On This Day: July 30 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2025 A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean. ↗
2024 A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities. ↗
2020 NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ↗
2014 Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India. ↗
2012 A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. ↗
2012 A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. ↗
2011 Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall. ↗
2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years. ↗
2006 An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children. ↗
2003 In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line. ↗
2003 Three years after the death the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so-far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice. ↗
1990 Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them. ↗
1981 As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland. ↗
1980 Vanuatu gains independence. ↗
1980 Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law. ↗
1978 The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side. ↗
1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again. ↗
1974 Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States. ↗
1971 Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. ↗
1971 An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162. ↗
1969 Vietnam War: U.S. president Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders. ↗
1966 England defeats West Germany to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4–2 after extra time. ↗
1965 U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. ↗
1962 The Trans-Canada Highway, the then longest national highway in the world, is officially opened. ↗
1956 A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto. ↗
1945 World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors. ↗
1932 Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. ↗
1930 In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina. ↗
1916 The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods. ↗
1912 Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō. ↗
1871 The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people. ↗
1866 Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100. ↗
1865 The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time. ↗
1864 American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches. ↗
1863 American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder. ↗
1863 Valuev Circular banned the publication of religious, educational and training books in Ukrainian in the Russian Empire. ↗
1859 First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps. ↗
1811 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico. ↗
1756 In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers. ↗
1733 The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts. ↗
1729 Founding of Baltimore, Maryland. ↗
1676 Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. ↗
1656 The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish-Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force. ↗
1645 English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven launch the Siege of Hereford, a remaining Royalist stronghold. ↗
1635 Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army. ↗
1627 An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy. ↗
1619 In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time. ↗
1609 Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies. ↗
1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. ↗
1419 First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. ↗
762 Baghdad is founded. ↗

1999 Joey King, American actress ↗
1996 Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player ↗
1996 Dylan Larkin, American hockey player ↗
1995 Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer ↗
1994 Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress ↗
1993 Jacob Faria, American baseball player ↗
1993 André Gomes, Portuguese footballer ↗
1993 Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player ↗
1993 Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer ↗
1992 Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer ↗
1991 Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter ↗
1990 Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer ↗
1990 Tom Morris, Australian journalist ↗
1989 Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer ↗
1989 Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer ↗
1988 Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast ↗
1987 Anton Fink, German footballer ↗
1987 Sam Saunders, American golfer ↗
1986 Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer ↗
1986 William Zillman, Australian rugby league player ↗
1985 Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player ↗
1985 Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer ↗
1985 Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer ↗
1985 Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player ↗
1984 Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver ↗
1984 Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer ↗
1984 Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic politician ↗
1984 Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast ↗
1984 Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player ↗
1984 Gina Rodriguez, American actress ↗
1983 Seán Dillon, Irish footballer ↗
1982 Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer ↗
1982 James Anderson, English cricketer ↗
1982 Martin Starr, American actor and comedian ↗
1982 Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress ↗
1981 Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (died 2017) ↗
1981 Juan Smith, South African rugby union footballer ↗
1981 Hope Solo, American soccer player ↗
1981 Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete ↗
1980 Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1980 Justin Rose, South African-English golfer ↗
1979 Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer ↗
1979 Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach ↗
1979 Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer ↗
1979 Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (died 2012) ↗
1977 Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist; ↗
1977 Misty May-Treanor – Treanor, American volleyball player and coach ↗
1977 Jaime Pressly, American actress ↗
1977 Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player ↗
1977 Ian Watkins, Welsh former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender (died 2025) ↗
1975 Graham Nicholls, English author and activist ↗
1975 Kate Starbird, American basketball player and computer scientist ↗
1974 Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer and manager ↗
1974 Jason Robinson, English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach ↗
1974 Hilary Swank, American actress and producer ↗
1973 Kenton Cool, English mountaineer ↗
1973 Ümit Davala, Turkish footballer and manager ↗
1973 Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer ↗
1973 Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player and manager ↗
1973 Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer and actor ↗
1973 Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (died 2015) ↗
