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

Results 1 - 105 of 105

757 - Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies
1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
1196 - Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1444 - Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1476 - Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)
1478 - Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
1558 - Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies
1648 - Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1703 - Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
1716 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
1726 - Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
1731 - Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70
1784 - Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718)
1785 - Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
1789 - Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
1805 - Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
1827 - Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90
1865 - Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
1865 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27
1881 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
1892 - Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)
1907 - Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
1910 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
1920 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
1922 - Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1924 - Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1932 - Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
1936 - Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)
1938 - Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1940 - Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1941 - Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
1944 - Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893)
1945 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)
1945 - Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor (b. 1909)
1946 - Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
1950 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881)
1951 - John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
1951 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (b. 1868)
1952 - Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1956 - Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1957 - Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868)
1958 - Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies
1958 - Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68
1960 - Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1961 - Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36
1964 - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1964 - Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
1965 - Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70
1969 - Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of aikido (b. 1883)
1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
1970 - John Knittel, writer, dies at 79
1970 - Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]
1970 - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (b. 1886)
1972 - Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1972 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
1973 - Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1976 - Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60
1976 - Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1976 - Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65
1976 - Sid James, South African-born British comedian (b. 1913)
1980 - Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1981 - Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1981 - Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
1981 - Robert Davi, dies at 54
1981 - Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
1982 - Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies
1983 - Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
1983 - Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
1984 - Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
1984 - May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
1984 - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
1986 - Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1986 - [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1986 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
1987 - John Ernest Silkin, British politician (b. 1923)
1987 - Shankar, Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo Shankar-Jaikishan (b. 1922)
1989 - Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1990 - Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated
1991 - Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies
1991 - Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61
1991 - Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (b. 1904)
1991 - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
1992 - Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
1992 - Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68
1994 - Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate (b. 1927)
1995 - Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
1996 - Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69
1996 - John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94
1996 - Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78
1997 - Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
1997 - Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
1997 - Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
1999 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (b. 1957)
1999 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (b.1961)
2002 - Robert Steinhäuser German spree killer (b.1983)
2003 - Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2003 - Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist (b. 1904)
2003 - Peter Stone, American writer (b. 1930)
2004 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. 1928)
2005 - Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
2005 - Maria Schell, Swiss-Austrian actress (b. 1926)
2005 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. 1917)
2007 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (b. 1921)