39 Events
210 Births
85 Deaths
- 2021 The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ↗
- 2021 Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts. ↗
- 2018 Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns. ↗
- 2016 South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4. ↗
- 2013 Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival. ↗
- 2009 The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. ↗
- 2004 Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport. ↗
- 2003 France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. ↗
- 1996 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. ↗
- 1989 Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. ↗
- 1984 Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre. ↗
- 1972 Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates. ↗
- 1967 The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. ↗
- 1964 Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. ↗
- 1962 Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. ↗
- 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. ↗
- 1947 The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor. ↗
- 1940 The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia. ↗
- 1939 Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France. ↗
- 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. ↗
- 1933 In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later. ↗
- 1930 The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam. ↗
- 1923 Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. ↗
- 1920 Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs the symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. ↗
- 1920 About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites. ↗
- 1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina. ↗
- 1861 Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. ↗
- 1846 First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. ↗
- 1840 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ↗
- 1814 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians. ↗
- 1763 French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. ↗
- 1712 Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos. ↗
- 1567 Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. ↗
- 1502 Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. ↗
- 1355 The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. ↗
- 1306 In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ↗
- 1258 The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. ↗
- 2000 María Carlé, Argentine tennis player ↗
- 2000 Yara Shahidi, American actress and model ↗
- 1999 Tiffany Espensen, American actress ↗
- 1997 Josh Jackson, American basketball player ↗
- 1997 Lilly King, American swimmer ↗
- 1997 Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress ↗
- 1997 Nadia Podoroska, Argentine tennis player ↗
- 1997 Josh Rosen, American football player ↗
- 1997 Adam Armstrong, English footballer ↗
- 1996 Alexandar Georgiev, Bulgarian-Russian ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Emanuel Mammana, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1995 Sterling Brown, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Bobby Portis, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Carolane Soucisse, Canadian ice dancer ↗
- 1995 Lexi Thompson, American golfer ↗
- 1995 Naby Keïta, Guinean footballer ↗
- 1994 Son Na-eun, South Korean singer and actress ↗
- 1994 Kang Seul-gi, South Korean singer ↗
- 1994 Makenzie Vega, American actress ↗
- 1994 Miguel Almirón, Paraguayan footballer ↗
- 1993 Yasser Ibrahim, Egyptian footballer ↗
- 1993 Max Kepler, German-American baseball player ↗
- 1993 Luis Madrigal, Mexican footballer ↗
- 1993 Filip Twardzik, Czech footballer ↗
- 1992 Haruka Nakagawa, Japanese singer and actress ↗
- 1992 Reinhold Yabo, German footballer ↗
- 1991 C. J. Anderson, American football player ↗
- 1991 Rebecca Dempster, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1991 Emma Roberts, American actress ↗
- 1990 Trevante Rhodes, American actor ↗
- 1990 Choi Soo-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer ↗
- 1989 Travis d'Arnaud, American baseball player ↗
- 1989 Liam Hendriks, Australian baseball player ↗
- 1989 Birgit Skarstein, Norwegian Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur ↗
- 1988 Francesco Acerbi, Italian footballer ↗
- 1987 Justin Braun, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Jakub Kindl, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Facundo Roncaglia, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1986 Jeff Adrien, American basketball player ↗
- 1986 Josh Akognon, American basketball player ↗
- 1986 Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1986 Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1986 Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player ↗
- 1985 Selçuk İnan, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1985 Paul Millsap, American basketball player ↗
- 1984 Greg Bird, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1984 Alex Gordon, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress ↗
- 1984 Zaza Pachulia, Georgian basketball player ↗
- 1983 Vic Fuentes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1982 Hamad Al-Tayyar, Kuwaiti footballer ↗
- 1982 Justin Gatlin, American sprinter ↗
- 1982 Tarmo Neemelo, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1982 Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1981 Uzo Aduba, American actress ↗
