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660 - Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies
1135 - Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
1135 - Henry I of England
1241 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
1374 - Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1377 - King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
1417 - Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
1433 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
1521 - Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
1521 - Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
1530 - Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
1580 - Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
1580 - Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71
1581 - Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)
1581 - Alexander Briant, English saint (b. around 1556)
1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)
1623 - Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
1633 - Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
1635 - Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
1651 - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
1660 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)
1700 - Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
1709 - A Sancta Clara, writer, dies
1709 - Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], Germ court vicar, dies at 65
1723 - Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress
1727 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
1729 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
1729 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
1736 - Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1750 - Doppelmayr, mathematician
1755 - Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
1767 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
1797 - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71
1808 - Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1813 - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88
1817 - Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65
1825 - Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47
1825 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
1842 - Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1865 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76
1865 - Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796)
1866 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1790)
1884 - William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1887 - Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
1892 - Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1893 - Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76
1901 - George Lohmann, cricketer (in S Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies
1916 - Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58
1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
1925 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
1926 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888)
1932 - Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
1934 - Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
1935 - Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies
1939 - Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79
1941 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies
1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
1945 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1947 - Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1947 - Hardy, mathematician, dies
1950 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 - Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1952 - Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92
1954 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
1960 - Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57
1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
1968 - Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66
1968 - Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. 1921)
1969 - Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
1970 - Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies
1971 - Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93
1972 - Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81
1973 - David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87
1974 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
1974 - Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77
1975 - Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
1975 - Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1975 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906)
1977 - Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
1980 - Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1982 - Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
1983 - Mirsky, mathematician, dies
1984 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1986 - Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 - Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
1986 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], US boxer/singer, dies at 59
1987 - Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 - James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1987 - Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
1989 - Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1990 - Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1991 - Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
1991 - George Joseph Stigler, US economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80
1994 - Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (151 wickets leg-spin for NSW 1928-37), dies
1994 - Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1996 - Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
1996 - Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81
1997 - Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67
1997 - Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89
1997 - Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1997 - Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
1998 - Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
2001 - Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (b. 1909)
2002 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003 - Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
2003 - Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
2004 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
2005 - Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (b. 1938)
2006 - Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2006 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (McGill University) (b. 1937)
2007 - Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
2008 - Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 - Joseph B. Wirthlin, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, businessman (b. 1917)
2008 - Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)