On This Day: April 27 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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44 Events 186 Births 86 Deaths

2018 The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict. ↗
2012 At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured. ↗
2011 The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more. ↗
2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia. ↗
2007 Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. ↗
2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City. ↗
2005 Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight. ↗
1994 South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force. ↗
1993 Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal. ↗
1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. ↗
1992 Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. ↗
1992 The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. ↗
1989 The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ↗
1987 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. ↗
1986 The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster. ↗
1978 John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. ↗
1978 The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ↗
1978 Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia. ↗
1976 Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. ↗
1974 109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport. ↗
1967 Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day. ↗
1953 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000. ↗
1945 World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. ↗
1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier. ↗
1941 World War II: German troops enter Athens. ↗
1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. ↗
1927 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created. ↗
1911 The Second Canton Uprising took place in Guangzhou, Qing China but was suppressed. ↗
1909 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. ↗
1906 The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time. ↗
1861 American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. ↗
1813 War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York. ↗
1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" in the Marines' Hymn). ↗
1667 Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register. ↗
1650 The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army. ↗
1595 The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world ↗
1565 Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ↗
1539 Official founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar. ↗
1521 Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu. ↗
1509 Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. ↗
1296 First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar. ↗
711 Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus). ↗
395 Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity. ↗
247 Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares. ↗

2005 Mathys Tel, French footballer ↗
2004 Arch Manning, American football player ↗
2003 Xavier Worthy, American football player ↗
2002 Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer ↗
1999 Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player ↗
1998 Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer ↗
1997 Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player ↗
1995 Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player ↗
1994 Corey Seager, American baseball player ↗
1992 Keenan Allen, American football player ↗
1991 Lara Gut, Swiss skier ↗
1990 Austin Dillon, American race car driver ↗
1989 Lars Bender, German footballer ↗
1989 Sven Bender, German footballer ↗
1988 Lizzo, American singer and rapper ↗
1988 Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1987 Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player ↗
1987 William Moseley, English actor ↗
1987 Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress ↗
1986 Jenna Coleman, English actress ↗
1986 Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player ↗
1985 Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner ↗
1984 Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1984 Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player ↗
1984 Patrick Stump, American musician, singer, and songwriter ↗
1983 Ari Graynor, American actress and producer ↗
1980 Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player ↗
1980 Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1979 Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian actor and wrestler ↗
1976 Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist ↗
1976 Sally Hawkins, English actress ↗
1976 Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1975 Chris Carpenter, American baseball player ↗
1975 Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player ↗
1975 Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper ↗
1974 Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player ↗
1973 Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter ↗
1973 Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player ↗
1972 Nigel Barker, English photographer and author ↗
1969 Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician ↗
1969 Darcey Bussell, English ballerina ↗
1968 Dana Milbank, American journalist and author ↗
1967 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands ↗
1967 Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator ↗
1967 Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor ↗
1967 Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist ↗
1966 Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer ↗
1966 Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator ↗
1965 Anna Chancellor, English actress ↗
1963 Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer ↗
1962 Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager ↗
1962 Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach ↗
1962 Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter ↗
1962 Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician ↗
1961 Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia ↗
1960 Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1959 Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ↗
1959 Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1957 Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician ↗
1957 Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager ↗
1956 Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) ↗
1955 Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman ↗
1954 Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji ↗
1954 Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1954 Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer ↗
1953 Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model ↗
1952 Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host ↗
1952 George Gervin, American basketball player ↗
1952 Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician ↗
1951 Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2025) ↗
1950 Jaime Fresnedi, Filipino politician ↗
1950 David W. Duclon, American television writer and producer (died 2025) ↗
1948 Frank Abagnale Jr., American security consultant and criminal ↗
1948 Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager ↗
1948 Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
1947 G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician ↗
1947 Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales ↗
1947 Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975) ↗
1947 Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003) ↗
1947 Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter ↗
1946 Franz Roth, German footballer ↗
1945 Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager ↗
1945 Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host ↗
1945 August Wilson, American author and playwright (died 2005) ↗
1944 Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist ↗
1944 Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (died 2017) ↗
1944 Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1943 Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager ↗
1942 Ruth Glick, American author ↗
1942 Jim Keltner, American drummer ↗
1941 Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024) ↗
1941 Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist ↗
1941 Lee Roy Jordan, American football player ↗
1939 Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (died 2015) ↗
1939 Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal ↗
1938 Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001) ↗
1938 Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986) ↗
1937 Sandy Dennis, American actress (died 1992) ↗
1937 Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop ↗
1937 Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1936 Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016) ↗
1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1935 Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2024) ↗
1933 Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017) ↗
1932 Anouk Aimée, French actress (died 2024) ↗
1932 Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018) ↗
1932 Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (died 2014) ↗
1932 Chuck Knox, American football coach (died 2018) ↗
1932 Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (died 2015) ↗
1932 Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1999) ↗
1931 Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator (died 2021) ↗
1929 Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016) ↗
1927 Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (died 2006) ↗
1927 Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2001) ↗
1926 Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (died 2016) ↗
1926 Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (died 2014) ↗
1926 Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (died 2014) ↗
1925 Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (died 2015) ↗
1924 Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (died 2013) ↗
1923 Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (died 2011) ↗
1922 Jack Klugman, American actor (died 2012) ↗
1922 Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (died 1988) ↗
1921 Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004) ↗
1920 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (died 1956) ↗
1920 Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (died 1997) ↗
1920 James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010) ↗
1920 Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (died 2010) ↗
1918 Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (died 2008) ↗
1917 Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 2001) ↗
1916 Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (died 2013) ↗
1916 Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (died 2002) ↗
1913 Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (died 2004) ↗
1913 Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (died 2012) ↗
1913 Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (died 1943) ↗
1912 Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (died 2001) ↗
1912 Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014) ↗
1911 Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009) ↗
1911 Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965) ↗
1910 Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (died 1988) ↗
1909 Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944) ↗
1906 Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966) ↗
1905 John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986) ↗
1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (died 1972) ↗
1904 Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (died 1973) ↗
1902 Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (died 1942) ↗
1900 August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (died 1989) ↗
1899 Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (died 1994) ↗
1898 Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1962) ↗
1896 Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963) ↗
1896 William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978) ↗
1896 Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937) ↗
1894 George Petty, American painter and illustrator (died 1975) ↗
1894 Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995) ↗
1893 Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (died 1946) ↗
1893 Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1939) ↗
1891 Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1953) ↗
1888 Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (died 1917) ↗
1887 Warren Wood, American golfer (died 1926) ↗
1882 Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (died 1961) ↗
1880 Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958) ↗
1875 Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (died 1960) ↗
1866 Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (died 1916) ↗
1861 William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (died 1948) ↗
1857 Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1914) ↗
1853 Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (died 1914) ↗
1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (died 1921) ↗
1848 Otto, King of Bavaria (died 1916) ↗
1840 Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (died 1911) ↗
1822 Ulysses S. Grant – American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (died 1885) ↗
1820 Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1903) ↗
1812 William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (died 1886) ↗
1812 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (died 1883) ↗
1791 Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (died 1872) ↗
1788 Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (died 1863) ↗
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (died 1797) ↗
1755 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (died 1836) ↗
1748 Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (died 1833) ↗
1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (died 1790) ↗
1701 Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (died 1773) ↗
1654 Charles Blount, English deist and philosopher (died 1693) ↗
1650 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670–1699) (died 1714) ↗
1593 Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631) ↗
1564 Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (died 1632) ↗
1556 François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626) ↗
1468 Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (died 1503) ↗
85 BCE Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (died 43 BC) ↗

