Deaths 1 - 108 of 108 138 - Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies 518 - Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies 649 - Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) 983 - Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies 1086 - Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered 1099 - El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) 1103 - Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies 1290 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) 1460 - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402) 1480 - King René I of Naples (b. 1410) last heir of house of Anjou 1535 - Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded 1559 - Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies 1573 - Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies 1584 - William I the Silent [William of Orange], Earl of Nassau, is assassinated at 51in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard. 1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540) 1594 - Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40 1621 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571) 1653 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600) 1668 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45 King of France Henry IIKing of France Henry II (1559) 1680 - Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643) 1683 - François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610) 1686 - Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 1686 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625) 1690 - Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39 1690 - Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1692 - Bridget Bishop, 1st person to be hanged in Salem witch trials Massachusetts USA 1762 - Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 1776 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) 1806 - George Stubbs, British painter (b. 1724) 1838 - Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 1839 - Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 1851 - Louis Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (b. 1787) 1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, (Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 1863 - Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48 Photographer and Inventor Louis-Jacques DaguerrePhotographer and Inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1851) 1868 - Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 1881 - Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812) 1884 - Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 1888 - Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66 1902 - Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74 1908 - Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78 1908 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839) 1909 - Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies 1910 - Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies 1915 - Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies 1920 - Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 1920 - John A Jacky Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 1920 - Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841) 1924 - Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73 1927 - Kevin OHiggins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated 1937 - Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 1937 - Johan[nes] B Schepers, Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71 1940 - Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 1941 - Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 1943 - Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72 1952 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer, dies at 58 1953 - Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88 1954 - Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877) 1955 - Henry W Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies 1956 - Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898) 1957 - Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77 1963 - John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 1963 - Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893) 1965 - Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 1971 - Harry M OConnor, dies of pneumonia at 98 1971 - Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 1972 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (b. 1887) 1975 - Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77 1977 - Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 1978 - Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 1978 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901) 1979 - Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 1981 - Ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (b. 1936) 1982 - Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79 1982 - Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1983 - Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 1985 - Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered 1987 - John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76 1988 - Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 1989 - Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 1989 - Thomas E Tommy Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80 1990 - Hans Faverey, poet, dies 1990 - Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59 1991 - Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 1993 - Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 1993 - Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 1993 - Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924) 1994 - Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 1994 - Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84 1995 - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 1996 - Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 2000 - Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909) 2000 - Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975) 2002 - Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926) 2003 - Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908) 2003 - Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902) 2003 - Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician 2005 - A.J. Quinnell, English writer (b. 1940) 2005 - Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955) 2005 - Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970) 2005 - Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers 2006 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965) 2007 - Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric (b. 1951) 2007 - Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (b. 1949) 2007 - Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the Peoples Republic of China (b. 1944) 2008 - Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938) 2008 - Mike Souchak, professional golfer (b. 1927) 2011 - Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1921) 2011 - Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
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