52 Events
159 Births
91 Deaths
- 2023 2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River. ↗
- 2014 A school shooting in Moscow, Russia leaves 2 people dead and 1 wounded. ↗
- 2007 A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. ↗
- 2005 One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan. ↗
- 1998 Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. ↗
- 1995 Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ↗
- 1994 Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle. ↗
- 1989 After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months. ↗
- 1989 A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. ↗
- 1984 Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. ↗
- 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger. ↗
- 1972 The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. ↗
- 1971 New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. ↗
- 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon. ↗
- 1961 The United States Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. ↗
- 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation. ↗
- 1959 Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash along with the pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa, an event later known as The Day the Music Died. ↗
- 1959 Sixty-five people are killed when American Airlines Flight 320 crashes into the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. ↗
- 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community. ↗
- 1953 The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros. ↗
- 1945 World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan. ↗
- 1944 World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison. ↗
- 1943 The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive. ↗
- 1933 Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Nazi foreign policy. ↗
- 1931 The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. ↗
- 1930 The Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong. ↗
- 1927 A revolt against the military dictatorship of Portugal breaks out at Porto. ↗
- 1918 The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,630 meters) long. ↗
- 1917 World War I: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare. ↗
- 1916 The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of seven lives. ↗
- 1913 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. ↗
- 1870 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race. ↗
- 1862 Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities. ↗
- 1830 The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. ↗
- 1813 José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence. ↗
- 1809 The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress. ↗
- 1807 A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay. ↗
- 1787 Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts. ↗
- 1783 Spain–United States relations are first established. ↗
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. ↗
- 1716 The 1716 Algiers earthquake sequence began with an Mw 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria. ↗
- 1706 During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. ↗
- 1690 The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. ↗
- 1639 The House of Assembly of Barbados meets for the first time. ↗
- 1637 Tulip Mania collapses within the Dutch Republic. ↗
- 1583 Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process. ↗
- 1509 The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. ↗
- 1488 Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. ↗
- 1451 Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. ↗
- 1112 Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. ↗
- 1047 Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. ↗
- 2004 Scoot Henderson, American basketball player ↗
- 2001 Tre Mann, American basketball player ↗
- 2001 Rhys Williams, English footballer ↗
- 1999 Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress ↗
- 1998 Tyler Huntley, American football player ↗
- 1998 Isaiah Roby, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Tao Tsuchiya, Japanese actress ↗
- 1994 Rougned Odor, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1992 Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 James White, American football player ↗
- 1990 Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter ↗
- 1989 Jia, Chinese singer and actress ↗
- 1989 Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer ↗
- 1988 Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer ↗
- 1987 Elvana Gjata, Albanian singer ↗
- 1986 Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater ↗
- 1986 Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress ↗
- 1985 Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress ↗
- 1985 Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos ↗
- 1984 Matthew Moy, American actor ↗
- 1982 Becky Bayless, American wrestler ↗
- 1982 Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater ↗
- 1982 Bridget Regan, American actress ↗
- 1978 Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1978 Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist ↗
- 1977 Maitland Ward, American actress and model ↗
- 1977 Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer ↗
- 1977 Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1976 Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress ↗
- 1976 Tim Heidecker, American actor, comedian, and musician ↗
- 1976 Eihi Shiina, Japanese fashion model and actress ↗
- 1974 Ayanna Pressley, American politician ↗
- 1973 Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer ↗
- 1971 Elisa Donovan, American actress ↗
- 1971 Sarah Kane, English playwright (died 1999) ↗
- 1971 Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor ↗
- 1970 Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer ↗
- 1970 Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1969 Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (died 2015) ↗
- 1969 Retief Goosen, South African golfer ↗
- 1968 Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1968 Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer ↗
- 1968 František Kučera, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1967 Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1967 Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach ↗
- 1966 Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1965 Manuel Loff, Portuguese politician ↗
- 1965 Maura Tierney, American actress and producer ↗
- 1964 Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician ↗
- 1963 Vũ Đức Đam, Vietnamese politician ↗
- 1963 Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic ↗
