Justinian I
565 Justinian I (The Great), Byzantinian Emperor (527-565), dies at 82. Corpus Juris Civilis, civil law code, written during reign.
Justinian I
- 655 Penda, King of Mercia, Anglo Saxon King
- 1028 Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
- 1136 Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073)
- 1194 Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies
- 1280 Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87
- 1463 Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples
- 1527 Princess Catherine of York, 9th child and sixth daughter of King Edward IV by his wife Elizabeth Woodville, dies at 48
- 1544 King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506)
- 1579 Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)
- 1628 Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
- 1629 Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
Johannes Kepler
1630 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (discovered laws of planetary motion), dies at 58
Johannes Kepler
- 1634 Johann Staden, German composer, dies at 53
- 1658 Jacobus Revius, [Reefsen], theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72
- 1670 John Amos Comenius, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer, dies at 78
- 1691 Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
- 1706 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (1697-1706), dies at 23
- 1712 Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
- 1712 James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658)
- 1787 Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73
- 1788 Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77
John Witherspoon
1794 John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey, dies at 71
John Witherspoon
- 1795 Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
- 1812 Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
- 1815 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
- 1819 Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (isolation of nitrogen in 1772), dies at 70
- 1831 Vincenc Mašek, Bohemian composer, dies at 76
- 1832 Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63
- 1842 Joseph Rastrelli, German composer, dies at 43
- 1848 P Rossi, Italian, murdered
- 1853 Queen Maria II of Portugal, Daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, dies at 34
- 1863 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63), dies at 55
- 1889 Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat, dies at 88
- 1892 Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (Lambeth poisoner), is executed at 42
- 1897 John Mercer Langston, 1st African-American to hold US political office, dies at 67
- 1907 Horatio Richmond Palmer, American composer and choir director, dies at 73
- 1908 Empress Dowager Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies at 72
- 1910 Wilhelm Raabe [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor), dies at 79
- 1916 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905), dies at 70
- 1916 Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican journalist (founded Federalist Party), dies at 57
- 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement minister and writer (My Utmost for His Highest), dies at 43
- 1918 Georges Antoine, Belgian composer, dies at 26
- 1919 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies at 52
- 1919 Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
- 1928 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American Geologist and educator, dies at 85
- 1931 C. A. J. van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher, dies at 68
- 1933 Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
- 1934 Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman), dies at 80
- 1938 George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
- 1944 Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
Lionel Barrymore
1954 Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], American actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76
Lionel Barrymore
- 1955 Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
- 1958 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
- 1959 Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
- 1961 Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
- 1961 Elsie Ferguson, American actress (Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 78
- 1963 Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 74
- 1965 John Geoghegan, U.S. Army infantry lieutenant and Silver Star recipient, killed during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam War at 24
- 1966 Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
- 1967 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72
- 1967 Michael J. Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
- 1969 Roy D'Arcy [Roy Giusti], American actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), dies at 75
- 1969 Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica), dies at 44
- 1971 Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
- 1974 James Morrison, American actor (Wine of Youth, Little Detectives), dies on his birthday at 86
- 1975 Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77
- 1976 Jean Gabin, French actor (Moulin Rouge, La Grande Illusion), dies at 72
- 1977 Serafin Pro, Cuban composer, dies at 71
Margaret Mead
1978 Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa, Thoughts & Female), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
Margaret Mead
- 1978 Dick Chapman, American golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur), dies of a stroke at 67
- 1981 Enid Markey, American actress, 1st to play Tarzan's Jane, dies at 85
- 1982 Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
- 1983 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 71
- 1983 Dai Rees, Scottish golfer (British Open runner-up 1953-54, 61), dies of car accident injuries at 70
- 1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
- 1985 Spencer W. Kimball, American 12th President of the Mormon Church (1973-1985), dies at 90
- 1986 Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
- 1988 Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
- 1990 Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
- 1990 Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
- 1993 Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
- 1993 Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered
- 1993 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
- 1993 Evelyn Venable, American model and actress (Death Takes a Holiday, Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80
- 1994 James Winston Watts, developer of the Frontal Lobotomy, dies at 90
- 1994 Janet Ahlberg, illustrator, dies at 50
- 1994 Volodymyr Ivashko, President of Ukraine (1990-91), dies
- 1994 Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
- 1995 Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78
- 1995 Billy Hughes, British educationist and Labour Party politician, dies at 81
- 1995 Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
- 1996 Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92
- 1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
- 1998 Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. 1937)
- 1998 Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
- 2000 Gene Gutche, German-born composer, dies at 93
- 2002 Sohn Kee-chung, Korean athlete and long-distance runner, dies at 90
- 2002 Myra Hindley, English murderess (murdered 5 small children with Ian Brady), dies at 60
- 2003 Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
- 2003 Ray Lewis, Canadian 4X400 relayer (Olympic bronze 1932), dies at 93
- 2003 Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (Annie), dies of cancer at 78
- 2003 Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923)
- 2004 Elmer L. Andersen, 30th Governor of Minnesota (1961-63), dies at 95
- 2004 John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930)
- 2004 Ben Cami, Flemish writer and poet (Rose from Mud), dies at 84
- 2005 Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
- 2005 Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959)
- 2006 Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
- 2006 David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. 1937)
- 2007 Joe Nuxhall, American baseball pitcher and sportscaster (youngest MLB player at 15 years, 316 days), dies at 79
- 2008 Glen Brand, American wrestler (Olympic gold middleweight 1948), dies at 85
- 2009 Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
- 2010 Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2010 Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2010 Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78
- 2011 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), dies at 95
- 2011 Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer, dies at 65
- 2013 Mike McCormack, American NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Philadelphia), dies at 83
- 2015 Cynthia Payne, English brothel madam, dies at 82
- 2015 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor (The Chess Players, Gandhi), dies at 86
- 2016 Mose Allison, American jazz artist (Black Country Suite), dies at 89
- 2016 Sixto Durán Ballén, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (1992-96), dies at 95
- 2016 Milt Okun, American music producer and arranger (John Denver, Peter, Paul and Mary), dies at 92
- 2017 Lil Peep [Gustav Åhr], American rapper, dies of a drug overdose at 21
- 2018 Roy Clark, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show), dies at 85
November in History
The War's Over, But Don't Get Too Excited
It was 'the war to end all wars' that came to a weary climax on this day. But this was no time to lose your inhibitions, at least not for one famous Englishman.
November 11, 1918Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty
The dangerous and despicably cruel “sport” of bull-running came to an end on this day in an English market town. It had been going on for 700 years.
November 13, 1839Nell Gwyn, the Whore Who Enchanted a King
Nell Gwyn, who was brought up in a bawdy-house in London, caught the eye of King Charles II and became one of England’s most famous royal mistresses.
November 14, 1687All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957
