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290 - [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
540 - Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies
552 - Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle
959 - King Edwy of England
976 - Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies
1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1404 - Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies
1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
1500 - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1574 - Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies
1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
1578 - Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31
1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)
1588 - Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
1602 - Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61
1609 - Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
1633 - Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies
1684 - Pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42
1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1704 - Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44
1708 - John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59
1768 - Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80
1770 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64
1795 - Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70
1814 - Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies
1837 - Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1838 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
1864 - John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)
1868 - Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63
1876 - Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77
1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)
1881 - Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78
1901 - Abdoer-Rahman, emir of Afghanistan, dies
1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
1904 - William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Sect of State, dies at 76
1911 - Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77
1913 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1927 - Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68
1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
1930 - Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84
1936 - Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28
1942 - Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
1943 - Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 - Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 - Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1943 - Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 - Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed
1943 - Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 - Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1943 - Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 - Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 - Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1943 - Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35
1943 - John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 - Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 - Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21
1943 - Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1943 - Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 - Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1943 - Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19
1943 - Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1943 - Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42
1945 - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73
1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
1956 - Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36
1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1961 - Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60
1964 - Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76
1965 - Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies
1965 - Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
1966 - Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies
1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies
1970 - Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52
1970 - Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87
1970 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1972 - Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87
1972 - Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68
1973 - Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74
1974 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
1975 - Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39
1979 - Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81
1980 - George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86
1984 - Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72
1985 - Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86
1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)
1990 - Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies
1990 - Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate, dies at 83
1991 - Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies
1992 - Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50
1992 - Harry Milton Ray, singer/actor (Avanti!), dies of stroke at 45
1993 - Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75
1993 - Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77
1994 - Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43
1994 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia (1966-70), dies at 86
1994 - Karoli Ruth Needles, painter, dies at 54
1994 - Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90
1994 - Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
1995 - Aditya Biria, industrialist, dies at 50
1995 - Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
1995 - Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator, dies at 90
1995 - Russ Karel, director, dies at 45
1996 - Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74
1996 - Patrick McGeown, politician, dies at 40
1997 - Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36
1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
1998 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
1999 - Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2000 - Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
2001 - Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2001 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)
2002 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2006 - Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2006 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007 - Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007 - Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
2007 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)