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392 - Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
884 - Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies
913 - Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
1157 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1174 - Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies
1174 - Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1482 - Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
1591 - Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
1591 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
1609 - Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
1621 - Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
1622 - Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1685 - Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
1698 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
1699 - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
1714 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1740 - Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
1746 - Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67
1760 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
1761 - Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
1773 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
1782 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
1785 - Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29
1801 - Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73
1821 - John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54
1822 - Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64
1823 - Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69
1824 - Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60
1832 - Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73
1833 - Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46
1842 - Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
1845 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1855 - Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1872 - Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87
1873 - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
1879 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
1886 - Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55
1889 - Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
1892 - Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1895 - Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
1899 - Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
1924 - Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
1926 - Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1932 - Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
1933 - Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54
1935 - Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
1940 - Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
1940 - Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63
1945 - Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1945 - Charles Williams, UK writer (b. 1886)
1948 - Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1952 - Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
1952 - Italo Montemezzi, composer, dies at 76
1954 - William March, American writer (b. 1893)
1956 - Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)
1958 - Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1959 - Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
1964 - Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1964 - Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
1965 - Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1967 - Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1967 - Jaromir Fiala, composer, dies at 74
1971 - Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
1972 - Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
1973 - Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
1976 - Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
1978 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1982 - Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1984 - Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85
1984 - Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
1985 - Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
1986 - Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
1986 - Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1987 - John Baur, museum director, dies at 78
1987 - Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
1988 - Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
1988 - Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
1989 - John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80
1989 - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
1991 - Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
1991 - Freddie Paris, dies
1991 - Reno Brown, dies
1991 - Ronald Lacey, actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55
1991 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
1992 - Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44
1992 - Robert Morris Page, US physicist (radar), dies at 88
1992 - Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1993 - Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
1994 - Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61
1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
1994 - Ronnie Potsdammer, singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71
1994 - Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1994 - [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
1995 - Edouard Dermit, actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
1995 - Eric Richard Porter, actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
1995 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68
1995 - Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52
1996 - George M Tindley, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57
1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
2003 - George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
2005 - Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
2007 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
2007 - Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
2008 - Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
2008 - Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
2008 - Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
2009 - Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor (b. 1923)
2009 - Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)