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855 - Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
986 - Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44
1122 - Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies
1127 - Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
1316 - Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
1333 - Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
1383 - Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies
1572 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
1589 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
1619 - Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
1729 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
1755 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1758 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
1772 - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
1787 - Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73
1791 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
1793 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
1797 - Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79
1800 - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86
1822 - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40
1829 - Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
1830 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1835 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 - Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81
1855 - Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
1862 - Frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40
1865 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
1867 - French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50
1868 - Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81
1880 - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1882 - Louis Kufferath, composer, dies at 70
1887 - August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47
1887 - Wilhelm Troszel, composer, dies at 63
1895 - Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
1895 - Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
1916 - Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
1919 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1921 - Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
1930 - David H Lawrence, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44
1937 - Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer, dies at 73
1938 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1939 - Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65
1943 - Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague), dies at 79
1945 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
1946 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
1946 - George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
1950 - M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76
1953 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
1957 - Harry E Soref, inventor (padlock), dies at 70
1958 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
1959 - Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70
1960 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
1967 - Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at 81
1967 - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1970 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
1971 - Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54
1972 - Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
1973 - Cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated
1974 - Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41
1974 - Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
1975 - Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65
1975 - Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
1979 - Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71
1979 - Mollah Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader, dies at 75
1979 - Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland
1979 - Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
1981 - Janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30
1982 - Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53
1984 - Louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48
1985 - John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57
1985 - Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's
1986 - Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56
1986 - Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered
1987 - Randolph Scott, actor (Ft Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89
1991 - Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies
1991 - Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies
1991 - James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at 87
1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, composer/actor (Fury of Hercules), dies at 62
1993 - Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15
1993 - Paul D Zimmerman, US screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
1994 - Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher, dies at 80
1994 - Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker, dies at 70
1995 - Hugo Cole, musician/critic, dies at 77
1995 - Vladislav Listyev, TV journalist, dies at 48
1996 - Jacobo Majluta, president of Dominican Rep (1982), dies at 61
1999 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
1999 - David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2001 - John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
2003 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2004 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2004 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
2005 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2005 - Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
2006 - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2006 - Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
2007 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
2007 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 - Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
2007 - Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
2008 - Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
2009 - João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2009 - Chris Finnegan, British Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist (b. 1944)