• Home
• Articles
• Dates
• Days
• Today in History
• Topics
• Quiz

Results 1 - 107 of 107

1047 - Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)
1253 - Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78
1273 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
1326 - Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies
1390 - Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies
1423 - Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies
1436 - Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35
1555 - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
1562 - Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies
1562 - Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and early advocate for the use of condoms. (b. 1523)
1569 - Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
1597 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537)
1646 - Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies
1691 - William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
1709 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
1729 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
1769 - Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60
1781 - Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49
1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
1797 - Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77
1797 - Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies
1806 - Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74
1821 - Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68
1831 - Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered
1831 - John Capodistria, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
1837 - Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies
1841 - Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60
1873 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1891 - Johannes Tideman, theologist, dies at 83
1897 - John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79
1900 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer, dies at 57
1906 - Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies
1907 - Romualdo Marenco, composer, dies at 66
1912 - Millie & Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61
1915 - Constant A M Cap, Flemish poet/etcher, dies at 73
1917 - Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63
1918 - Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60
1924 - Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
1934 - J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered
1934 - King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist)
1937 - August de Boeck, composer, dies at 72
1937 - George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch min of war (1918-20), dies at 73
1940 - Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).
1941 - Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
1943 - Gerard W Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies
1943 - Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 - Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 - Pieter Zeeman, naturalist (Nobel 1902), dies
1949 - Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70
1950 - George Hainsworth, National Hockey League goaltender (b. 1895)
1955 - Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65
1956 - Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
1958 - Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82
1960 - Howard Glenn, NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game
1962 - Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80
1963 - Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer, dies at 85
1967 - Andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies
1967 - Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-born guerrilla, executed in Bolivia
1968 - Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
1970 - Jean Giono, writer, dies
1972 - Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72
1972 - Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69
1974 - Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
1976 - Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (b. 1894)
1978 - Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49
1982 - Anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86
1983 - Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered
1985 - Emílio Garrastazu Médici, president of Brazil (b. 1905)
1987 - Clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84
1987 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (b. 1908)
1988 - Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84
1988 - Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies
1989 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
1990 - Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83
1991 - Roy Black, German singer/actor (Kinderarzt Dr Froehlich), dies
1991 - Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51
1992 - Willy Brandt, German chancellor (1969-74), dies
1993 - C R Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1993 - Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26
1994 - Fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer
1994 - James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
1994 - Joan Dickson, cellist, dies at 72
1994 - Raich Carter, footballer, dies at 80
1995 - Alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies
1995 - John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77
1995 - Kukrit Pramoj, PM of Thailand (1975-76), dies at 84
1995 - Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
1995 - Patric William Billy Walker, astrologer, dies at 64
1995 - Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader, dies at 83
1996 - Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58
1996 - Harvey Vernon, actor (Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69
1996 - Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician, dies at 83
1996 - Richard Clarkson, aerodynamicist, dies at 94
1997 - Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
1999 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1923)
1999 - Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914)
2000 - David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
2000 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
2001 - Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
2001 - Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (b. 1927)
2002 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (b. 1924)
2002 - Aileen Wournos, American serial killer sentenced to death (b. 1956)
2005 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913)
2006 - Paul Hunter, English professional snooker player (b. 1978)
2006 - Raymond Noorda, American co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (b. 1924)
2007 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
2008 - Gidget Gein, American musician (b. 1969)