- 1962 Michele Greene, American actress, singer, and author ↗
- 1960 Marty Jannetty, American wrestler ↗
- 1960 Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1959 Thomas Calabro, American actor ↗
- 1959 Lol Tolhurst, English musician and songwriter ↗
- 1959 Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance ↗
- 1958 Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut ↗
- 1958 Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic ↗
- 1957 Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic ↗
- 1956 Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1956 Lee Ranaldo, American musician and songwriter ↗
- 1954 Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1951 Arsène Auguste, Haitian footballer (died 1993) ↗
- 1951 Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager ↗
- 1950 Morgan Fairchild, American actress ↗
- 1950 Pamela Franklin, Japanese-English actress ↗
- 1950 Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host (died 2020) ↗
- 1948 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate ↗
- 1948 Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (died 2015) ↗
- 1947 Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2024) ↗
- 1947 Dave Davies, English musician ↗
- 1947 Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director ↗
- 1947 Melanie, American singer-songwriter (died 2024) ↗
- 1945 Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1943 Blythe Danner, American actress ↗
- 1941 Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer ↗
- 1940 Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1939 Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016) ↗
- 1938 Victor Buono, American actor (died 1982) ↗
- 1938 Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (died 2013) ↗
- 1937 Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer ↗
- 1936 Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2025) ↗
- 1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996) ↗
- 1934 Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1933 Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician (died 2020) ↗
- 1927 Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023) ↗
- 1927 Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2003) ↗
- 1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel, German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin (died 2020) ↗
- 1925 Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 John Fiedler, American actor (died 2005) ↗
- 1924 Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (died 1993) ↗
- 1920 Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1918 Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (died 2007) ↗
- 1918 Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (died 1994) ↗
- 1917 Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (died 1994) ↗
- 1915 Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (died 1998) ↗
- 1914 Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018) ↗
- 1912 Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (died 1990) ↗
- 1911 Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (died 1940) ↗
- 1909 André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (died 1989) ↗
- 1909 Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher (died 1943) ↗
- 1907 James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (died 1997) ↗
- 1906 George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist (died 1989) ↗
- 1905 Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (died 1990) ↗
- 1905 Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (died 1986) ↗
- 1904 Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (died 1934) ↗
- 1903 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (died 1973) ↗
- 1900 Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (died 1984) ↗
- 1899 Café Filho, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil (died 1970) ↗
- 1898 Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (died 1976) ↗
- 1894 Norman Rockwell – American painter and illustrator (died 1978) ↗
- 1893 Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic (died 1978) ↗
- 1892 Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (died 1956) ↗
- 1889 Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1977) ↗
- 1889 Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (died 1968) ↗
- 1889 Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and the Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (died 1956) ↗
- 1887 Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (died 1914) ↗
- 1878 Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1943) ↗
- 1878 Grigory Petrovsky, Ukrainian Soviet revolutionary and politician (died 1958) ↗
- 1874 Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, (died 1946) ↗
- 1872 Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (died 1934) ↗
- 1867 Charles Henry Turner, American biologist, educator and zoologist (died 1923) ↗
- 1862 James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge (died 1946) ↗
- 1859 Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (died 1935) ↗
- 1857 Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue (died 1935) ↗
- 1843 William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (died 1915) ↗
- 1842 Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (died 1881) ↗
- 1840 Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (died 1911) ↗
- 1830 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1903) ↗
- 1826 Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (died 1877) ↗
- 1824 Ranald MacDonald, American explorer and educator (died 1894) ↗
- 1821 Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician and educator (died 1910) ↗
- 1817 Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (died 1881) ↗
- 1817 Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (died 1864) ↗
- 1816 Ram Singh Kuka, Indian credited with starting the Non-cooperation movement ↗
- 1815 Edward James Roye, 5th President of Liberia (died 1872) ↗
- 1811 Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician (died 1872) ↗
- 1809 Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1847) ↗
- 1807 Joseph E. Johnston, American general and politician (died 1891) ↗
- 1795 Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (died 1830) ↗
- 1790 Gideon Mantell, English scientist (died 1852) ↗
- 1780 Mihail G. Boiagi, Aromanian grammarian and professor (died uncertain) ↗
- 1777 John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (died 1836) ↗
- 1763 Caroline von Wolzogen, German author (died 1847) ↗
- 1757 Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1833) ↗
