Deaths 1 - 100 of 116 586 - St. Radegund, Frankish princess, wife of Clotaire I and founder of the Convent of Our Lady of Poitiers. 662 - Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies 900 - Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 1134 - Irene of Hungary [Piroska], Byzantine empress, dies at 46 1191 - Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies 1278 - Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 1382 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) 1523 - Gerard David, Flemish painter 1617 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540) 1637 - Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies 1667 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) 1674 - Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 1686 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610) 1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) 1744 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678) 1749 - J E Schlegel, writer, dies 1762 - John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 1787 - Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies 1808 - Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 1826 - René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781) 1841 - Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer, dies 1860 - Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies 1863 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) 1865 - Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 1886 - Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62 1895 - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies 1896 - John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 1897 - Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63 1908 - Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 Nurse Florence NightingaleNurse Florence Nightingale (1910) 1910 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 1912 - Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 1913 - F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies 1916 - Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 1924 - Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 1927 - James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 1928 - Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 1933 - Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 1937 - Arthur Plunkett, English civil engineer (b. 1890) 1940 - George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 1946 - H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1946 - Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer, dies at 33 Author H. G. WellsAuthor H. G. Wells (1946) 1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer, dies at 79 1947 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies 1948 - Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 1948 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897) 1953 - Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 1954 - Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 1956 - Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies 1958 - Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868) 1959 - Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 1961 - Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 1964 - Peter Anthony Allen is the last person executed (for murder) in England and United Kingdom at Walton Prison, Liverpool 1965 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) 1967 - Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 1970 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 1971 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37 1972 - George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78 1973 - Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75 1974 - Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies 1974 - Kate OBrien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76 1977 - Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies 1982 - Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 1982 - Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77 1982 - Joe Tex, [Joseph Arrington Jr], singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49 1982 - Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933) 1984 - Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 1985 - Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 1986 - Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies 1987 - Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 1988 - Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 1989 - Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS 1989 - Larkin Smith, U.S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944) 1990 - Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 1991 - Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65 1992 - Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 1992 - Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident 1992 - David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 - Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (Geen letterheren), dies 1994 - Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 1995 - Alison Hargreaves, mountaineer, dies at 33 1995 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84 Baseball Legend Mickey MantleBaseball Legend Mickey Mantle (1995) 1995 - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63 1995 - Per-Jakez Helias, Writer/teacher, dies at 81 1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926) 1996 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86 1996 - Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies 1996 - Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42 1996 - David Randall, priest, dies at 49 1996 - David Tudor, composer, dies at 70 1996 - Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46 1996 - W Gordon Smith, playwright, dies at 67 1998 - Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900) 1998 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934) 1999 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. 1960) 2000 - Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965) 2001 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (b. 1947) 2003 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929) 2004 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912) 2005 - David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942) 2006 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
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