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741 - Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
1234 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
1291 - Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1464 - Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
1580 - Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
1588 - Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
1588 - Robert Crowley, English printer and poet
1629 - Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
1629 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577)
1667 - Louise Henriette, daughter of Frederik Hendrik, dies at 39
1669 - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1673 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (b. 1606)
1686 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
1704 - Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
1726 - Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68
1742 - John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
1749 - Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
1772 - Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
1772 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
1788 - Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
1794 - James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
1799 - Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58
1815 - Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
1815 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
1817 - Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
1821 - Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
1824 - Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
1835 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
1850 - Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
1853 - Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
1859 - Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
1866 - Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
1876 - August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
1880 - John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
1884 - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
1886 - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
1889 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (b. 1855)
1898 - George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
1902 - Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
1909 - Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
1911 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
1915 - Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho
1916 - Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
1916 - Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
1921 - Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies
1921 - Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
1922 - John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
1928 - Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
1934 - Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
1935 - August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
1936 - Maxim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68
1937 - Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
1939 - French LM "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
1942 - Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
1942 - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
1942 - John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
1945 - Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
1945 - Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
1947 - Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
1952 - Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
1955 - Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
1955 - Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
1958 - Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
1959 - Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
1962 - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
1963 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912)
1964 - Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
1965 - George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
1967 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66
1967 - Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
1967 - Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
1971 - Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
1971 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
1973 - Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
1973 - Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55
1973 - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
1974 - Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1974 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
1975 - Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
1978 - Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
1980 - André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
1980 - Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
1982 - Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
1982 - Djuna Barnes, writer, dies
1982 - John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
1982 - Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
1984 - Alan Berg, American radio talk show host
1985 - Paul Colin, French poster designer (b. 1892)
1986 - Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (b. 1921)
1987 - Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
1989 - I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
1990 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
1991 - Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
1992 - Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
1992 - Mordecai Ardon, one of Israel's greatest painters (b. 1896)
1994 - Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75
1995 - Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
1995 - Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
1996 - Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
1996 - Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
1997 - Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
2000 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
2002 - Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924)
2003 - Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
2005 - Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
2005 - Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2006 - Vincent Sherman, American film director (b. 1906)
2007 - Bernard Manning, British comedian (b. 1930)
2007 - Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
2008 - Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
2008 - Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)
2008 - Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)