- 1981 Stephanie Beatriz, American actress ↗
- 1981 Max Brown, English actor ↗
- 1981 Andrew Johnson, English footballer ↗
- 1981 Barry Sloane, English actor ↗
- 1981 Holly Willoughby, English model and television host ↗
- 1980 César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1980 Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer ↗
- 1980 Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1980 Bruno Šundov, Croatian basketball player ↗
- 1979 Joey Hand, American race car driver ↗
- 1978 Don Omar, Puerto Rican rapper, singer, producer, and actor ↗
- 1977 Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer ↗
- 1976 Lance Berkman, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1976 Keeley Hawes, English actress ↗
- 1975 Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player ↗
- 1975 Tina Thompson, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1974 Elizabeth Banks, American actress ↗
- 1974 Ty Law, American football player ↗
- 1974 Ivri Lider, Israeli singer ↗
- 1974 Henry Paul, New Zealand rugby player and coach ↗
- 1973 Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, English businesswoman and politician ↗
- 1972 Michael Kasprowicz, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1971 Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (died 2015) ↗
- 1970 Melissa Doyle, Australian journalist and author ↗
- 1970 Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan international footballer and manager ↗
- 1970 Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist and author ↗
- 1969 Joe Mangrum, American painter and sculptor ↗
- 1969 James Small, South African rugby player (died 2019) ↗
- 1968 Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1968 Garrett Reisman, American engineer and astronaut ↗
- 1967 Laura Dern, American actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1967 Jacky Durand, French cyclist and sportscaster ↗
- 1967 Vince Gilligan, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1966 Natalie Bennett, Australian-English journalist and politician ↗
- 1966 Daryl Johnston, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1964 Glenn Beck, American journalist, producer, and author ↗
- 1963 Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player ↗
- 1962 Cliff Burton, American musician and songwriter (died 1986) ↗
- 1962 Bobby Czyz, American boxer and commentator ↗
- 1962 Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1961 Alexander Payne, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist ↗
- 1960 Jim Kent, American biologist, computer programmer, academic ↗
- 1959 John Calipari, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1957 Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist and academic ↗
- 1956 Kathleen Beller, American actress ↗
- 1956 James Martin Graham, American Roman Catholic priest (died 1997) ↗
- 1956 Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu ↗
- 1955 Jim Cramer, American television personality, pundit, and author ↗
- 1955 Tom LaGarde, American basketball player ↗
- 1955 Greg Norman, Australian golfer and sportscaster ↗
- 1952 Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore ↗
- 1951 Bob Iger, American media executive ↗
- 1950 Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, Mexican economist and politician (died 1994) ↗
- 1950 Mark Spitz – American swimmer ↗
- 1949 Nigel Olsson, English rock drummer and singer-songwriter ↗
- 1947 Louise Arbour, Canadian lawyer and jurist ↗
- 1947 Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (died 2013) ↗
- 1947 Nicholas Owen, English journalist ↗
- 1946 Dick Anderson, American football player ↗
- 1945 Delma S. Arrigoitia, Puerto Rican historian, author, educator and lawyer (died 2023) ↗
- 1945 Glynn Saulters, American basketball player ↗
- 1944 Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1992) ↗
- 1944 Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma ↗
- 1944 Frances Moore Lappé, American author and activist ↗
- 1944 Rufus Reid, American bassist and composer ↗
- 1941 Michael Apted, English director and producer (died 2021) ↗
- 1941 Dick Carlson, American journalist and diplomat (died 2025) ↗
- 1940 Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper ↗
- 1940 Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (died 2009) ↗
- 1939 Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada ↗
- 1939 Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, Angolan nationalist (died 1967) ↗
- 1937 Anne Anderson, Scottish physiologist and academic (died 1983) ↗
- 1937 Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2025) ↗
- 1935 Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor (died 2018) ↗
- 1935 Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (died 2022) ↗
- 1934 Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (died 2024) ↗
- 1933 Faramarz Payvar, Iranian musician and composer (died 2009) ↗
- 1933 Richard Schickel, American journalist, author, and critic (died 2017) ↗
- 1932 Barrie Ingham, English-American actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1931 James West, American inventor and acoustician ↗
- 1930 E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Robert Wagner, American actor and producer ↗
- 1929 Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (died 2004) ↗
- 1929 Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer ↗
