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Deaths
1076 - Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)
1306 - Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
1487 - Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
1556 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489)
1617 - Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)
1656 - James Ussher, Irish Catholic archbishop (b. 1581)
1676 - Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
1729 - John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671)
1734 - Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
1751 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
1762 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
1772 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
1795 - Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714)
1801 - Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741)
1804 - Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien (executed) (b. 1772)
1843 - Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)
1843 - Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1850 - Miguel Pedrorena, American settler
1881 - Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793)
1884 - Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (b. 1819)
1910 - Nadar, French photographer (b. 1820)
1934 - Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
1936 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865)
1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
1958 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (b. 1923)
1984 - Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (b. 1963)
1985 - Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (b. 1908)
1987 - Dean Paul Martin, American musician (b. 1951)
1987 - Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
1991 - Leo Fender, American guitar manufacturer (b. 1909)
1994 - Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
1994 - Dack Rambo, American actor (b. 1941)
1997 - W. V. Awdry, English children's writer (b. 1911)
1998 - Galina Ulanova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1910)
1999 - Ernie Wise, British comedian (b. 1925)
2001 - Chung Ju-young, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)
2001 - Norma Macmillan, voice actress (b. 1921)
2002 - Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913)
2005 - Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923)
2005 - Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924)
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