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Results 1 - 108 of 108

727 - Saint Frideswide
1187 - Pope Urban III
1216 - King John
1268 - Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
1432 - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)
1547 - Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
1553 - Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
1587 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
1608 - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies
1608 - Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. 1551)
1609 - Jacobus Arminius, [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49
1636 - Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician
1682 - Thomas Browne, English writer (b. 1605)
1745 - Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies
1758 - Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
1786 - Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58
1790 - Lyman Hall, US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 66
1793 - Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62
1810 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies
1813 - Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle
1834 - Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Volkswoede), dies at 69
1835 - Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57
1838 - Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73
1842 - Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet (b. 1808)
1851 - Marie Thérèse Charlotte (b. 1778)
1856 - William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799)
1864 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/brig-general, dies in battle at 45
1888 - Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38
1889 - King Louis of Portugal (b. 1838)
1897 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831)
1901 - Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (b. 1829)
1909 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist, dies
1912 - J E B B P Q C Dwyer, cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies
1918 - Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34
1918 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
1921 - Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1932 - Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72
1934 - Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63
1936 - Lu Xun, Chinese writer (b. 1881)
1937 - Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
1937 - Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, Engl physicist (Nobel 1908), dies
1943 - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered
1950 - Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
1955 - John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41
1956 - Isham Jones, American musician (b. 1894)
1957 - Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65
1959 - Boughera El Quafi, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1928), shot to death at 60
1959 - Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45
1960 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
1961 - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60
1961 - John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63
1964 - Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
1964 - Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (b. 1885)
1966 - Elizabeth Arden, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies
1970 - Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54
1971 - Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89
1971 - Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64
1978 - Gig Young, American actor, kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64
1981 - Frank DeKova, actor (F Troop), dies
1981 - Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet, dies at 48
1982 - Jock Ewing, dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas"
1983 - Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83
1983 - Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
1984 - Henri Michaux, writer, dies
1984 - Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped & murdered
1984 - Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27
1985 - Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
1986 - Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
1986 - Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist
1987 - Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42
1987 - Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
1988 - Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist, dies at 77
1988 - Son House, American musician (b. 1902)
1992 - Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53
1992 - Gert Nastian, general & companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69
1992 - Maurice le Roux, French conductor/composer (Contes immoraux), dies
1992 - Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
1993 - Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
1993 - Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered
1993 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
1993 - Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91
1994 - Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78
1994 - Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies
1994 - Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72
1994 - Stanislaw Brunstein, artist, dies at 79
1995 - Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58
1995 - Vicki Stangroome, campaigner, dies at 53
1996 - Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71
1996 - Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84
1997 - Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49
1999 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer (b. 1900)
1999 - James C. Murray, American politician (b. 1917)
2000 - Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1941)
2003 - Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (b. 1925)
2003 - Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
2003 - Michael Hegstrand, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
2004 - Elliott Smith, American Singer Songwriter(b. 1969)
2005 - Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
2005 - Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
2006 - James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
2007 - Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (b. 1943)
2007 - Michael Maidens, English footballer with Hartlepool United (b. 1987)
2007 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch writer (b. 1925)
2007 - LaLa Brown, American singer (b. 1986)
2008 - Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (b. 1922)
2008 - Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
2009 - Howard Unruh, American spree killer (b. 1921)
2009 - Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (b. 1918)