Charlemagne
814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
Charlemagne
- 1061 Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
- 1119 Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
- 1256 Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
- 1271 Isabella of Aragon, wife of Philip III and Queen consort of France (1270-1), dies of complications from childbirth at 22 or 23
- 1393 Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball in Paris
- 1443 Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
- 1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
Henry VIII
1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
Henry VIII
Francis Drake
1596 Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies of dysentery at 50
Francis Drake
- 1606 Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer, pastor and vicar, dies at 85
- 1612 Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
- 1621 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, dies at 68
- 1672 Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
- 1687 Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
- 1697 John Fenwick, English conspirator
- 1754 Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
- 1782 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
- 1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead
- 1829 William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
- 1829 Thomas Tredgold, Railway Engineer and Carpenter, dies at 40
- 1832 Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
- 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
- 1859 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
- 1864 Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
- 1867 John J. Pettus, American politician, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63), dies at 53
- 1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
- 1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
- 1912 Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
- 1915 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician known for discovering the Umov-Poynting vector and Umov effect, dies at 68
John McCrae
1918 John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician/soldier, dies of pneumonia at 45
John McCrae
- 1924 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), dies at 56
- 1926 Kaufmann Kohler, German-born American reform rabbi and theologian, dies at 82
- 1933 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist and writer, dies at 80
- 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
- 1950 Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
- 1951 Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)
- 1953 James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
- 1953 Derek Bentley (b. 1933) (executed)
- 1957 Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
- 1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
- 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, American author, dies at 69
- 1963 Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
- 1965 Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
- 1971 Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
- 1972 Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
- 1972 Dino Buzzati, Italian writer (The Tartar Steppe), dies at 67
- 1975 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
- 1979 Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)
- 1983 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
- 1986 Christa McAuliffe, American teacher, dies in the Challenger space shuttle disaster at 37
- 1986 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
- 1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
- 1986 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
- 1986 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
- 1986 Ronald E McNair, American astronaut and physicist, dies in Challenger disaster at 35
- 1986 Greg Jarvis - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
- 1988 Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
- 1991 Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
- 1992 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
- 1994 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
- 1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
- 1995 Barrie Wilson, religious scholar (How Jesus Became Christian), dies at 59
- 1995 George Woodcock, author, dies at 82
- 1995 James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
- 1995 Jim Gilbert, British artist and criminal, dies at 61
- 1995 Philip Burton, Welsh producer and Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80
- 1995 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
- 1996 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
- 1996 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
- 1996 Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55
- 1996 Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies
- 1996 U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77
- 1996 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71
- 1997 Colin Welch, British political journalist and critic of Enid Blyton's Noddy series, dies at 72
- 1997 Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68
- 1997 Vivien Signy, nurse, dies at 80
- 1999 Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
- 1999 Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
- 2002 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
- 2004 Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927)
- 2004 Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
- 2006 Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi (b. around 1900)
- 2007 Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
- 2007 Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
- 2008 Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
- 2008 Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)