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838 - Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 - King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1428 - Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 - Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
1584 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 - Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 - Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 - Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 - Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1729 - Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies
1745 - Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 - Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 - Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 - Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 - Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 - Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1821 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
1825 - Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 - Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 - Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 - Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 - Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 - Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1882 - John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
1883 - Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
1885 - Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 - Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
1891 - Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
1891 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (b. 1833)
1896 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)
1898 - Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73
1903 - Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
1903 - W H M "Dicky" Richards, cricketer (score 4 & 0 in Test for S Af), dies
1903 - Gulstan Ropert, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1839)
1903 - Topsy the elephant (b. circa 1875)
1908 - Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
1910 - Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
1913 - Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79
1914 - Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1919 - Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1843)
1920 - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843)
1924 - Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1931 - Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40
1933 - Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87
1940 - Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59
1941 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81
1942 - Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70
1944 - Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1944 - Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
1946 - Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67
1947 - Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71
1952 - Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65
1953 - Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78
1955 - Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80
1955 - Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81
1955 - Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84
1956 - Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91
1957 - Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84
1958 - Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75
1960 - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72
1962 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)
1964 - Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
1965 - T S Eliot, poet (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
1965 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1967 - Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1968 - Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
1969 - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83
1969 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
1970 - Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)
1971 - Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)
1972 - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57
1974 - Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70
1975 - Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72
1976 - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1978 - Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76
1979 - Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack
1985 - Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1985 - Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
1986 - Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
1986 - Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1987 - F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79
1987 - Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
1987 - Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
1988 - Lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)
1990 - Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1990 - Robert F Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
1990 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
1990 - Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria 1955-1972 (b. 1908)
1991 - Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1991 - Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), committed suicide at 94
1991 - Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1992 - Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
1992 - William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
1993 - Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
1993 - Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
1993 - Charles Bridgford, Australian politician
1994 - Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
1994 - Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Curacao (1951-67), dies at 80
1994 - RD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1939)
1995 - D Elmina Davies, filmmaker, dies at 36
1995 - Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
1995 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995 - Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist, dies at 43
1995 - Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1995 - Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar, dies at 82
1995 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (b. 1907)
1996 - Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83
1996 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83
1997 - Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87
1998 - John Gary, singer, dies at 65
1998 - Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
1999 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (b. 1904)
2000 - Tom Fears, American football player (b. 1922)
2001 - Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912)
2003 - Sabine Ulibarri, Mexican American writer (b. 1919)
2003 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
2003 - Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1927)
2004 - John Toland, American historian (b. 1912)
2004 - Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
2004 - Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)
2004 - Jeff Nuttall, English writer (b. 1933)
2004 - Brian Gibson (director), English film director (b. 1944)
2005 - Alton Tobey, American artist (b. 1914)
2005 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (b. 1919)
2005 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
2005 - Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
2005 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (b. 1927)
2005 - Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
2006 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912)
2006 - Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914)
2006 - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai (b. 1946)
2007 - Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2007 - Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1918)
2007 - Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat) (b. 1923)
2007 - Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (b. 1925)
2007 - Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. 1934)
2007 - Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
2007 - Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
2007 - Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (b. 1949)
2007 - Ben Gannon, Australian theatre film and television producer (b. 1952)
2007 - Helen Hill, American independent film-maker (b. 1970)
2008 - Joyce Carlson, American artist (b. 1923)
2008 - Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan print editor (b. 1932)
2008 - Jimmy Nah, Singapore celebrity (b. 1968)
2009 - Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987)