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523 - Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen
680 - Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)
988 - Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland
1085 - King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies
1124 - Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1475 - Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64
1502 - James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
1527 - Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1540 - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
1596 - Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
1620 - Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
1631 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician
1638 - Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies
1642 - Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday
1666 - Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79
1667 - Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50
1678 - Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
1708 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
1727 - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1739 - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1757 - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
1757 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
1757 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
1776 - James Kent, composer, dies at 76
1794 - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59
1814 - George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64
1836 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78
1840 - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
1841 - John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1852 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
1856 - William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
1859 - Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
1862 - Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1864 - Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28
1877 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)
1882 - Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1882 - Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1890 - Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
1892 - Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54
1904 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67
1910 - Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1916 - Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1916 - Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50
1919 - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1924 - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
1936 - Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59
1948 - 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
1949 - A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies
1949 - P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
1950 - Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1951 - Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869)
1952 - Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60
1952 - Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
1960 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1961 - Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
1963 - Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
1963 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881)
1964 - Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
1971 - Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1972 - Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947)
1973 - Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
1975 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
1976 - Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
1978 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
1978 - Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
1982 - Sam Baker, dies
1983 - Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922)
1984 - Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician
1984 - Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
1985 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
1987 - William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1989 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
1990 - Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
1991 - Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies
1991 - Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
1991 - Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62
1991 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87
1992 - Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
1992 - Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90
1992 - Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
1993 - Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84
1993 - Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
1994 - Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1994 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
1994 - Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86
1994 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
1994 - Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
1995 - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1995 - Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47
1995 - Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57
1995 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
1995 - Hilda Toledano (b. 1907)
1996 - Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85
1996 - Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78
1996 - Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
1996 - Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79
1996 - Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91
1996 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50
2002 - Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
2002 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
2003 - Art Houtteman, baseball player (b. 1927)
2004 - Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher (b. 1912)
2004 - Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
2006 - Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
2006 - Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (b. 1926)
2006 - Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (b. 1958)
2006 - Lorne Saxberg, Canadian television journalist (b. 1958)
2007 - Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
2007 - Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
2007 - Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
2009 - Kevin Grubb, former NASCAR driver (b. 1978)