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366 - Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies
768 - Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53
786 - Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies
911 - Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies
1054 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1118 - Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1143 - Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies
1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies
1213 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
1228 - Stefanus I Nemanjic de Eerstgekroonde, king of Serbia (1217-28), dies
1230 - Alfonso IX, king of Leon/Castile, dies
1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 - Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies
1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (bc. 1370)
1494 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1517 - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1536 - Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24
1545 - Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop/monarch of Mainz, dies at 55
1568 - Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47
1605 - Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547)
1621 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565)
1707 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
1755 - Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45
1790 - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1813 - Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72
1815 - John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70
1834 - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies
1855 - Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86
1856 - Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies
1865 - Frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81
1875 - William Walker, composer, dies at 66
1881 - Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74
1892 - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69
1892 - Patrick S Gilmore, composer, dies at 62
1894 - Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies
1896 - Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies
1896 - Percy McDonnell, cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies
1896 - Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818)
1898 - Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70
1910 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
1919 - Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
1930 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1933 - Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)
1933 - Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1934 - Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69
1938 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
1939 - Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies
1948 - Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53
1949 - Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88
1951 - Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75
1951 - Phillippus Paracelsus, physician/alchemist, dies at 48
1953 - Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68
1954 - Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
1960 - Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55
1960 - Melanie Klein, [Reizes], child psycho-analyst, dies
1961 - Sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68
1967 - Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71
1967 - Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies
1968 - Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67
1968 - Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1975 - Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71
1975 - Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75
1975 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
1976 - Bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54
1976 - Romney Brent, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74
1978 - Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
1981 - Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71
1982 - Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67
1983 - Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies
1984 - Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85
1990 - Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
1991 - Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
1991 - Theodore Geisel, author (Dr Seuss), dies of cancer at 87
1991 - Peter Bellamy, folk singer (b. 1944)
1993 - Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1994 - Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
1994 - David Napley, solicitor, dies at 79
1994 - Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66
1996 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87
1996 - Mark Frankel, actor (Solitaire for 2, Simon-Sisters), dies at 34
1996 - Pavel Anatolievich Sudoplatov, spy, dies at 89
1997 - Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47
2002 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
2002 - Mike Webster, National Football League player (b. 1952)
2003 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 - Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
2008 - Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)