2025 Jiggly Caliente, Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980) ↗
2024 C. J. Sansom, British author (born 1952) ↗
2023 Jerry Springer, American politician and actor (born 1944) ↗
2022 Liao Guoxun, Chinese politician (born 1963) ↗
2021 Manoj Das, Indian writer (born 1934) ↗
2017 Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946) ↗
2017 Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938) ↗
2015 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931) ↗
2015 Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926) ↗
2015 Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924) ↗
2014 Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929) ↗
2014 Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931) ↗
2014 Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (born 1935) ↗
2014 Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918) ↗
2013 Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (born 1938) ↗
2013 Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (born 1921) ↗
2013 Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (born 1969) ↗
2013 Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (born 1917) ↗
2013 Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (born 1916) ↗
2013 Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1948) ↗
2012 Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (born 1930) ↗
2012 Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930) ↗
2011 Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (born 1935) ↗
2009 Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (born 1914) ↗
2009 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (born 1983) ↗
2009 Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939) ↗
2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (born 1927) ↗
2006 Julia Thorne, American author (born 1944) ↗
2005 Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1909) ↗
2002 George Alec Effinger, American author (born 1947) ↗
2002 Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (born 1916) ↗
1999 Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1922) ↗
1999 Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (born 1923) ↗
1999 Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (born 1914) ↗
1998 John W. H. Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1915) ↗
1998 Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) ↗
1998 Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (born 1907) ↗
1998 Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (born 1924) ↗
1996 William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1920) ↗
1996 Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (born 1911) ↗
1995 Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (born 1911) ↗
1995 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1921) ↗
1992 Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (born 1908) ↗
1992 Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (born 1927) ↗
1989 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (born 1894) ↗
1988 Fred Bear, American hunter and author (born 1902) ↗
1977 Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915) ↗
1973 Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (born 1914) ↗
1972 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (born 1909) ↗
1970 Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896) ↗
1969 René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (born 1919) ↗
1967 William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (born 1884) ↗
1965 Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (born 1908) ↗
1962 A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (born 1873) ↗
1961 Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893) ↗
1952 Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865) ↗
1949 Benjamin Faunce, American druggist and businessman (born 1873) ↗
1938 Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859) ↗
1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891) ↗
1936 Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (born 1857) ↗
1932 Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899) ↗
1915 John Labatt, Canadian businessman (born 1838) ↗
1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (born 1872) ↗
1896 Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (born 1815) ↗
1893 John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1839) ↗
1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson – American poet and philosopher (born 1803) ↗
1873 William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793) ↗
1813 Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (born 1779) ↗
1782 William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (born 1710) ↗
1702 Jean Bart, French admiral (born 1651) ↗
1695 John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640) ↗
1694 John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668) ↗
1656 Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1596) ↗
1613 Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532) ↗
1607 Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (born 1560) ↗
1605 Pope Leo XI (born 1535) ↗
1599 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (born 1538) ↗
1521 Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (born 1480) ↗
1463 Isidore of Kiev (born 1385) ↗
1404 Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1342) ↗
1403 Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (born 1335) ↗
1353 Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir ↗
1321 Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (born c. 1250) ↗
1272 Zita, Italian saint (born 1212) ↗
1160 Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (born 1081) ↗
630 Ardashir III of Persia (born 621) ↗