- 514 Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies
- 931 Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)
- 1054 Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies
- 1234 Floris IV, Count of Holland, killed in tournament
- 1346 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle
- 1374 Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69
- 1415 Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
- 1534 Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70
- 1543 Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
- 1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns
- 1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns
- 1627 Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41
- 1631 Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
- 1687 Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena (b. 1637)
- 1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
- 1740 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71
- 1742 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45
- 1742 William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
- 1810 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34
- 1814 Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40
Agustín de Iturbide
1824 Agustín de Iturbide [crowned Agustin I], Mexican army general, politician and the 1st emperor of Mexico is executed by firing squad at 40
Agustín de Iturbide
- 1850 Giovanni Ossoli, Italian marquis/revolutionary, drowned
- 1850 [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, US feminist/revolutionary, dies
- 1852 Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
- 1857 Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796)
- 1868 Soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844)
- 1873 Samuel Wilberforce, English bishop and one of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution), dies at 67
- 1881 Isaac Baumann, Jewish pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein, South Africa, dies at 67
- 1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73
- 1895 Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67
- 1896 Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
- 1906 Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (b. 1849)
- 1907 Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77
- 1913 Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia for one day in 1882, dies at 60
- 1914 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82
- 1918 Joost van Vollenhoven, Neth, gov-gen (French West-Africa), dies
- 1922 Cornelis A Pekelharing, Dutch histologist, dies on 74th birthday
- 1930 Robert Stout, NZ prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85
- 1939 Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850)
- 1940 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
- 1944 Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
- 1944 Harry CA Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at 87
- 1947 Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
- 1947 U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
- 1955 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64
- 1957 Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59
- 1958 Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32
Syngman Rhee
1965 Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (1948-60), dies at 90
Syngman Rhee
- 1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28
- 1969 Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies
- 1972 Hezekiah M. Washburn, American Presbyterian Congo missionary, dies at 88
- 1973 Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33
- 1976 Sal Tas, Dutch journalist, dies at 70
- 1984 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68
- 1985 Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish sci-fi author (The Whole Truth about Planet Xi), dies at 47
- 1989 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (b. 1913)
- 1992 Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies
- 1992 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
- 1992 Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia
- 1993 Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83
- 1994 Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies
- 1994 Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87
- 1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81
- 1994 Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87
- 1994 Nick Banton, founder of Body Positive, dies at 37
- 1995 Michael Andrews, painter, dies at 66
- 1995 Yusef Bedri, educationist, dies at 82
- 1996 David Nicolson, British businessman and politician, dies at 73
- 1996 Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61
- 1996 Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87
- 1996 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79
- 1996 Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, dies at 81
- 2002 Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
- 2003 Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
- 2003 Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
- 2004 Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
- 2004 Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
- 2005 John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
- 2005 Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2005 Alain Bombard, French Biologist, Physician, and Politician who made a solitary journey across the Atlantic ocean without provisions, dies at 80
- 2007 Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
- 2007 A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
- 2008 Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
- 2009 Frank McCourt, Irish-American author. (b. 1930)
- 2012 Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and intelligence officer, dies from a heart attack at 76
- 2014 James Garner, American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick), dies of acute myocardial infarction at 86
- 2014 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress, dies at 21
- 2016 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, dies at 93