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2009 Concern about spreading influenza from Mexico and the United States to other countries is expressed by the WHO
2004 Ukraine re-elects Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. but the election results were thrown out after large protests about the way the election was conducted 2004 Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies 2004 After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 2004 Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1999 Earthquake kills about 1,185 in Armenia, Colombia 1998 Dr. Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94 1998 Bill Clinton confesses to Hilary about the Monica Lewinsky affair 1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1998 Earthquake kills about 5,000 in northern Afghanistan 1998 Earthquake kills about 2,300 in northern Afghanistan 1997 Brendan Gill, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine, dies at 83 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1997 Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1996 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62 1995 Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena 1995 Paul Monette, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy, dies of AIDS in Los Angeles, California at 49 1995 Dorothy Granger, U.S. actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80 1994 Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73 1994 Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54 1994 Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71 1994 Virginia Dale, U.S. actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77 1994 Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52 1994 Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51 1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed 1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83 1994 Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34) 1994 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68 1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-president (1963-66), dies at about 81 1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 1993 P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees and Hope), dies at about 86 1993 Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed 1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83 1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83 1992 Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90 1992 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1992 Vernon Howard, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth, dies 1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 1991 Dean Jagger, U.S. actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87 1990 Bobby Nunn, U.S. bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1989 Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths 1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Netherlands architect, dies at about 85 1988 Ray Buchanan, U.S. blues gitarist, dies at about 48 1988 Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert 1988 Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67 1988 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 1988 Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed 1986 Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 1984 U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI 1983 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1982 Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49 1980 Raoul Walsh, U.S. director (High Sierra), dies at about 88 1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed 1978 U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries 1978 French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%) 1978 Totie Fields, Sophie Feldman, comedienne, dies at about 48 1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson 1978 Charlie Korsmo, actor, Dick Tracy, What About Bob 1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40 1977 U.S. and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1976 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 1975 Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara 1975 Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans 1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 1973 MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya 1973 Stringer Davis, actress (Mouse on the Moon, Miranda), dies at about 77 1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" 1973 Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71 1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie 1971 British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72 1970 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60 1970 Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55 1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1969 Helena Rubinstein, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89 1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 1968 Vladimir Boudnik, Czechoslovakian sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 1968 Ruth St. Denis, U.S. choreography, dies at about 90 1967 Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38 1967 Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450 1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R. 1966 David Bowie releases his 1st record 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' 1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen 1965 President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking 1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed 1964 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1964 ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign 1964 Janeane Garofalo, born in New Jersey, comedienne, SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs 1964 Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie 1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 1964 Rika Hopper, Dutch actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86 1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules 1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50 1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1963 Andy Cousin, rocker, All About Eve-All About Scarlet and Other Stories 1963 Helen Hunt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jamie-Mad About You, Twister 1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1962 Adlai Stevenson speaks at United Nations about Cuba crisis 1962 John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea 1962 Julianne Regan, rocker, All About Eve-All About Scarlet 1961 General Meeting of United Nations debates about New-Guinea 1961 Leila Kenzle, New York, actress, Fran Devanow-Mad About You 1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea 1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56 1960 Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann 1960 Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die 1959 Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged 1959 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 1958 Michael McNeill, synthesizer, Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me 1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast 1957 Paul Reiser, born in New York City, actor, My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You 1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die 1955 Yung Deva, king of Nepal (191.-55), dies at about 48 1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 1954 Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist, Heart-Never, What about Love 1953 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73 1953 Michael Bolton, Connecticut, rock vocalist, That's What Love Is All About 1952 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres 1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments 1952 Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey 1951 Ann Wilson, born in San Diego, California, rock vocalist, Heart-What About Love 1951 Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 1951 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win 1950 Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You" 1950 Bill Murray, born in Evanston, Illinois, comedian, SNL, What About Bob, Stripes 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1950 Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 1948 Lillian Brainthwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75 1948 Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 1947 Mike Kellie, rock drummer, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine 1945 Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church 1945 Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 1945 Mike Harrison, keyboardist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1945 Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1944 Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die 1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1944 General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan 1944 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 1943 All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed 1943 Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about 1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan 1942 Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen" 1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin 1941 Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die 1941 Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev 1941 Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments 1939 Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die 1939 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1938 Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On 1937 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens 1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72 1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia 1934 David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 1933 David Reuben, author, Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex 1933 Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", U.S. singer, dies at about 64 1933 Roger Bowen, actor, M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia 1933 Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1932 Jack Mullaney, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, My Living Doll, It's About Time 1932 Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa 1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro 1929 Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 1928 Tom Aldredge, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor in What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers 1927 Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1926 Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1926 U.S. and Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal 1926 Frank Aletter, Long Island, New York, actor, Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy 1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 1925 Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts 1925 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie 1924 Conference about German recovery payments opens in London 1923 Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy) 1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" 1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die 1922 Herman Kahn, New Jersey, writer, Thinking About the Unthinkable 1921 Mary Douglas, born in San Remo, Italy, British anthropologist, wrote about symbolism, human culture 1919 Celeste Holm, born in New York City, actress, Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve 1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1918 Vernon Howard, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth 1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 1916 Alex Dreier, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, newscaster, Whats it all about World? 