On This Day: April 29 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2015 A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests. ↗
2013 A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people. ↗
2013 National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board. ↗
2011 The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London. ↗
2004 The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production. ↗
1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories. ↗
1992 Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. ↗
1991 A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless. ↗
1991 The 7.0 Mw  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people. ↗
1986 A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. ↗
1986 The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea. ↗
1986 An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declared independence for a state of Khalistan. ↗
1985 Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B. ↗
1975 Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. ↗
1975 Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands. ↗
1974 Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal. ↗
1970 Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. ↗
1967 After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. ↗
1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. ↗
1952 Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people. ↗
1946 The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes. ↗
1945 World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy. ↗
1945 World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands. ↗
1945 World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. ↗
1945 Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. ↗
1916 World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point. ↗
1916 Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end. ↗
1911 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. ↗
1910 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public. ↗
1903 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada. ↗
1864 Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War. ↗
1862 American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut. ↗
1862 American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck moves to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard. ↗
1861 Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. ↗
1826 The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop. ↗
1781 American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. ↗
1770 James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names. ↗
1760 French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British. ↗
1521 Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås. ↗
1492 The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in Zaragoza, Aragon, to the kingdom's procurators. ↗
1483 Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. ↗
1429 Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. ↗
1091 Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. ↗
801 An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. ↗

2007 Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess ↗
2006 Xochitl Gomez, American actress ↗
2005 Aarón Anselmino, Argentine footballer ↗
2002 Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player ↗
2001 Danilo, Brazilian footballer ↗
1999 Mateo Retegui, Argentine-Italian footballer ↗
1998 Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player ↗
1998 Mallory Pugh, American soccer player ↗
1997 Lucas Tousart, French footballer ↗
1996 Katherine Langford, Australian actress ↗
1994 Christina Shakovets, German tennis player ↗
1992 Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian ↗
1991 Adam Smith, English footballer ↗
1991 Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress ↗
1991 Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player ↗
1990 James Faulkner, Australian cricketer ↗
1990 Chris Johnson, American basketball player ↗
1989 Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist ↗
1989 Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer ↗
1988 Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer ↗
1988 Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete ↗
1988 Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1988 Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer ↗
1987 Rob Atkinson, English footballer ↗
1987 Sara Errani, Italian tennis player ↗
1987 Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer ↗
1986 Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor ↗
1986 Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress ↗
1984 Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer ↗
1984 Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player ↗
1983 Megan Boone, American actress ↗
1983 Jay Cutler, American football player ↗
1983 Sam Jones III, American actor ↗
1981 George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer ↗
1980 Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1980 Bre Blair, Canadian actress ↗
1979 Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer ↗
1979 Jo O'Meara, English pop singer ↗
1978 Bob Bryan, American tennis player ↗
1978 Mike Bryan, American tennis player ↗
1978 Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1978 Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian ↗
1977 Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player ↗
1977 Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager ↗
1977 David Sullivan, American film and television actor ↗
1976 Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator ↗
1976 God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach ↗
1975 Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1975 April Telek, Canadian actress ↗
1970 Andre Agassi, American tennis player ↗
1970 Uma Thurman, American actress ↗
1969 Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer ↗
1968 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia ↗
1966 Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist ↗
1965 Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic ↗
1965 Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (died 2017) ↗
1964 Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter ↗
1964 Lúðvík Bergvinsson, Icelandic politician ↗
1963 Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1962 Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist ↗
1960 Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic ↗
1958 Kevin Moore, English footballer (died 2013) ↗
1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress ↗
1958 Eve Plumb, American actress ↗
1957 Daniel Day-Lewis – Lewis, British actor ↗
1957 Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa ↗
1957 Joseph Morelle, American politician ↗
1955 Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022) ↗
1955 Kate Mulgrew, American actress ↗
1954 Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician ↗
1954 Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer ↗
1953 Bill Drummond, British musician ↗
1952 Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host ↗
1952 Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian ↗
1952 Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach ↗
1952 Dave Valentin, American flautist (died 2017) ↗
1951 Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (died 2001) ↗
1951 Jon Stanhope, Australian politician ↗
1950 Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (died 2013) ↗
1950 Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer ↗
1950 Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician ↗
1948 Edith Brown Clement, American judge ↗
1947 Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer ↗
1947 Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster ↗
1947 Jim Ryun, American runner and politician ↗
1946 Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist ↗
1945 Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (died 2009) ↗
1945 Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist ↗
1945 Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1970) ↗
1944 Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (died 2023) ↗
1943 Duane Allen, American country singer ↗
1943 Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (died 2018) ↗
1943 Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic ↗
1942 Dick Chrysler, American politician ↗
1942 Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic ↗
1941 Hanne Darboven, German painter (died 2009) ↗
1940 George Adams, American musician (died 1992) ↗
1940 Peter Diamond, American economist ↗
1939 Klaus Rinke, German contemporary artist ↗
1938 Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009) ↗
1938 Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021) ↗
1937 Jill Paton Walsh, English author (died 2020) ↗
1936 Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor ↗
1936 Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020) ↗
1936 Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972) ↗
1936 Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024) ↗
1935 Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018) ↗
1934 Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player ↗
1934 Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde ↗
1933 Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (died 2018) ↗
1933 Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015) ↗
1933 Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor ↗
1932 David Tindle, English painter and educator ↗
1932 Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 2013) ↗
1931 Frank Auerbach, German-British painter (died 2024) ↗
1931 Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) ↗
1931 Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (died 2014) ↗
1930 Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (died 2017) ↗
1929 Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (died 2007) ↗
1929 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (died 2014) ↗
1929 April Stevens, American singer (died 2023) ↗
1929 Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015) ↗
1929 Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
