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155 - Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies
472 - Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
937 - King Rudolph II of Burgundy
969 - Olga of Kiev
1174 - Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies
1183 - Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
1302 - Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies
1302 - Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies
1302 - Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
1382 - Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62
1535 - Joachim I Nestor, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 51
1540 - Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies
1553 - Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32
1581 - Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
1593 - Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)
1649 - Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1667 - John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried
1679 - William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
1686 - Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75
1688 - King Narai of Siam (b. 1629)
1690 - Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75
1766 - Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain (b. 1692)
1768 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66
1774 - Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer
1775 - Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1781 - Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
1797 - Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
1804 - Alex Hamilton, killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken
1806 - James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87
1825 - Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
1826 - Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer, dies at 57
1844 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
1847 - Joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71
1874 - Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54
1876 - Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72
1882 - Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
1889 - Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet, dies at 34
1896 - Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81
1898 - Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies
1909 - Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74
1914 - Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies
1916 - Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies
1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75
1926 - Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57
1929 - Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
1936 - James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
1937 - George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38
1942 - Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau
1944 - Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1948 - Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies
1948 - King Baggot, actor (Tish, San Francisco), dies at 68
1950 - Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
1958 - Karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69
1959 - C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies
1964 - Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64
1965 - Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75
1966 - Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
1967 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (b. 1917)
1971 - Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64
1971 - John W Campbell, US, sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61
1971 - Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
1973 - Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72
1973 - Isabel Randolph, actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83
1973 - Robert Ryan, US actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63
1974 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1975 - Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89
1979 - Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician (b. 1925)
1980 - Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
1980 - Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57
1983 - Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (b. 1915)
1984 - Karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81
1987 - Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
1987 - Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
1987 - Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, American Rosh Yeshiva (b. 1901)
1989 - Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82
1990 - Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67
1991 - Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
1991 - James McCallion, actor (PT 109, Big Combo), dies at 72
1992 - Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies
1992 - Antoon J Hubben, mayor of Maasbree/President KVM/Unie BLHP, dies at 73
1993 - Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
1993 - Denis Tomlinson, S Afr cricket leg-spinner, dies
1993 - Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83
1993 - Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies
1993 - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
1993 - Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
1994 - Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
1994 - Bart Scheepens, actor/director, dies of AIDS at 50
1994 - Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
1994 - Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M, dies at 52
1994 - James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52
1994 - Lex P Humphries, drummer, dies at 57
1994 - Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD), dies at 49
1994 - Savannah, American porn star (b. 1970)
1995 - John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70
1996 - Louis Gottlieb, musician, dies at 72
1996 - Martin Corbett, gay activist, dies at 51
1999 - Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
2000 - Pedro Mir, Dominican poet (b. 1913)
2000 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921)
2001 - Herman Brood, Dutch singer and artist (b. 1946)
2004 - Laurance Rockefeller, American conservationist and philanthropist (b. 1910)
2005 - Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
2005 - Frances Langford, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
2005 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (b. 1922)
2006 - Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
2006 - John Spencer, English snooker player (b. 1935)
2007 - Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2007 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913)
2007 - Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914)
2007 - Glenda Adams, Australian author (b. 1939)
2008 - Michael DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908)
2009 - Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian professional boxer (b. 1972)
2009 - Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)