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444 - Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
1137 - Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies
1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1296 - Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies
1458 - Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1543 - Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies
1574 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1603 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
1627 - John Hayward, English historian
1638 - Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies
1641 - Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74
1654 - Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67
1672 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
1679 - Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
1720 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
1757 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
1773 - Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
1776 - Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
1785 - Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
1794 - Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
1794 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b. 1715)
1814 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61
1827 - Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
1829 - James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute
1829 - Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64
1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
1832 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72
1839 - Ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies
1844 - Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched in Carthage Ill
1844 - Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched at 38
1848 - Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54
1848 - Zschokke, writer, dies
1859 - Jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69
1862 - Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
1863 - Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38
1864 - Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26
1876 - Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81
1889 - Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
1889 - Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50
1907 - Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
1912 - George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
1917 - Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79
1934 - Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56
1935 - Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1944 - Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52
1944 - Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
1948 - George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92
1950 - Milada Horakova, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
1952 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
1954 - Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83
1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
1958 - Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78
1960 - Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69
1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
1961 - Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58
1962 - Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
1964 - Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65
1965 - Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62
1966 - Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
1968 - Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies
1969 - Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42
1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53
1973 - Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82
1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73
1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31
1982 - Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49
1983 - Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race
1983 - Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race
1986 - Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
1986 - Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies
1986 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
1987 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71
1988 - Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (High Falcon), dies at 88
1989 - Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies
1989 - Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
1991 - Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
1991 - Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister), dies
1991 - Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 - Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84
1992 - Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia
1992 - Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24
1993 - Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
1994 - Jeremy Brooks, writer, dies at 67
1995 - Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70
1995 - Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator, dies at 59
1995 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61
1996 - Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87
1996 - Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85
1998 - Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
2001 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)
2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
2002 - John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57
2003 - David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2004 - Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2004 - George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
2005 - Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector
2005 - John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
2005 - Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
2005 - Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
2006 - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
2007 - Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2007 - Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
2007 - William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
2008 - Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2008 - Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
2009 - Gale Storm, TV Personality (b. 1922)
2009 - Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)