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218 - Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54
632 - Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)
1042 - Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth
1042 - Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
1115 - Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64
1376 - "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46
1383 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
1384 - Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)
1476 - George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1505 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470)
1611 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
1612 - Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
1621 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
1628 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
1661 - John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39
1688 - Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
1695 - Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66
1711 - Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61
1716 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)
1727 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
1742 - Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62
1768 - Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50
1771 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716)
1790 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75
1794 - G A Borger, writer, dies
1795 - Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10
1796 - Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80
1803 - Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80
1806 - George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79
1809 - Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1814 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48
1831 - Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
1835 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
1845 - Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78
1857 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)
1865 - Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies
1870 - Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78
1871 - Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
1874 - Cochise, Apache leader
1876 - George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71
1884 - Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51
1885 - Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)
1889 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54
1906 - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65
1908 - Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66
1919 - Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78
1924 - Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)
1924 - George Leigh Mallory, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1886)
1929 - Bliss Carman, poet, dies
1940 - Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69
1945 - Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)
1947 - Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
1948 - Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69
1948 - Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies
1951 - Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)
1953 - Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68
1954 - Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41
1956 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)
1965 - Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
1966 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
1967 - Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Laverne Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies
1969 - Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57
1970 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)
1972 - Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68
1973 - Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76
1975 - William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78
1979 - Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
1979 - Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61
1980 - Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)
1982 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75
1984 - Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88
1987 - Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
1988 - Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies
1988 - Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies
1988 - Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies
1990 - Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
1990 - Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
1991 - Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies
1991 - Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
1992 - Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51
1992 - Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
1992 - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
1992 - William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
1993 - René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84
1993 - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945)
1994 - William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86
1995 - Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies
1995 - Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69
1995 - Sheikh Iman, singer, dies at 76
1996 - Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70
1996 - Gerry Gomez, cricketer (West Indian captain played 29 Tests), dies
1996 - Michael Fox, actor (Amos-Falcon Crest, Skinheads), dies at 75
1996 - Percy Edwards, animal imitator, dies at 88
1996 - Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
1997 - George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
1998 - Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
1998 - Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
2000 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948)
2003 - Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
2004 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2006 - Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
2006 - Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
2007 - Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
2007 - Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
2008 - Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)
2009 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (b. 1935)