1915 Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64 1915 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 1914 Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine 1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve 1914 Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service 1914 Redjaizade M Ekrem, Turkish poet and writer, dies at about 66 1912 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65 1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo 1911 British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany 1911 Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 1909 France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco 1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 1906 George Sanders, Russia, actor, All About Eve-Academy Award 1950 1906 Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco) 1905 Tippo-Tip, Hamed ben Mohammed, Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67 1905 Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70 1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo 1903 Rabbe A. Enckell, Finnish author and poet, Lutad about Brunnen 1902 Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die 1901 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured 1899 British and French accord about West-Africa 1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54 1897 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature, About the Laugh 1896 Matthew B Brady, U.S. photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 1895 Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 1894 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die 1894 M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 1893 Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show 1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1891 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US, About Tropical Atl Visschen 1891 Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1888 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi 1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1885 Edmond About, French Novelist 1883 Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 1882 Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1880 Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage 1879 News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London 1878 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1876 Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1875 Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 1875 Maude Eburne, Canada, actress, Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman 1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1870 William F Brantly, Confederate, murdered at about 40 1870 Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46 1868 Christian Schonbein, German chemist, dies at about 69 1868 Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author and poet, dies at about 60 1868 James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70 1868 Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity 1865 Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US Brigadier-General, dies at about 75 1865 John Brough, U.S. publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 1865 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union Brigadier-General, dies at about 29 1864 Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies at about 34 1864 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties 1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties) 1864 Samuel Benton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 44 1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union Brigadier-General, dies at about 27 1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties) 1864 Stephen Gardner Champlin, Brigadier-General (Union), dies at about 36 1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties) 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in New York City; about 1,000 die 1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 1862 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40 1862 William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1862 Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 34 1862 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities 1862 George W. Johnson, U.S. planter/Confederate (gov-Kentucky), dies at about 50 1862 James McIntosh, U.S. confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 33 1859 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1857 Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 1846 Alexis the Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem" 1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 1846 Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation 1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 1836 Theodore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74 1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1834 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 1833 James Ball Antyne, Scottish founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60 1831 Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die 1831 Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 1829 Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 1828 Edmond About, French Novelist 1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die 1822 Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 1821 Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55 1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1813 Louis-Alexandre Crette, Belgian porselein painter, dies at about 55 1812 Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die 1810 Albertus H Wiese, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48 1809 Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 1807 Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 1806 George Wythe, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 79 1806 Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at about 82 1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1799 Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 1799 Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet, Husn-u asjk, dies at about 41 1799 Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Husn u Ask), dies at about 40 1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara 1795 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 1794 James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1793 Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 1791 Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland 1790 Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 1788 Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 1787 Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 1786 Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained 1779 John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68 1773 Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48 1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art 1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 1768 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70 1765 Jacob Gilles, pension advisor, dies at about 74 1761 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 1754 Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57 1754 Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51 1752 John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 1752 Daniel Marot, French/Netherlands, architect/engraver, dies at about 88 1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1740 Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 1735 Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about 46 1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1731 Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die 1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 1729 Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65 1729 John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 1728 Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian General-Admiral, dies at about 57 1727 Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73 1727 Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71 1724 Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 1723 Willem van de Pose, Governor of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59 1718 Arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at about 49 1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77 1711 Jozef I, Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 1709 William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 1707 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die 1700 Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 1700 Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 1699 Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 1695 Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 1693 Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82 1692 Gerardus L Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66 1686 Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55 1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 1685 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55 1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 1684 Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 1684 Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75 1684 Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48 1682 Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 1680 Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 1679 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 1678 Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56 1678 Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70 1677 Aert van der Neer, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73 1677 Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69 1675 Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam 1674 Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 1673 Anthonie Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 72 1673 John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 1673 Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1672 Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48 1672 Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37 1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 1670 Geory Horn, Hornius, theologist/historian, dies at about 50 1669 John Coccejus, German/Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66 1669 Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42 1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82 1668 Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79 1668 Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 1666 French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 1666 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 1665 Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29 1665 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at about 29 1662 Cornelis van Aerssen, Dutch ruler of Sommelsdok, dies at about 62 1662 Johannes C Verspronck, portrait painter, buried at about 64 1662 Leonhart Kern, German sculptor, dies at about 73 1661 Don Luis Mendez de Haro, premier of Spain (1643-61), dies at about 63 1661 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53 1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 1661 Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 1661 Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64 1660 Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 1659 Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56 1658 Jacobus Revius, Reefsen, theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72 1658 Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50 1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 1656 Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55 1653 Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51 1653 Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 1653 Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 1652 John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42 1652 Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40 1652 John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 1651 Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43 1650 Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 1650 Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army 1650 Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 1650 John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74 1649 Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89 1649 Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60 1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1647 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 1646 John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45 1645 Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51 1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 1643 John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 1642 Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lueon, dies at about 57 1642 Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 1642 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 1641 Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50 1641 Cornelis C Jol, Houtebeen, Admiral (South-America), dies at about 41 1640 Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis 1640 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 1638 Cornelis Cornelisz, "of Haarlem", painter, dies at about 76 