- 1747 Samuel Osgood, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Postmaster General (died 1813) ↗
- 1736 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and theorist (died 1809) ↗
- 1721 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (died 1773) ↗
- 1689 Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (died 1741) ↗
- 1677 Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau (died 1723) ↗
- 1504 Scipione Rebiba, Italian cardinal (died 1577) ↗
- 1478 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (died 1521) ↗
- 1428 Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (died 1458) [citation needed] ↗
- 1393 Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English nobleman and military commander (died 1455) ↗
- 1338 Joanna of Bourbon (died 1378) ↗
- 2025 Harry Jayawardena, Sri Lankan industrialist (born 1942) ↗
- 2025 Kandiah Balendra, Sri Lankan corporate leader and executive (born 1940) ↗
- 2020 George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (born 1929) ↗
- 2019 Julie Adams, American actress (born 1926) ↗
- 2019 Kristoff St. John, American actor (born 1966) ↗
- 2017 Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931) ↗
- 2016 Joe Alaskey, American actor (born 1952) ↗
- 2016 Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1923) ↗
- 2016 József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (born 1945) ↗
- 2015 Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (born 1936) ↗
- 2015 Mary Healy, American actress and singer (born 1918) ↗
- 2015 Charlie Sifford, American golfer (born 1922) ↗
- 2015 Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1929) ↗
- 2013 Cardiss Collins, American politician (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (born 1921) ↗
- 2013 James Muri, American soldier and pilot (born 1918) ↗
- 2013 Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (born 1954) ↗
- 2012 Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1921) ↗
- 2012 Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Terence Hildner, American general (born 1962) ↗
- 2012 Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961) ↗
- 2012 Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (born 1942) ↗
- 2012 Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (born 1938) ↗
- 2011 Maria Schneider, French actress (born 1952) ↗
- 2010 Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1926) ↗
- 2010 Frances Reid, American actress (born 1914) ↗
- 2009 Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (born 1930) ↗
- 2006 Al Lewis, American actor and activist (born 1923) ↗
- 2005 Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1963) ↗
- 2005 Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (born 1904) ↗
- 1999 Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1950) ↗
- 1996 Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (born 1922) ↗
- 1993 Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1927) ↗
- 1991 Nancy Kulp, American actress (born 1921) ↗
- 1989 John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929) ↗
- 1989 Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1916) ↗
- 1985 Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (born 1912) ↗
- 1975 William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (born 1873) ↗
- 1975 Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1904) ↗
- 1969 C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (born 1909) ↗
- 1969 Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (born 1920) ↗
- 1967 Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (born 1929) ↗
- 1963 Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (born 1879) ↗
- 1961 William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (born 1893) ↗
- 1961 Anna May Wong, American actress (born 1905) ↗
- 1960 Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (born 1921) ↗
- 1959 The Day the Music Died ↗
- 1959 The Day the Music Died ↗
- 1959 The Day the Music Died ↗
- 1956 Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (born 1871) ↗
- 1956 Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (born 1916) ↗
- 1955 Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (born 1895) ↗
- 1952 Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1874) ↗
- 1947 Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (born 1893) ↗
- 1944 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (born 1865) ↗
- 1935 Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (born 1859) ↗
- 1929 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (born 1878) ↗
- 1924 Woodrow Wilson – American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856) ↗
- 1922 Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (born 1854) ↗
- 1922 John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1839) ↗
- 1899 Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Dutch supercentenarian (born 1788) ↗
- 1873 Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (born 1811) ↗
- 1866 François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (born 1809) ↗
- 1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1774) ↗
- 1832 George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (born 1754) ↗
- 1820 Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (born 1762) ↗
- 1813 Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (born 1789) ↗
- 1802 Pedro Rodríguez, Spanish statesman and economist (born 1723) ↗
- 1737 Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1648) ↗
- 1619 Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1564) ↗
- 1618 Philip II, duke of Pomerania (born 1573) ↗
- 1566 George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (born 1513) ↗
- 1537 Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (born 1513) ↗
- 1475 John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1410) ↗
- 1468 Johannes Gutenberg – German publisher, invented the printing press (born 1398) ↗
- 1451 Murad II, Ottoman sultan (born 1404) ↗
- 1428 Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1386) ↗
- 1399 John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (born 1340) ↗
- 1252 Sviatoslav III, Russian Grand Prince (born 1196) ↗
- 1161 Inge I, king of Norway (born 1135) ↗
- 1116 Coloman, king of Hungary ↗
- 1014 Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and England (born 960) ↗
- 994 William IV, duke of Aquitaine (born 937) ↗
- 938 Zhou Ben, Chinese general (born 862) ↗
- 929 Guy, margrave of Tuscany ↗
- 865 Ansgar, Frankish archbishop (born 801) ↗
- 699 Werburgh, English nun and saint ↗
- 639 K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I, ruler of Piedras Negras ↗
- 456 Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II, ruler of Tikal ↗
- 6 Ping, emperor of the Han Dynasty (born 9 BC) ↗