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Deaths

383 - Gratian, Roman Emperor (b. 359)

471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople

1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)

1270 - King Louis IX of France

1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint

1330 - James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)

1482 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)

1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)

1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist

1650 - Richard Crashaw, English poet

1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer

1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)

1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician

 
 

1742 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)

1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)

1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)

1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)

1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738)

1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)

1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)

1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)

1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)

1938 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)

1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)

 
 

1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)

1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

1967 - Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895)

1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)

1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)

1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

1979 - Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)

1980 - Gower Champion, American dancer, actor, and choreographer (b. 1919)

1984 - Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)

1984 - Waite Hoyt, baseball player (b. 1899)

1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)

1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress (plane crash) (b. 1972)

1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)

2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)

2001 - Aaliyah, American singer (plane crash) (b. 1979)

2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)

2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)

 

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