1972 Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1971 Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer ↗
1971 Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor ↗
1971 Christine Taylor, American actress ↗
1970 Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician ↗
1970 Dean Edwards, American comedian, actor, and singer ↗
1970 Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1969 Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer ↗
1969 Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer ↗
1968 Terry Crews, American actor and football player ↗
1968 Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker and coach ↗
1968 Sean Moore, Welsh drummer and songwriter ↗
1966 Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress and screenwriter ↗
1966 Craig Gannon, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
1966 Allan Langer, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1966 Louise Wener, English author and singer-songwriter ↗
1965 Tim Munton, English cricketer ↗
1964 Ron Block, American singer-songwriter and banjo player ↗
1964 Vivica A. Fox, American actress ↗
1964 Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1964 Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager ↗
1964 Laine Randjärv, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Culture ↗
1963 Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer ↗
1963 Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer ↗
1963 Antoni Martí, Andorran architect and politician ↗
1963 Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive ↗
1962 Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer ↗
1962 Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager ↗
1962 Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist (died 2015) ↗
1961 Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer ↗
1960 Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic ↗
1960 Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter ↗
1960 Brillante Mendoza, Filipino independent film director ↗
1958 Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1958 Liz Kershaw, English radio broadcaster ↗
1958 Daley Thompson – English decathlete and trainer ↗
1957 Antonio Adamo, Italian director and cinematographer ↗
1957 Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach ↗
1957 Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager ↗
1957 Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager ↗
1956 Delta Burke, American actress ↗
1956 Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1956 Georg Gänswein, German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI ↗
1956 Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic ↗
1956 Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator ↗
1955 Rat Scabies, English drummer and producer ↗
1955 Christopher Warren-Green, English violinist and conductor ↗
1954 Ken Olin, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1952 Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author ↗
1951 Alan Kourie, South African cricketer ↗
1951 Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor ↗
1950 Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician ↗
1950 Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1949 Duck Baker, American guitarist ↗
1949 Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge (died 2023) ↗
1948 Billy Paultz, American basketball player ↗
1948 Jean Reno, Spanish-French actor ↗
1948 Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1948 Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (died 2010) ↗
1947 William Atherton, American actor and producer ↗
1947 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1947 Jonathan Mann, American physician and author (died 1998) ↗
1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California ↗
1946 Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 1994) ↗
1946 Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player ↗
1945 Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1945 David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer (died 2024) ↗
1944 Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (died 1973) ↗
1944 Peter Bottomley, English politician ↗
1944 Frances de la Tour, English actress ↗
1943 Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician ↗
1942 Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter (died 2018) ↗
1941 Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1940 Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician (died 2023) ↗
1940 Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (died 2021) ↗
1939 Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) ↗
1939 Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation ↗
1938 Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1938 Terry O'Neill, English photographer (died 2019) ↗
1936 Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1936 Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (died 2020) ↗
1934 Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner ↗
1931 Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (died 2022) ↗
1931 Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017) ↗
1929 Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer ↗
1928 Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (died 2023) ↗
1928 Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007) ↗
1927 Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1927 Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (died 2004) ↗
1927 Victor Wong, American actor (died 2001) ↗
1926 Betye Saar, American artist ↗
1926 George Shanard, American politician and businessman (died 2012) ↗
1925 Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (died 2013) ↗
1925 Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (died 1984) ↗
1924 C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist (died 2020) ↗
1922 Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (died 2019) ↗
1921 Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (died 2005) ↗
1920 Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (died 2015) ↗
1914 Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1999) ↗
1913 Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (died 1987) ↗
1910 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (died 2003) ↗
1909 C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (died 1993) ↗
1904 Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (died 1974) ↗
1901 Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1955) ↗
1899 Gerald Moore, English pianist (died 1987) ↗
1898 Henry Moore – English sculptor and illustrator (died 1986) ↗
1890 Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (died 1975) ↗
1881 Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1940) ↗
1872 Princess Clémentine of Belgium (died 1955) ↗
1863 Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947) ↗
1862 Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (died 1933) ↗
1859 Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (died 1939) ↗
1857 Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (died 1929) ↗
1855 Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman (died 1919) ↗
1832 George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (died 1890) ↗
1825 Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author (died 1893) ↗
1818 Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1848) ↗
1818 Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1897) ↗
1809 Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (died 1899) ↗
