2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63
1996 Baron Baker, activist, dies at 71
1996 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
1994 Baron Marcel Bich, inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79
1994 Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79
1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61
1994 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78
1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward
1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87
1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83
1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped
1976 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1974 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74
1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction
1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
1966 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1964 Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84
1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
1962 Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96
1956 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
1953 Baron Hill, American Politician
1950 Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1949 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron
1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63
1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA
1943 Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner
1943 Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker
1943 Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74
1941 Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
1940 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies
1937 Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, Engl physicist (Nobel 1908), dies
1937 Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74
1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid
1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian 1928 Olympics gold
1933 Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87
1932 Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres
1932 Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered
1929 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66
1929 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
1928 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
1928 Rita Gam, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron
1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
1925 Baron Baker, activist
1925 John Neville, actor, Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies
1921 Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, industrialist
1920 Richard von Weizsacker, baron/president, Germany, 1984-94
1920 Robert Hersant, press baron
1919 Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
1918 "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1915 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor-Maarn Neth
1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1910 Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
1907 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies
1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
1905 Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist
1903 Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer
1902 John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69
1901 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies
1901 Nils Adolf Erik, [Baron Nordenskjold], geologist/explorer, dies
1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
1899 Marnix Gijsen, [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer, Grote God Pan
1896 Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi
1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
1891 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81
1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
1889 John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC, 1927-38
1889 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations
1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron
1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies
1886 Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer
1883 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer
1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP
1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies
1880 Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat
1880 Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British fieldmarshal
1879 Wolter R baron van Hoevell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, U.S. robber baron, dies at 82
1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium
1875 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator
1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron
1868 Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker
1867 Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland, 1944-46
1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games
1859 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer, Sursum Corda, Ace Knave
1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament
1858 Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo
1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium, 1907
1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party
1852 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro
1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies
1849 David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84
1848 Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist
1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
1840 Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist
1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56
1838 Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies
1838 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73
1838 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
1837 Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66
1835 Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67
1832 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper"
1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
1824 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62
1819 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
1818 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71
1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service
1816 Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Min Foreign Affairs, 1852-53
1810 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane
1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
1806 Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77
1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
1792 Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60
1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1782 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht
1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician
1778 Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch Governor-General, Dutch-Indies
1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
1765 Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
1765 David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general, fought Napoleon at Waterloo
1761 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brig general
1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
1759 Baron Grenville, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1806-07
1755 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher
1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
1737 Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55
1729 Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker
1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60
1708 Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies
1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick
1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
1699 Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1694 John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
1689 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature
1682 Johan W. van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat, baron and duke
1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer, Stabat mater
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth
1671 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1651 John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700
1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50
1620 John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik, 1688-94
1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony
1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
1602 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
1598 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1585 Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
1578 Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies
1570 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
1570 Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
1560 Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/PM of France
1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1520 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier
1264 Baron's War fought in England
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