- 1929 Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer (died 2024) ↗
- 1927 Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano ↗
- 1926 Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (died 2013) ↗
- 1926 Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish soldier, footballer and manager (died 1993) ↗
- 1925 Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (died 2012) ↗
- 1924 Max Ferguson, Canadian radio host and actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2005) ↗
- 1923 Allie Sherman, American football player and coach (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 José Gabriel da Costa, Brazilian spiritual leader, founder of the União do Vegetal (died 1971) ↗
- 1920 José Manuel Castañón, Spanish lawyer and author (died 2001) ↗
- 1920 Alex Comfort, English physician and author (died 2000) ↗
- 1920 Neva Patterson, American actress (died 2010) ↗
- 1919 Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2014) ↗
- 1915 Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor (died 2016) ↗
- 1914 Larry Adler, American harmonica player, composer, and actor (died 2001) ↗
- 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969) ↗
- 1909 Min Thu Wun, Burmese poet, scholar, and politician (died 2004) ↗
- 1908 Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (died 2000) ↗
- 1907 Anthony Cottrell, New Zealand rugby player (died 1988) ↗
- 1906 Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (died 1973) ↗
- 1905 Walter A. Brown, American businessman, founded the Boston Celtics (died 1964) ↗
- 1905 Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (died 1939) ↗
- 1904 John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1963) ↗
- 1903 Waldemar Hoven, German physician (died 1948) ↗
- 1903 Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (died 1939) ↗
- 1902 Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987) ↗
- 1901 Stella Adler, American actress and educator (died 1992) ↗
- 1899 Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (died 1982) ↗
- 1898 Bertolt Brecht – German director, playwright, and poet (died 1956) ↗
- 1898 Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (died 1979) ↗
- 1897 Judith Anderson, Australian actress (died 1992) ↗
- 1897 John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985) ↗
- 1894 Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1986) ↗
- 1893 Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (died 1980) ↗
- 1893 Bill Tilden, American tennis player and coach (died 1953) ↗
- 1892 Alan Hale Sr., American actor and director (died 1950) ↗
- 1890 Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist (died 1918) ↗
- 1890 Boris Pasternak – Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960) ↗
- 1888 Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet (died 1970) ↗
- 1883 Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer (died 1959) ↗
- 1883 H. V. Hordern, Australian cricketer (died 1938) ↗
- 1881 Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director (died 1954) ↗
- 1879 Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (died 1932) ↗
- 1869 Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (died 1948) ↗
- 1868 Prince Waldemar of Prussia (died 1879) ↗
- 1868 William Allen White, American journalist and author (died 1944) ↗
- 1867 Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant (died 1957) ↗
- 1859 Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (died 1943) ↗
- 1847 Nabinchandra Sen, Bangladeshi poet and author (died 1909) ↗
- 1846 Lord Charles Beresford, Irish admiral and politician (died 1919) ↗
- 1846 Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (died 1927) ↗
- 1843 Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (died 1919) ↗
- 1842 Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (died 1907) ↗
- 1829 Julius von Szymanowski, Russian surgeon of Polish-German origin (died 1868) ↗
- 1824 Samuel Plimsoll, English merchant and politician (died 1898) ↗
- 1821 Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1908) ↗
- 1797 George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (died 1883) ↗
- 1795 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (died 1858) ↗
- 1785 Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (died 1836) ↗
- 1775 Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist (died 1834) ↗
- 1766 Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician (died 1815) ↗
- 1696 Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (died 1765) ↗
- 1685 Aaron Hill, English poet and playwright (died 1750) ↗
- 1627 Cornelis de Bie, Flemish poet and jurist (died 1715) ↗
- 1609 John Suckling, English poet and playwright (died 1642) ↗
- 1606 Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (died 1663) ↗
- 1514 Domenico Bollani, Bishop of Milan (died 1579) ↗
- 1499 Thomas Platter, Swiss author and scholar (died 1582) ↗
- 1486 George of the Palatinate, German bishop (died 1529) ↗
- 2025 Peter Tuiasosopo, American football player and actor (born 1963) ↗
- 2023 AKA, South African rapper (born 1988) ↗
- 2022 Olsen Filipaina, New Zealand rugby league player (born 1957) ↗
- 2021 Larry Flynt, American publisher (born 1942) ↗
- 2019 Carmen Argenziano, American actor (born 1943) ↗
- 2019 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (born 1944) ↗
- 2017 Mike Ilitch, American businessman (born 1929) ↗
- 2016 Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (born 1930) ↗
