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312 - Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies
1130 - Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83
1285 - Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58
1325 - Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
1400 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
1451 - Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67
1529 - Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies
1536 - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies
1537 - Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
1566 - Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
1590 - Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61
1591 - Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59
1598 - Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
1619 - Nicholas Hilliard, English painter (bc. 1547)
1625 - Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (bc. 1560)
1655 - Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80
1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
1658 - Theophilus Eaton, American colonist (b. 1590)
1678 - Johannes Flittner, composer, dies at 59
1694 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618)
1695 - Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
1700 - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
1715 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651)
1721 - Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
1722 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet, dies at 60
1736 - Ceslav Vanura, composer, dies at 41
1755 - Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49
1758 - Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71
1767 - Thomas Clap, 1st president of Yale University (b. 1703)
1770 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
1783 - William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700)
1786 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715)
1790 - Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69
1810 - Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37
1830 - Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53
1830 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
1833 - Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55
1843 - Franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45
1858 - Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
1864 - Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
1868 - William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51
1870 - Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
1872 - James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)
1876 - Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)
1878 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)
1887 - Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74
1890 - Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78
1890 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 82
1891 - Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79
1892 - Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39
1893 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
1907 - Anton Urspruch, composer, dies at 56
1913 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1920 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
1921 - Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
1922 - Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71
1929 - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
1932 - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60
1936 - Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies
1936 - Guy d'Hardelot, French composer, best known for Because (b. 1858)
1942 - Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63
1943 - Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86
1944 - J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1944 - Lou Hoover, U.S. First Lady (b. 1874)
1944 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. 1888)
1946 - Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)
1948 - Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies
1951 - Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76
1951 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886)
1953 - Osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894)
1955 - Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies
1957 - Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
1958 - Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
1960 - Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80
1960 - Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878)
1961 - Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74
1963 - Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
1964 - Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
1964 - Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932)
1967 - Carl Schuricht, composer, dies at 86
1967 - Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
1967 - David Goodis, American writer (b. 1917)
1968 - Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
1970 - Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
1971 - Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
1971 - Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64
1972 - Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies
1972 - John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
1972 - Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist
1979 - Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70
1980 - Carl White, rocker, dies
1980 - Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
1981 - Jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69
1981 - Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908)
1981 - Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. 1926)
1982 - Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
1983 - August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79
1984 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1985 - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
1985 - Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931)
1986 - Juan Rulfo, writer, dies
1986 - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79
1986 - Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
1987 - Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
1988 - Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71
1988 - Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
1990 - Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81
1990 - Gail Lucas, entertainer, dies
1990 - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
1990 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
1991 - Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
1992 - Jhean Burton, entertainer, dies
1992 - Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
1993 - Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
1994 - Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
1994 - Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1994 - Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
1994 - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, dies at 65
1994 - Phoumi Vongvichit, pres of Laos (1986-91), dies
1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1995 - Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77
1995 - Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83
1995 - Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at 65 or 71
1995 - Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle
1995 - William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71
1995 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
1996 - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90
1996 - Karoly Grosz, PM of Hungry (1987-88), dies at 65
1996 - Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, dies at 88
1996 - Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, dies at 93
1996 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911)
1997 - Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89
1997 - Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher/conductor, dies at 84
1998 - Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
2000 - Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
2002 - Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2002 - Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968)
2004 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
2005 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
2005 - Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
2006 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
2007 - Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929)
2007 - Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
2008 - Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)