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685 - Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
973 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
1092 - Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
1166 - Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
1205 - Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
1427 - Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
1523 - Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)
1539 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1671 - Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1671 - Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
1673 - Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
1682 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
1718 - Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)
1736 - John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
1792 - Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
1793 - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
1793 - Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
1800 - Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
1800 - Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
1805 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
1814 - Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
1818 - Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
1825 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
1836 - Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
1840 - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
1863 - Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1868 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
1871 - Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
1876 - Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
1876 - William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
1884 - Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
1887 - C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
1896 - H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)
1900 - Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
1904 - Peter Hille, writer, dies
1914 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
1915 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
1915 - Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
1915 - Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
1922 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
1925 - William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
1928 - Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
1929 - Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 - John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 - Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1932 - Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies
1934 - Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1940 - George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859)
1941 - David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
1941 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
1942 - Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1946 - Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1946 - Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for Engld 1907-08), dies
1951 - Warner Baxter, dies at 62
1953 - Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
1958 - Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1962 - Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77
1967 - Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
1967 - Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (b. 1935)
1968 - Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
1970 - Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1971 - Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
1977 - Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
1981 - Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
1982 - Alfred Adam, dies at 72
1983 - Peter Edel, writer, dies
1985 - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
1986 - Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
1986 - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949
1987 - Colin Blakely, dies at 56
1988 - Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42
1989 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
1989 - Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924)
1990 - Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
1993 - Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1994 - Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
1994 - Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
1995 - Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
1995 - Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
1995 - Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73
1995 - Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
1996 - Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76
1996 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
1996 - Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76
1998 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
2002 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974)
2002 - Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (b. 1962)
2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
2005 - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
2005 - Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
2005 - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
2006 - Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)
2006 - Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
2006 - Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)
2007 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
2007 - Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
2007 - Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
2009 - David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)