Drowns Events in History

Home - Events - Birthdays - Deaths - Years - History Feeds

1996 Death - Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46

1995 Death - Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88

1993 Death - Steve Olin, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 27

1993 Death - Tim Crews, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 31

1992 Death - Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns

1983 Death - Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39

1979 Death - Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns

1972 Event - 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237

1971 Death - Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria

1969 Death - Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28

1969 Death - Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25

1967 Death - Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59

1964 Death - Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30

1952 Death - Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns

1943 Death - Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns

1941 Event - SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia

1940 Death - Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40

1931 Event - French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450

1924 Death - Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26

1919 Death - Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress, drowns at 35

1916 Death - Horatio H. Kitchener, British General of Sudan, drowns at 65

1916 Death - Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48

1886 Death - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, drowns, dies at 40

1883 Death - Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls

1882 Event - Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000

1871 Death - Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns

1862 Death - Louis Powell Harvey, U.S. governor of Wisconsin, drowns

1860 Event - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan

1822 Death - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29

1782 Death - Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns

1711 Death - Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23

1707 Death - Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly

1673 Death - Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72

1615 Death - Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns

1576 Death - Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44

1574 Event - Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers

1549 Death - Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns

1545 Death - George Carew, English admiral, drowns

1545 Death - Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns

1500 Death - Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns

1500 Death - Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns

1237 Death - Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns

1185 Death - Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns

1120 Death - Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns

1120 Death - William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17

939 Death - Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49

Add History to your Site or Blog
You can add our Today in History or Today's Birthdays scripts to your site. The script has fresh, new content each day, and requires no work on your part. Get started

BrainyHistory on FaceBook
Get the birthdays of the day from BrainyHistory on FaceBook and Twitter


BrainyHistory	Social BrainyHistory on FaceBook BrainyHistory on Twitter	Site Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years History Feeds	About Us Inquire Privacy Terms
Copyright © 2001 - 2013 BrainyHistory