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1036 - Emperor Go-Ichij? of Japan (b. 1008)

1157 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince

1174 - Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)

1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron

1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)

1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)

1591 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)

1609 - Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)

1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)

1698 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)

1699 - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)

1714 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar

1740 - Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)

 
 

1760 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)

1773 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)

1782 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)

1886 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)

1924 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)

1935 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)

1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)

1940 - Menno ter Braak , Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902 )

1948 - Father Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)

1956 - Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)

1967 - Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)

1971 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)

1986 - Theodore H. White, American writer (b. 1915)

 
 

1989 - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)

1991 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)

1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1904)

1995 - Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)

1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)

1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)

2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)

2003 - George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)

2003 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924)

2005 - Les Bartley, lacrosse coach (b. 1954)

2005 - Alan B. Gold, Chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court (b. 1917)

2006 - Joyce Ballantyne Brand, artist (b. 1918)

 

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