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Results 1 - 105 of 105

921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy
955 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
1535 - Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies
1546 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies
1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
1672 - Heinrich Schutz, composer, dies at 87
1676 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
1700 - Carlos II, King of Spain (1665-1700), dies at 39
1700 - Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
1711 - Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68
1750 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
1750 - Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
1768 - Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39
1788 - Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies
1810 - Georg Anton Kreusser, composer, dies at 64
1814 - Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
1817 - Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer, dies at 79
1825 - Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer, dies at 49
1841 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies
1844 - August Ferdinand Haeser, composer, dies at 45
1881 - Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22
1888 - Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
1891 - John A Neuhuys, painter, dies at 59
1894 - Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49
1894 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
1895 - Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61
1903 - [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies
1907 - Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33
1914 - Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
1926 - Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor/director (Krates), dies at 72
1926 - Wilfred Flowers, cricketer (England spinner in 8 Tests 1884-93), dies
1927 - Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in NYC at 32
1941 - Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
1942 - Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34
1947 - Man O' War, racehorse, dies
1947 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
1949 - Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies
1950 - Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate Pres Truman, shot dead
1955 - W H van Eemlandt, [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies
1955 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
1956 - Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67
1956 - Pietro Badoglio, Italian general (1922-43), dies at 85
1959 - Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66
1961 - Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97
1961 - Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38
1962 - Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78
1962 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
1963 - Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a coup at 62
1967 - Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61
1968 - Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80
1971 - G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95
1972 - Ezra Loomis Pound, US poet (Throne), dies at 87
1974 - Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75
1975 - Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
1975 - Jacki Ray, actor (In Like Flint), dies at 58
1975 - Norbert Rosseau, composer, dies at 67
1975 - Philip James, composer, dies at 85
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53
1976 - Oscar Beregi Jr, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58
1979 - Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
1982 - James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55
1982 - King Vidor, director (War & Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment
1982 - Leighton Lucas, composer, dies at 79
1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
1984 - Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
1985 - Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73
1986 - Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66
1986 - Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88
1987 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
1991 - Joseph Papp, US theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70
1992 - Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies
1993 - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
1993 - George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74
1993 - A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
1994 - Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97
1994 - Syd Dernley, hangman, dies at 73
1995 - Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64
1995 - Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic, dies at 88
1995 - James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96
1995 - Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53
1996 - Junius Richard Jayawardene, PM of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90
1996 - Maati Bouabid, PM of Morroco (1979-83), dies
1999 - Theodore Alvin Hall, Atomic Spy (b. 1925)
1999 - Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
2000 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
2004 - Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
2004 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
2005 - Skitch Henderson, English-born bandleader (b. 1918)
2005 - Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
2006 - William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
2006 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
2007 - Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)
2007 - S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
2008 - Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
2008 - Jacques Piccard, Swiss ocean explorer (b. 1922)
2008 - Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
2008 - Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)