1928 Carl Gardner, American singer (died 2011) ↗
1928 Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (died 2017) ↗
1927 Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (died 2021) ↗
1927 Bill Slater, English footballer (died 2018) ↗
1926 Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (died 2009) ↗
1925 John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (died 2007) ↗
1925 Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (died 2007) ↗
1924 Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (died 2020) ↗
1923 Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (died 2010) ↗
1922 Parren Mitchell, American politician (died 2007) ↗
1922 Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (died 2016) ↗
1920 Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (died 1996) ↗
1920 Harold Shapero, American composer (died 2013) ↗
1919 Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2006) ↗
1918 George Allen, American football player and coach (died 1990) ↗
1917 Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (died 1961) ↗
1917 Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (died 2012) ↗
1915 Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (died 1997) ↗
1912 Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977) ↗
1909 Tom Ewell, American actor (died 1994) ↗
1908 Jack Williamson, American author and academic (died 2006) ↗
1907 Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (died 1997) ↗
1901 Hirohito, Japanese emperor (died 1989) ↗
1900 Amelia Best, Australian politician (died 1979) ↗
1899 Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974) ↗
1899 Mary Petty, American illustrator (died 1976) ↗
1898 E. J. Bowen, British physical chemist (died 1980) ↗
1895 Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (died 1970) ↗
1895 Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967) ↗
1894 Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970) ↗
1893 Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981) ↗
1891 Edward Wilfred Taylor, British businessman (died 1980) ↗
1888 Michael Heidelberger, American immunologist (died 1991) ↗
1887 Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist (died 1973) ↗
1885 Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (died 1948) ↗
1882 Auguste Herbin, French painter (died 1960) ↗
1882 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945) ↗
1880 Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952) ↗
1879 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (died 1961) ↗
1875 Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (died 1950) ↗
1872 Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (died 1930) ↗
1872 Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (died 1952) ↗
1863 Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933) ↗
1863 William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (died 1951) ↗
1863 Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (died 1922) ↗
1854 Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912) ↗
1848 Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (died 1906) ↗
1847 Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907) ↗
1842 Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899) ↗
1837 Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891) ↗
1818 Alexander II of Russia (died 1881) ↗
1810 Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (died 1892) ↗
1784 Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (died 1850) ↗
1783 David Cox, English landscape painter (died 1859) ↗
1780 Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (died 1844) ↗
1762 Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833) ↗
1758 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (died 1820) ↗
1745 Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1807) ↗
1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (died 1810) ↗
1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735) ↗
1665 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745) ↗
1636 Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (died 1679) ↗
1587 Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635) ↗
1469 William II, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509) ↗

2023 Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (born 1931) ↗
2022 Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (born 1934) ↗
2021 Cate Haste, English author (born 1945) ↗
2020 Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (born 1967) ↗
2020 Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1921) ↗
2019 Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990) ↗
2018 Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929) ↗
2018 Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945) ↗
2017 R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939) ↗
2016 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925) ↗
2016 Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948) ↗
2015 François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926) ↗
2015 Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923) ↗
2015 Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943) ↗
2015 Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922) ↗
2014 Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966) ↗
2014 Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925) ↗
2014 Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942) ↗
2013 Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (born 1992) ↗
2013 Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (born 1924) ↗
2013 John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (born 1920) ↗
2013 Kevin Moore, English footballer (born 1958) ↗
2013 Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (born 1990) ↗
2012 Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942) ↗
2012 Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957) ↗
2012 Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (born 1945) ↗
2012 Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1926) ↗
2011 Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (born 1931) ↗
2011 Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (born 1937) ↗
2010 Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929) ↗
2008 Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (born 1933) ↗
2008 Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (born 1906) ↗
2007 Josh Hancock, American baseball player (born 1978) ↗
2007 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (born 1940) ↗
2007 Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (born 1944) ↗
2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908) ↗
2005 William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1927) ↗
2005 Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (born 1924) ↗
2004 John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916) ↗
2003 Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919) ↗
2002 Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (born 1936) ↗
2001 Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (born 1936) ↗
2000 Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1906) ↗
1997 Mike Royko, American journalist and author (born 1932) ↗
1993 Michael Gordon, American actor and director (born 1909) ↗
1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (born 1946) ↗
1992 Mae Clarke, American actress (born 1910) ↗
1982 Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (born 1907) ↗
1980 Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (born 1899) ↗
1979 Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (born 1892) ↗
1979 Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (born 1907) ↗
1978 Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (born 1913) ↗
1968 Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877) ↗
1968 Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932) ↗
1967 J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929) ↗
1966 William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (born 1875) ↗
1966 Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (born 1909) ↗
1959 Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (born 1891) ↗
1956 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876) ↗
1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889) ↗
1947 Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (born 1867) ↗
1944 Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (born 1872) ↗
1944 Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (born 1871) ↗
1943 Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886) ↗
1943 Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875) ↗
1937 William Gillette, American actor and playwright (born 1853) ↗
1935 Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (born 1905) ↗
1933 Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876) ↗
1933 Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (born 1863) ↗
1925 Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871) ↗
1924 Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (born 1869) ↗
1922 Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (born 1843) ↗
1917 Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (born 1860) ↗
1916 Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850) ↗
1905 Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (born 1847) ↗
1903 Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (born 1830) ↗
1903 Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (born 1835) ↗
1854 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768) ↗
1848 Chester Ashley, American politician (born 1790) ↗
1833 William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (born 1756) ↗
1776 Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (born 1713) ↗
1768 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1694) ↗
1707 George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678) ↗
1676 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607) ↗
1658 John Cleveland, English poet and author (born 1613) ↗
1630 Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (born 1552) ↗
1594 Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (born 1517) ↗
1380 Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347) ↗
1109 Hugh of Cluny, French abbot (born 1024) ↗