1638 Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish painter, buried at about 63 1638 Johannes Althusius, Althaut, German lawyer, dies at about 81 1638 Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 1638 Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66 1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1637 Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57 1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 1635 Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 1633 Carlo Caraffa, Italian jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72 1631 John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47 1630 Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61 1629 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63 1627 Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56 1627 Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41 1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 1626 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 1626 Willebrord Snellius, astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 1625 Adriaen Valerius, notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 1624 Willem Pietersz Buytewech, painter/etcher, dies at about 32 1624 Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66 1624 Steven van der Haghen, admiral/Governor on Ambon 1617 - 1618, dies at about 61 1624 Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28 1624 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher, About Virtue 1622 Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69 1622 William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 1619 England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies 1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 1617 Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 1612 Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74 1612 Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 1611 Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 1610 Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 1609 Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Hermans, theologist, dies at about 49 1609 Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69 1607 Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 1607 Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 1605 Pieter Bast, Bastius, Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34 1604 Louis Gunther, earl of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29 1604 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 1603 Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71 1602 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 1600 Baki, Turkish royal poet (Davan, Ghazalijjat), dies at about 74 1600 Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 1599 Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 1598 Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 1598 Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 1597 Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 1597 Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61 1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 1595 Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 1594 Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61 1592 Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75 1591 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 1591 Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59 1590 Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Netherlands theologist, dies at about 60 1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49 1590 Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 1590 Cujacius, Jacques Cujas, French lawyer, dies at about 68 1590 Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57 1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 1585 Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 1582 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 1578 Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24 1576 Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence 1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 1575 Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 1575 Pieter Aertsen, Long Worm, painter, dies at about 65 1574 Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54 1573 Michel de l'Hopital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65 1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 1572 John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67 1572 Pieter Tichelmann, Flemish Franciscan, dies at about 71 1569 Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 1568 Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47 1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 1568 Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47 1567 Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 1562 Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82 1561 Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49 1560 Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 1559 Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58 1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1559 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 1556 David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54 1556 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65 1555 French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65 1555 Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 1555 Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 1553 Erasmus Alberus, Germ theologist (Barfusser Monche), dies at about 52 1549 Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 1548 Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36 1547 Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 1545 John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 1542 Albert Pigge, Pighius, Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 1541 Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 1541 Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 1541 Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 1540 Guillaume Bude, French humanist, dies at about 72 1539 Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 1538 Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 1536 Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 1534 Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 1534 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1530 Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56 1530 Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 1529 John Cuspinianus, Spiessheimer, German physician, dies at about 55 1528 Lucas van Prague, Czechoslovakian leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68 1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1528 Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48 1525 Joannes Custos, S Netherlands humanist, dies at about 50 1524 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1524 Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45 1524 Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 1522 Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent 1521 Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 1519 Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85 1519 Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49 1519 Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 1519 Johann Tetzel, (German) monk, dies at about 79 1517 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 1513 Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 1510 Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48 1510 Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 1510 Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 1507 Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 1504 Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 1504 Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 1498 Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77 1497 Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 1494 Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56 1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico 1490 Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 1490 French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 1490 Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 1488 Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 1475 Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 1474 Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74 1469 Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 1463 Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1456 Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 1444 Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1444 John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50 1438 Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 1405 Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", Crippled, Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 1404 Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 1387 French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 1361 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61 1349 Gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44 1345 Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 1337 Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 1336 Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 1317 Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 1297 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St. Truiden, dies at about 86 1276 Innocent V, Pierre the Tarantaise, Pope (1276), dies at about 36 1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 1253 Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 1231 Elisabeth van Thuringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24 1229 Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68 1202 Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 1167 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 1164 Elisabeth von Schonau, German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34 1156 Peter Venerabilis, French theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 1153 David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 1152 Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 1134 Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 1130 Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 1093 Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 1072 Sancho II, king of Castilie/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 1015 Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 999 Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 983 Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 974 Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 939 Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 912 Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 898 Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 875 Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 872 Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 833 Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 828 Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 811 Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 809 Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 771 Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 766 Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 735 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 727 Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 711 Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 711 Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 709 Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 656 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 641 Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65 640 Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 593 Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 561 Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61 558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 545 Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die 524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 511 Clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45 439 Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 421 Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 413 Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 397 Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81 365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 364 Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 311 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 98 Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 81 Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42 |
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