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574 - John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
939 - Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
939 - Pope Leo VII
1024 - Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
1105 - Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
1205 - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
1309 - Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
1380 - Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
1551 - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
1621 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61
1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
1628 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
1693 - Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
1705 - Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
1755 - Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
1760 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (b. 1696)
1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
1762 - James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
1777 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
1785 - Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78
1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
1813 - Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
1844 - Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66
1860 - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1861 - Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41
1863 - John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32
1877 - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1882 - Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
1889 - Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49
1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
1890 - John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (b. 1813)
1894 - Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
1903 - August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77
1922 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1923 - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80
1925 - Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies
1927 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
1936 - Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
1936 - Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43
1943 - Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50
1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
1947 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies
1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Nacht), dies at 76
1954 - Irving Pichel, dies at 63
1954 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47
1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
1955 - Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1956 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
1958 - Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
1960 - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
1967 - Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
1967 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
1973 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
1974 - Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76
1975 - Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea
1976 - Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
1976 - Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1976 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
1978 - Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84
1980 - Seretse Khama, 1st president of Botswana, dies
1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69
1982 - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
1987 - Patience Collier, dies
1988 - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
1988 - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
1989 - Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
1989 - Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
1990 - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
1991 - Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
1992 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
1992 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78
1993 - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
1993 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
1994 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
1994 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
1996 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71
1996 - Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91
1996 - Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
1997 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great, dies at 92
1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
2002 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908)
2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1949)
2004 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)
2008 - Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)