 ) was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist.

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., ( November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971 ) and Richard Albert Loeb ( June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936 ), more commonly known as " Leopold and Loeb ", were two wealthy University of Chicago law students ( with undergraduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, respectively ) who murdered 14-year-old Robert " Bobby " Franks in 1924 and were sentenced to life imprisonment.