- 743 Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)
- 1398 Emperor Sukō (b. 1334)
- 1435 Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)
- 1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
- 1561 Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar
- 1580 Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512)
Guy Fawkes
1606 Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator who was convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the British Parliament, hanged at 35
Guy Fawkes
- 1615 Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)
- 1632 Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1665 Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)
- 1686 Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)
- 1720 Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)
- 1729 Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
- 1729 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch navigator (Easter Island), dies at 69
- 1736 Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, dies at 57
- 1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion), dies at 67
- 1790 Thomas Lewis, Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, and a pioneer of early Virginia, dies at 71
- 1794 Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)
- 1815 José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)
- 1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
- 1844 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general and engineer, dies at 70
- 1856 Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet, dies at 17
- 1861 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53
- 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies
- 1888 John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society, dies at 72
- 1891 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75
- 1892 Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)
- 1907 Timothy Eaton, Irish-born Canadian department store founder (Eatons), dies at 72
- 1919 Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79
- 1925 George W. Cable, American writer (Northampton Years), dies at 80
- 1933 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932), dies at 65
- 1940 René "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56
- 1944 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)
- 1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
- 1954 Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
- 1955 John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
A. A. Milne
1956 A. A. Milne, English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, dies at 74
A. A. Milne
- 1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
- 1969 Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894)
- 1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
- 1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
- 1974 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
Samuel Goldwyn
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies of natural causes at 91
Samuel Goldwyn
- 1976 Ernesto Miranda, American litigant, conviction on kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery charges, stabbed to death at 34
- 1990 Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. 1935)
- 1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
- 1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
- 1995 George Stibitz, American mathematician and scientist, dies at 90
- 1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
- 1997 John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
- 2000 Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
- 2001 Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923)
- 2002 Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- 2002 Henry Kloss, American audio engineer (acoustic loudspeaker), dies at 73
- 2003 Michael Ogden, British barrister and judge (Ogden Tables), dies at 76
- 2007 Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author (b. 1944)
- 2007 Adelaide Tambo, South African anti-apartheid activist, politician and wife of Oliver Tambo, dies at 77
- 2008 Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug (b. 1997)
- 2012 Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal, dies at 88
- 2012 Dorothea Tanning, American artist (Nachtmusik, 1943, Night Shadow, 1945), dies at 101
- 2012 Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89
- 2012 Mike Kelley, American artist, commits suicide at 57
- 2015 Richard von Weizsacker, German politician and 1st president of reunited Germany (1990-94), dies at 94