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705 - Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies
976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1094 - St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice
1253 - Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies
1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)
1604 - Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58
1606 - Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies
1613 - Sebastian de Covarrubias bon Horozco, lexicographer, dies at 74
1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1651 - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55
1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602)
1656 - Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
1656 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
1680 - Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61
1683 - Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76
1686 - Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
1722 - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80
1728 - Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 - Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47
1771 - John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76
1772 - Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60
1793 - John Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)
1803 - Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)
1834 - Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58
1842 - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68
1847 - Rose Scott, Social Reformer
1862 - James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1862 - William Rufus Terrill, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
1864 - Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34
1865 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
1869 - Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64
1879 - Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
1886 - Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)
1888 - Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies
1895 - Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76
1897 - Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43
1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1904 - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62
1907 - Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65
1912 - Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88
1919 - Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies
1925 - Abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies
1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889)
1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)
1936 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
1936 - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1940 - Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer
1944 - Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52
1945 - Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73
1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
1947 - Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78
1952 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877)
1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41
1953 - Nigel Bruce, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman), dies at 58
1956 - Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)
1962 - Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer
1964 - Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69
1967 - Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84
1967 - [Ernesto] Che Guevara [Serna], Arg/Cuban revolutionary, dies
1969 - Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81
1970 - Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
1970 - Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
1971 - Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51
1971 - Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79
1973 - Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies
1975 - Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78
1977 - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )
1978 - Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49
1978 - Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70
1978 - Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
1979 - June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68
1982 - Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1982 - Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92
1983 - Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49
1984 - Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
1985 - Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
1985 - Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright/poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94
1988 - Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82
1990 - B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
1991 - Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75
1992 - Willy Brandt, chancellor of W Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78
1993 - Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73
1994 - Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55
1994 - Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81
1994 - John the King, CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68
1994 - Manual Pina, fashion Designer, dies at 50
1995 - Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48
1995 - Frederick Harry Baines, painter, dies at 85
1995 - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82
1995 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45
1996 - Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70
1996 - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85
1996 - Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81
1996 - Susan Gautier TV producer-Smith, dies at 33
1996 - William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83
1997 - Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913)
1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)