1985 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
1982 Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53
1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground
1975 U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1963 Natalie Merchant, U.S. singer and songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs
1959 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey
1954 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings
1947 Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
1942 Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong
1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1942 Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools
1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
1940 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1940 Jimmy Merchant, rocker
1938 Henry Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong
1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder
1933 Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1931 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1931 Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime
1930 Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal
1929 Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood
1928 U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
1919 Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant
1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies
1917 Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea
1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea
1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman
1905 Tippo-Tip, [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
1891 JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
1874 Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice
1872 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant and art collector
1871 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1867 San Francisco Merchant's Exchange opens
1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement
1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
1856 Henry FC Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Neˆrlands blood), dies at 76
1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
1850 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1845 Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
1844 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
1838 John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store
1814 Elbridge Gerry, U.S. merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70
1813 Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party
1813 Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art
1813 George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73
1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1811 William Williams, U.S. merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89
1801 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist
1795 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
1793 John Hancock, U.S. merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies
1785 William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
1780 Henry F. C. Tollens, merchant/poet, Vienna Neˆrlands Blood
1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels
1779 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 49
1778 Philip Livingston, U.S. merchant (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 62
1759 Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
1757 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1753 Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1747 Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant
1739 George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Decl of, Indiana, Constitution
1738 Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence
1734 Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence
1731 William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence
1730 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer
1730 William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer
1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant, started 4th English war
1722 Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1719 Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
1719 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1716 Philip Livingston, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence
1709 John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised
1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1702 Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant, Teyler's Museum
1697 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant
1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist, London Merchant
1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
1660 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
1660 Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1654 Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61
1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1652 Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69
1652 Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
1640 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
1637 Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies
1629 John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
1626 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1616 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
1613 Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
1612 Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
1598 Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java
1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
1595 Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82
1559 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
1549 Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder, VOC
1535 Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian
1525 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66
1517 Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
1515 St. Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest
1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God
1459 Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant
1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
634 Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies
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