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155 - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake
943 - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)
1011 - Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz
1100 - Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)
1447 - Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
1447 - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
1464 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)
1468 - John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies
1526 - Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies
1554 - Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
1572 - Pierre Certon, French composer
1603 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1607 - Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1669 - Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68
1682 - Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75
1704 - Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
1718 - Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
1766 - Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
1781 - George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)
1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1800 - Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)
1806 - John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 - Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1821 - John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
1821 - John Keats, writer, dies at 25
1821 - Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
1855 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies
1859 - Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)
1867 - George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
1879 - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)
1884 - Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
1900 - William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
1902 - Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
1903 - Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
1903 - Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
1906 - Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
1908 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)
1913 - Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
1915 - Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
1916 - George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
1920 - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
1922 - Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845)
1924 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies
1927 - Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79
1930 - Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
1930 - Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
1931 - Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
1934 - Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
1934 - Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
1935 - Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
1937 - Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1942 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60
1944 - Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
1945 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
1945 - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
1946 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)
1948 - John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866)
1955 - Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
1957 - Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
1960 - Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)
1961 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1965 - Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
1968 - Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
1968 - Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
1969 - Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67
1969 - Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75
1970 - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1971 - King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
1972 - Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
1973 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
1974 - Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
1974 - Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (b. 1895)
1976 - Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
1976 - L S Lowry, painter, dies
1976 - LS Lowry, English artist (b. 1887)
1979 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)
1980 - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
1983 - Adrian Boult, conductor, dies
1985 - Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
1987 - Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80
1990 - Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1990 - James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82
1990 - Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
1992 - Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
1992 - Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies
1993 - Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
1995 - Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69
1995 - David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52
1995 - James Herriot, Scot author (All Creatures Great & Small), dies at 78
1995 - Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95
1995 - Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes, dies at 79
1996 - Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
1996 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66
1996 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78
1997 - Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80
1997 - Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51
1998 - Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74
1999 - Carlos Hathcock, USMC Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills (b. 1942)
2000 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
2000 - Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)
2001 - Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2003 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910)
2003 - Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955)
2004 - Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
2004 - Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
2004 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (b. 1918)
2004 - Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
2004 - Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
2006 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922)
2006 - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
2007 - Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
2007 - John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2008 - Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian prime minister and president (b. 1950)
2008 - Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
2008 - Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on January 11, 1938 (b. 1916)