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1118 - Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
1272 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
1335 - Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)
1412 - Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)
1416 - Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
1502 - Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies
1507 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
1640 - Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
1657 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1657 - Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1705 - Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
1720 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
1742 - James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1747 - Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
1754 - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
1758 - Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
1784 - Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
1791 - Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
1801 - Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761)
1803 - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
1827 - Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
1831 - Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
1845 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
1852 - Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
1865 - Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39
1865 - Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1872 - Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1876 - Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
1890 - Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
1892 - Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
1902 - Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
1910 - Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
1910 - Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
1914 - Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
1922 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
1928 - Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
1930 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
1932 - Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
1933 - K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56), dies
1936 - Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
1937 - Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
1938 - Alice Berend, writer, dies
1941 - Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
1944 - Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71
1947 - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1951 - Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1952 - Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
1953 - Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1956 - Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1956 - Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
1956 - Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies at 59
1958 - Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
1959 - Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
1961 - August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67
1961 - Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
1965 - Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81
1966 - Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
1969 - Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
1972 - Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
1972 - Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
1972 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
1974 - Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
1974 - Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62
1976 - Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
1979 - Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1979 - Ivan Barrow, cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies
1980 - Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
1987 - Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1990 - Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1992 - Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
1992 - Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
1993 - Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
1993 - Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
1994 - Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1995 - Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1995 - Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
1995 - Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
1998 - Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
2001 - Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
2001 - Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
2003 - Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
2004 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
2006 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)