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1459 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies
1522 - Jean Mouton, French composer
1553 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)
1583 - Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83
1602 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)
1611 - Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies
1626 - Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35
1626 - Willebrord Snellius, astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46
1632 - Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded
1654 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. 1633)
1661 - Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter, dies at 74
1667 - Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer, dies at 54
1676 - Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies
1680 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
1685 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. 1603)
1690 - Hieronymus van Beverningk, Duitch general, dies at 76
1757 - Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies
1785 - Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54
1787 - Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58
1809 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
1833 - Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, historian/literary, dies at 58
1842 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author (b. 1784)
1853 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Potifar, Giacobbe), dies at 66
1862 - Ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, US astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53
1883 - Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80
1885 - Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57
1893 - John Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72
1894 - Honoré Mercier, politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1896 - Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies
1898 - Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
1899 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816)
1901 - ... Opperman, South African Boer general (Spy), killed in battle
1901 - U Benson, British lt-col (Magers' fountain), killed in battle
1910 - J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies
1912 - Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56
1912 - Preston Lockwood, British(?) actor/writer, dies
1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
1914 - Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31
1915 - Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies
1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
1916 - Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70
1923 - Andrew Bonar Law, English PM (C), dies at 64
1928 - Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer, dies at 55
1932 - Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87
1936 - Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies
1944 - Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66
1957 - Fred Beebe, baseball player (b. 1880)
1958 - Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77
1959 - Blonde Dolly, [Sybille A J Niemans], society prostitute, dies at 33
1960 - Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89
1961 - Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies
1966 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (b. 1906)
1967 - Charles Trowbridge, actor (Mummy's Hand), dies at 85
1968 - Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
1968 - Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
1969 - Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892)
1971 - Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78
1972 - Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1973 - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77
1975 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1977 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29
1977 - Steve Gaines, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in air crash
1979 - Sir Barnes Wallis, British scientist, engineer and inventor (b. 1887)
1979 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)
1981 - Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies
1984 - June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66
1984 - Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
1985 - Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
1986 - Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62
1988 - John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86
1988 - Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71
1988 - T. Hee, American animator (b. 1911)
1990 - Craig Russell, female impersonator, dies of an AIDS-stroke at 42
1990 - Henry Lauter, actor (Tarzan's Fight), dies
1991 - Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
1991 - Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62
1991 - William Shea, (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84
1993 - Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered
1993 - Paul Grégoire, Archbishop of Montreal (b. 1911)
1994 - Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
1994 - Nyanaponika, [Siegmund Feniger), German scholar/author, dies at 93
1995 - Brian Easdale, composer, dies at 86
1995 - Terry Southern, writer, dies at 71
1996 - Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur, dies at 101
1996 - Leon Lewis, US radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81
1996 - Rohan Butler, historian, dies at 79
1997 - Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86
2000 - Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)
2002 - Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
2002 - Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2004 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924)
2005 - Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
2005 - Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader (b. 1942)
2006 - Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)
2006 - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926)
2007 - Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. 1933)
2007 - Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. 1945)
2007 - Washoe, chimpanzee trained in American Sign Language (b. 1965)
2007 - John Woodruff, American athlete (b. 1915)
2008 - Pedro Pompilio Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)