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783 - Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)

1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)

1536 - Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher

1584 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)

1664 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)

1682 - Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)

1693 - John Ashby, English admiral

1712 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626)

1742 - Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)

1749 - Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France

1773 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)

1804 - Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

1845 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)

 
 

1910 - Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)

1918 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)

1926 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (b. 1868)

1931 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)

1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)

1945 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

1949 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)

1950 - Elsie De Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)

1962 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)

1996 - John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)

1996 - Jonathan Melvoin, American musician and keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)

1999 - Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)

2003 - Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)

 
 

2004 - Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)

 

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