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524 - Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29
526 - Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
526 - Theodoric the Great (b. 454)
1181 - Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
1428 - Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)
1482 - Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
1483 - Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1529 - Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1580 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1617 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1619 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
1666 - Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1723 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist (b. 1632)
1745 - Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
1751 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
1808 - Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
1809 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
1826 - Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
1844 - Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
1856 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
1879 - John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1886 - Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (b. 1836)
1896 - Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1903 - Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1904 - Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79
1906 - Hans Auer, Swiss architect (b. 1847)
1907 - Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
1910 - Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1914 - Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1914 - Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
1917 - Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1919 - Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies
1928 - Wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1930 - William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies
1932 - Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
1934 - Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1935 - Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62
1938 - Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (b. 1877)
1940 - J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
1941 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (b. 1874)
1943 - A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1944 - Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies
1946 - Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
1949 - Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1952 - Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates & Dodgers), drowns
1953 - Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51
1956 - Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70
1961 - Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84
1963 - Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1963 - Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (b. 1911)
1964 - Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1968 - William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
1970 - Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1970 - Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
1970 - Del Moore, American comedian (b. 1916)
1974 - Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1981 - Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 - Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 - Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55
1982 - Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1985 - Taylor Caldwell, English-born author (b. 1900)
1986 - Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
1989 - Joe De Santis, dies at 80
1989 - Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
1991 - Alan Wheatley
1991 - Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies
1991 - Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies
1993 - Richard Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1994 - Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1994 - Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies at 42
1995 - Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
1995 - Fischer S Black Jr, financial Theorist, dies at 57
1995 - Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65
1995 - Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53
1995 - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82
1996 - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43
1996 - Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/milt junta of Chile (1973-80), dies at 80
1996 - Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89
1999 - Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910)
2001 - Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1907)
2002 - J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
2003 - Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
2004 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906)
2004 - Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (b. 1949)
2006 - Glenn Ford, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1916)
2006 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2006 - Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926)
2007 - Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author/expert. (b. 1942)
2007 - Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
2008 - Killer Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1926)