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323 BC - Alexander the Great (b. 356 BC)

1075 - Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)

1190 - Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (drowned) (b. 1122)

1424 - Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)

1552 - Alexander Barclay, English poet

1556 - Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)

1580 - Luis de Camões, Portuguese poet

1607 - John Popham, English politician

1654 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)

1680 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)

1735 - Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)

1776 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)

1791 - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)

 
 

1831 - Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)

1836 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)

1849 - Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, French marshal (b. 1784)

1899 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)

1901 - Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, novelist and dramatist (b. 1841)

1902 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)

1909 - Edward Everett Hale, American author (b. 1822)

1912 - Anton A?kerc, Slovenian poet (b. 1856)

1918 - Arrigo Boito, Italian poet and composer (b. 1842)

1923 - Pierre Loti, French sailor and writer (b. 1850)

1926 - Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (b. 1852)

1930 - Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)

1934 - Frederick Delius, English composer (b. 1862)

 
 

1937 - Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)

1940 - Marcus Garvey, American civil rights activist (b. 1887)

1944 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)

1946 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)

1947 - Alexander Bethune, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (b. 1852)

1949 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

1958 - Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist and poet (b. 1880)

1967 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)

1971 - Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)

1973 - William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913)

1973 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)

1974 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)

1976 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born producer (b. 1873)

1982 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German author and film director (b. 1945)

1982 - Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1940)

1986 - Merle Miller, American biographer (b. 1919)

1988 - Louis L'Amour, American author (b. 1908)

1991 - Vercors, French writer and illustrator (b. 1902)

1993 - Les Dawson, British comedian (b. 1933 or 34)

1996 - George Hees, Canadian politician (b. 1910)

1996 - Jo Van Fleet, American actress

1998 - Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)

2000 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930)

2000 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)

2001 - Princess Leila of Iran (b. 1970)

2001 - Mike Mentzer, philosopher, bodybuilder, and author (b. 1951)

2002 - John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)

2003 - Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. 1918)

2003 - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)

2003 - Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)

2004 - Ray Charles, American singer and musician (b. 1930)

2005 - Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)

 

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