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532 - Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies
1174 - Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)
1312 - Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
1552 - Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53
1586 - Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32
1616 - John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)
1638 - Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63
1660 - Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)
1673 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)
1702 - Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
1757 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
1763 - Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
1776 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
1780 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)
1786 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)
1806 - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
1825 - Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71
1836 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
1837 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58
1849 - Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
1868 - Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)
1887 - Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63
1889 - Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)
1890 - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77
1897 - Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84
1904 - Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32
1909 - Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44
1910 - Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
1910 - William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
1917 - Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
1918 - Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies
1921 - Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
1931 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)
1934 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852)
1941 - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
1943 - Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician (b. 1893)
1944 - Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45
1956 - Anne Crawford, British film actor (b. 1920)
1957 - John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
1958 - C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies
1958 - Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
1962 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882)
1963 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97
1965 - Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
1966 - Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91
1966 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
1967 - Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
1970 - Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)
1970 - Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
1972 - Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
1972 - Prince George of Yugoslavia (b. 1887)
1972 - Billy Williams, American singer (b. 1910)
1973 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
1974 - René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
1975 - Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90
1977 - Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
1979 - John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81
1979 - Karel Reiner, composer, dies at 69
1979 - S J Perelman, US humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1981 - David Guion, composer, dies at 88
1981 - Albert Cohen, Swiss author (b. 1895)
1982 - Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
1983 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
1984 - Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89
1987 - Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
1990 - Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
1991 - J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
1991 - Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
1992 - Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
1992 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. 1912)
1993 - Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
1993 - Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84
1993 - Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies
1993 - Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage) (b. 1963)
1994 - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83
1994 - Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80
1994 - Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27
1994 - Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50
1994 - Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
1995 - Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66
1996 - Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93
1996 - Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30
1997 - Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
1998 - Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
1998 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist
1999 - Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915)
2000 - Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924)
2001 - Jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2001 - Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli politician (b. 1926)
2002 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935)
2002 - Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (b. 1952)
2005 - Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904)
2005 - Franky Gee, European techno artist (b. 1962)
2006 - Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924)
2006 - Christopher Glenn, American newscaster (b. 1938)
2007 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (b. 1918)
2007 - Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)
2008 - Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)