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664 - Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
937 - Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria
1223 - Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57
1223 - King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
1298 - Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies
1575 - Richard Taverner, English Bible translator
1614 - Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64
1671 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)
1711 - Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23
1723 - Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)
1742 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (b. 1662)
1744 - Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28
1762 - Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77
1766 - František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
1770 - David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71
1774 - James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
1779 - George Ross, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49
1780 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (b. 1713)
1788 - Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60
1789 - Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (assassinated) (b. 1721)
1789 - Bernard-René de Launay, governor of the Bastille, murdered during the Storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
1790 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b. 1717)
1793 - Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44
1803 - Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies
1812 - Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82
1816 - Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
1817 - Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Swiss author (b. 1766)
1827 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (b. 1788)
1830 - Anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime, dies at 73
1834 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
1850 - August Neander, German theologian (b. 1789)
1873 - Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63
1876 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (b. 1816)
1881 - Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?)
1895 - Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65
1902 - Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58
1904 - S J Paul Kruger, general/pres South-Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78
1907 - William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
1908 - William Mason, composer, dies at 79
1917 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
1923 - Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61
1925 - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)
1930 - W H Ashley, cricketer (Test S Africa, 7 wkts), dies
1938 - Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies
1939 - Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter, decorative artist (b. 1860)
1940 - Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
1942 - Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies
1943 - Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74%
1948 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated
1949 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies
1951 - Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies
1954 - Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87
1954 - Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
1956 - Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58
1958 - Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered
1958 - Emil Barth, writer, dies at 58
1958 - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad
1958 - Franciscus J Feron, vicar-general of Roermond, dies at 62
1958 - Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered
1959 - Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
1965 - Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies
1966 - Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1967 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
1968 - Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76
1968 - Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64
1968 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1970 - Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
1973 - Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1974 - Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83
1974 - Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
1974 - Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (b. 1891)
1975 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77
1975 - Madan Mohan, Hindi Film's Melodious Music director (b. 1924)
1979 - George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
1982 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71
1983 - Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
1984 - Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
1984 - Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
1984 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43
1984 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
1986 - Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer, dies at 92
1989 - Frank Bell, British educator (b. 1916)
1990 - Dallas Alinder, dies
1990 - Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73
1991 - Nic van Bridges, Flemish poet, dies
1993 - Robert Strong
1994 - Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 - Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies
1994 - Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1995 - Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59
1996 - Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82
1996 - Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist, dies at 91
1996 - Kim Besly, activist, dies at 69
1996 - Jeff Krosnoff, CART driver (b. 1964)
1998 - Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (b. 1909)
2000 - William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2000 - René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
2000 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
2002 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
2003 - Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2003 - François-Albert Angers, French Canadian economist (b. 1909)
2005 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (b. 1924)
2005 - Cicely Saunders, English Nurse, physician and writer (b. 1918)
2007 - John Ferguson Sr, former professional hockey player (b. 1938)
2008 - Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
2009 - Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)