1781 Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (died 1846) ↗
1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector (died 1855) ↗
1751 Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (died 1829) ↗
1641 Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (died 1673) ↗
1549 Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1609) ↗
1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (died 1574) ↗
1470 Hongzhi, emperor of the Ming dynasty (died 1505) ↗

2025 David Argue, Australian actor (born 1959) ↗
2025 George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (born 1927) ↗
2024 Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952) ↗
2023 Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (born 1952) ↗
2022 Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (born 1927) ↗
2022 Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932) ↗
2021 Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (born 1974) ↗
2020 Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981) (born 1923) ↗
2020 Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945) ↗
2018 Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955) ↗
2016 Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1925) ↗
2015 Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947) ↗
2015 Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988) ↗
2015 Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930) ↗
2015 Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921) ↗
2015 Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (born 1931) ↗
2014 Robert Drew, American director and producer (born 1924) ↗
2014 Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944) ↗
2014 Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (born 1931) ↗
2014 Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932) ↗
2014 Dick Smith, American make-up artist (born 1922) ↗
2014 Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942) ↗
2013 Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (born 1918) ↗
2013 Berthold Beitz, German businessman (born 1913) ↗
2013 Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (born 1927) ↗
2013 Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (born 1914) ↗
2013 Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1924) ↗
2013 Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (born 1919) ↗
2013 Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1913) ↗
2012 Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (born 1939) ↗
2012 Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (born 1968) ↗
2012 Stig Ossian Ericson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) ↗
2012 Les Green, English footballer and manager (born 1941) ↗
2012 Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1940) ↗
2012 Bill Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960) ↗
2012 Mary Louise Rasmuson, American colonel (born 1911) ↗
2011 Bob Peterson, American basketball player (born 1932) ↗
2009 Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (born 1970) ↗
2009 Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (born 1926) ↗
2008 Anne Armstrong, American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1927) ↗
2007 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912) ↗
2007 Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (born 1915) ↗
2007 Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918) ↗
2007 Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (born 1931) ↗
2006 Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(born 1946) ↗
2006 Al Balding, Canadian golfer (born 1924) ↗
2006 Murray Bookchin, American philosopher and author (born 1921) ↗
2006 Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (born 1904) ↗
2006 Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (born 1972) ↗
2005 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (born 1905) ↗
2005 John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (born 1945) ↗
2003 Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1962) ↗
2003 Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (born 1923) ↗
2001 Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (born 1924) ↗
1998 Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (born 1917) ↗
1996 Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (born 1903) ↗
1994 Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (born 1920) ↗
1992 Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915) ↗
1992 Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914) ↗
1990 Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (born 1937) ↗
1989 Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (born 1963) ↗
1985 Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (born 1919) ↗
1983 Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (born 1896) ↗
1983 Lynn Fontanne, English actress (born 1887) ↗
1977 Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (born 1885) ↗
1975 James Blish, American author and critic (born 1921) ↗
1971 Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (born 1906) ↗
1970 Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (born 1874) ↗
1970 George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1897) ↗
1965 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (born 1886) ↗
1947 Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860) ↗
1941 Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1877) ↗
1938 John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (born 1878) ↗
1930 Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (born 1877) ↗
1920 Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (born 1848) ↗
1918 Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (born 1886) ↗
1912 Emperor Meiji of Japan (born 1852) ↗
1900 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1844) ↗
1898 Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1815) ↗
1889 Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (born 1846) ↗
1875 George Pickett, American general (born 1825) ↗
1870 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (born 1818) ↗
1832 Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (born 1763–4) ↗
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (born 1753) ↗
1771 Thomas Gray, English poet (born 1716) ↗
1718 William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (born 1644) ↗
1700 Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (born 1689) ↗
1691 Daniel Georg Morhof, German scholar and academic (born 1639) ↗
1683 Maria Theresa of Spain (born 1638) ↗
1680 Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1634) ↗
1652 Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (born 1624) ↗
1624 Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, British nobleman (born 1579) ↗
1608 Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (born 1575) ↗
1566 Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (born 1507) ↗
1550 Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1505) ↗
1540 Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr (born 1497) ↗
1540 Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (born 1495) ↗
1516 John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1455) ↗
1393 Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (born 1347) ↗
1286 Bar Hebraeus, Syrian scholar and historian (born 1226) ↗
829 Shi Xiancheng, general of the Tang Dynasty ↗
734 Tatwine, English archbishop (born 670) ↗
579 Pope Benedict I ↗
578 Jacob Baradaeus, Greek bishop ↗