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804 - Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
988 - Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1102 - Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045)
1125 - Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
1296 - Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies
1319 - Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
1389 - Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
1526 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
1531 - Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1536 - Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded
1601 - Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
1610 - Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
1637 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
1647 - Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
1653 - Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48
1715 - Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
1786 - John Stanley, composer, dies at 74
1795 - Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65
1795 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
1798 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722)
1800 - French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged
1801 - Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies
1821 - Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
1825 - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
1845 - Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
1864 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
1872 - Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44
1876 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74
1885 - Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1890 - Gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1895 - Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
1898 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
1901 - Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81
1903 - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies
1904 - Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
1907 - Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840)
1912 - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
1915 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1918 - Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
1922 - Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79
1924 - Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
1928 - Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59
1928 - Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53
1935 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74
1935 - Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia), dies in a motorcycle crash
1942 - [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
1943 - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
1945 - Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
1946 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
1953 - Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79
1954 - Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
1954 - Charles Edward Ives, US composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
1958 - Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65
1958 - Ronald Colman, British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
1958 - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
1961 - Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
1965 - Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies
1966 - Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies
1969 - Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies
1971 - Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76
1971 - Ogden Nash, poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68
1978 - George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
1983 - Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies
1983 - Jean Rey, President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
1986 - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
1987 - Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71
1987 - James Tiptree, Jr, American author (b. 1915)
1988 - Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
1989 - Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
1989 - E Galgoczi, writer, dies
1989 - Robert Webber, actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS at 64
1989 - CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
1991 - Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies
1991 - Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
1993 - Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75
1993 - Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
1993 - S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1994 - Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64
1994 - Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer, dies at 82
1994 - Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48
1996 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61
1996 - Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1997 - Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
1998 - Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
1999 - James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)
1999 - Candy Candido, American actor (b. 1913)
2000 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2001 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2002 - John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
2002 - Walter Lord, American writer (b. 1917)
2004 - Tony Randall, actor (Felix Unger in The Odd Couple) dies aged 84
2004 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
2005 - Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
2006 - Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)
2007 - Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
2008 - Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)
2009 - Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1916)
2009 - Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)