- 2015 Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Deng Liqun, Chinese theorist and politician (born 1915) ↗
- 2014 Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (born 1932) ↗
- 2014 Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (born 1928) ↗
- 2013 W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 David Hartman, American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the Shalom Hartman Institute (born 1931) ↗
- 2012 Lloyd Morrison, New Zealand banker and businessman, founded H. R. L. Morrison & Co (born 1957) ↗
- 2012 Jeffrey Zaslow, American journalist and author (born 1958) ↗
- 2011 Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and journalist (born 1923) ↗
- 2010 Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (born 1925) ↗
- 2010 Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (born 1933) ↗
- 2008 Roy Scheider, American actor and boxer (born 1932) ↗
- 2006 James Yancey, American record producer and rapper (born 1974) ↗
- 2005 Arthur Miller – American actor, playwright, and author (born 1915) ↗
- 2003 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (born 1910) ↗
- 2003 Albert J. Ruffo, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of San Jose (born 1908) ↗
- 2003 Ron Ziegler, American politician, 14th White House Press Secretary (born 1939) ↗
- 2002 Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936) ↗
- 2001 Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (born 1906) ↗
- 2001 Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1913) ↗
- 2000 Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1949) ↗
- 1997 Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (born 1945) ↗
- 1995 Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (born 1945) ↗
- 1993 Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (born 1929) ↗
- 1992 Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (born 1921) ↗
- 1979 Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1910) ↗
- 1975 Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (born 1910) ↗
- 1967 Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (born 1884) ↗
- 1966 Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (born 1899) ↗
- 1960 Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (born 1898) ↗
- 1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (born 1867) ↗
- 1956 Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (born 1872) ↗
- 1956 Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1882) ↗
- 1950 Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872) ↗
- 1945 Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1878) ↗
- 1944 E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (born 1870) ↗
- 1939 Pope Pius XI (born 1857) ↗
- 1932 Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (born 1875) ↗
- 1928 José Sánchez del Río, Mexican martyr and saint (born 1913) ↗
- 1923 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845) ↗
- 1920 Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (born 1832) ↗
- 1918 Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan (born 1842) ↗
- 1918 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833) ↗
- 1917 John William Waterhouse, English painter (born 1849) ↗
- 1913 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (born 1888) ↗
- 1912 Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (born 1827) ↗
- 1906 Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827) ↗
- 1904 John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (born 1844) ↗
- 1891 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (born 1850) ↗
- 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (born 1814) ↗
- 1879 Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (born 1808) ↗
- 1865 Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1804) ↗
- 1857 David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (born 1770) ↗
- 1854 José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general (born 1792) ↗
- 1846 Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (born 1781) ↗
- 1837 Alexander Pushkin – Russian poet and author (born 1799) ↗
- 1831 Peter Heywood, British naval officer (born 1772) ↗
- 1829 Pope Leo XII (born 1760) ↗
- 1782 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (born 1702) ↗
- 1755 Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (born 1689) ↗
- 1752 Henriette of France, French Princess (born1727) ↗
- 1686 William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (born 1605) ↗
- 1660 Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (born 1609) ↗
- 1576 Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar, translator, and academic (born 1532) ↗
- 1567 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1545) ↗
- 1526 John V, Count of Oldenburg, German noble (born 1460) ↗
- 1524 Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (born 1468) ↗
- 1471 Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1413) ↗
- 1346 Blessed Clare of Rimini (born 1282) ↗
- 1307 Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (born 1265) ↗
- 1306 John "the Red" Comyn, Scottish nobleman ↗
- 1280 Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (born 1202) ↗
- 1242 Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231) ↗
- 1163 Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born 1130) ↗
- 1127 William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1071) ↗
- 547 Scholastica, Christian nun ↗