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923 - Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle
923 - Robert I of France (b. 866)
948 - Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies
991 - Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies
991 - Empress Theophanu
1073 - Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)
1246 - Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25
1337 - Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies
1341 - Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies
1381 - Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London
1381 - John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
1383 - John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor
1389 - Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle
1389 - Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle
1397 - Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity
1467 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70
1521 - Tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)
1557 - Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies
1580 - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70
1614 - Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
1666 - Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies
1677 - Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67
1679 - Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
1702 - Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
1703 - Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58
1708 - Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62
1724 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
1750 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
1760 - Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69
1768 - James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
1772 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77
1814 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84
1828 - Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91
1831 - Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78
1839 - Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41
1844 - Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66
1845 - Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60
1849 - James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53
1856 - David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
1858 - Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63
1865 - Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide
1865 - Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61
1869 - Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60
1875 - Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72
1888 - Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies
1888 - Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (b. 1831)
1889 - Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
1895 - Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72
1905 - Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies
1907 - William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies
1914 - A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies
1917 - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)
1920 - Michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55
1923 - Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
1934 - Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77
1938 - Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
1941 - Evelyn Underhill, British writer (b. 1875)
1941 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)
1942 - Vera Figner, writer, dies
1943 - Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies
1952 - Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70
1958 - Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74
1961 - Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
1962 - Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84
1965 - E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902
1965 - Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917)
1967 - Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69
1968 - Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88
1968 - Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48
1969 - Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies
1971 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1976 - Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
1978 - Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
1979 - Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67
1982 - Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56
1982 - Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90
1983 - Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (b. 1910)
1984 - Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82
1984 - Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1985 - Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
1985 - Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies
1985 - Andy Stanfield, American athlete (b. 1927)
1985 - Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (b. 1961)
1986 - K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter
1987 - J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies
1987 - Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
1989 - Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63
1989 - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
1989 - Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
1991 - Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. 1898)
1992 - Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
1992 - Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
1993 - John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76
1993 - Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
1993 - Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87
1994 - David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue)
1994 - Kristen Pfaff, US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24
1994 - Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68
1994 - Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70
1995 - Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
1996 - Fitzroy Maclean, the original James Bond, dies at 85
1996 - Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88
1996 - Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77
1996 - Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)
2000 - Jules Roy, French writer (b. 1907)
2001 - Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
2002 - Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do (b. 1918)
2003 - Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (b. 1911)
2005 - Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
2006 - Raymond Devos, French humourist (b. 1922)
2006 - Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
2007 - Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. 1950)
2007 - Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (b. 1958)
2008 - Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)