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304 - Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)
879 - Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)
1118 - Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1118 - Pope Paschal II
1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)
1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
1596 - John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
1626 - John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)
1665 - Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
1665 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
1670 - Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80
1683 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1686 - Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies
1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
1704 - Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
1731 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
1746 - Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60
1766 - James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
1774 - Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
1793 - Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)
1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)
1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729)
1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)
1815 - M Claudius, writer, dies at 74
1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
1831 - Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1851 - Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
1871 - John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
1882 - Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
1883 - Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62
1884 - Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
1888 - Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83
1891 - Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48
1892 - John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
1894 - Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24
1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)
1903 - Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58
1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
1924 - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53
1926 - Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
1927 - Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
1928 - George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)
1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67
1932 - [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51
1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
1937 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)
1942 - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1943 - Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
1944 - Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
1944 - Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down
1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72
1950 - George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46
1954 - Billy Jenkins, dies at 69
1955 - Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
1957 - Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1959 - Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77
1959 - Lamar Stringfield, composer, dies at 61
1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881)
1961 - John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday
1962 - Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76
1963 - Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
1963 - Franz Jung, writer, dies at 74
1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
1965 - Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
1967 - Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51
1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
1971 - Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
1974 - Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
1974 - Ken Viljoen, cricketer (played 27 Tests for S Africa 1930-47), dies
1974 - Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78
1975 - Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
1977 - John Vincent, composer, dies at 74
1977 - Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76
1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
1981 - Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1984 - Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
1984 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
1985 - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
1987 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
1988 - Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
1991 - Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1991 - Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
1991 - Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74
1992 - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1994 - Basel al-Assad, Syrian pres Assad son, dies in car accident at 31
1995 - Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25
1995 - John Halas, animator, dies at 82
1995 - Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
1996 - Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
1996 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
1997 - Dennis Main Wilson, TV/radio producer, dies at 72
1997 - Michael Duane, educationalist, dies at 81
1998 - Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
1999 - Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)
2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
2003 - Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
2006 - Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
2007 - U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981)
2008 - Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)
2008 - Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918)