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 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
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 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87
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 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
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/Neth 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 VP 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, Czech 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 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson
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
1951 Ann Wilson, born in San Diego, California, rock vocalist, Heart-What About Love
1951 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win
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 German DR 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 Mike Harrison, keyboardist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About
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 Greg Ridley, bassist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About
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
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 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
1932 Jack Mullaney, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, My Living Doll, It's About Time
1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro
1929 Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
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
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
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
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 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, DE, 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
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 brig-general, dies at about 75
1865 John Brough, U.S. publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
1865 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29
1864 John Adams, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 39
1864 Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, U.S. Union-brig-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 brig-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 brig-general, dies at about 27
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union brig-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 brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40
1862 William Edwin Starke, Conf brig-gen, 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 brig-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-Ky), dies at about 50
1862 James McIntosh, U.S. confederate brig-gen, 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, Scot 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 Decl of Indep), 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/Neth, 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/gov-gen 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 gen-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, Jap 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/Neth 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 Sommelsd˜k, 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, NZ), 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 Adm 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], adm (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, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
1635 Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
1633 Carlo Caraffa, Ital 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/Neth 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/gov on Ambon 1617-8, 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, lt col (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, Czech 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, Fr 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
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