King Philip I
1108 King Philip I, King of the Franks 1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56
King Philip I
- 1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies
- 1507 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, dies at 47
- 1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies
- 1573 John Caius, English physician, dies at 62
- 1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84
- 1612 Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- 1632 Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies
- 1644 Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies
- 1649 David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies
- 1752 Peter Warren, British admiral
- 1781 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
- 1792 René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
- 1813 Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
William Wilberforce
1833 William Wilberforce, English abolitionist, dies at 73
William Wilberforce
- 1839 Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
- 1857 Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54
- 1857 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
- 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at about 35
- 1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies
- 1887 Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
Vincent van Gogh
1890 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (Sunflowers), dies 2 days after shooting himself at 37
Vincent van Gogh
- 1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
- 1900 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci
- 1913 Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), dies at 75
- 1918 Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
- 1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81
- 1938 Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
- 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83
- 1960 Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies
- 1973 Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
- 1974 Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1976 Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
- 1979 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros & Civilization), dies at 81
- 1981 Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
Vladimir Zworykin
1982 Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American inventor (development of television, cathode ray tube), dies at 82
Vladimir Zworykin
- 1982 Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81
- 1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86
- 1983 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, dies at 83
- 1983 Luis Buñuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
- 1987 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. 1894)
- 1988 Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86
- 1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies
- 1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered
- 1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78
- 1994 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British biochemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78
- 1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68
- 1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill
Dorothy Hodgkin
1994 Dorothy Hodgkin, British chemist who developed protein crystallography, 3rd woman to win a Nobel Prize (1964), dies of a stroke at 84
Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1996 Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88
- 1996 Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
- 1998 Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. 1918)
- 2001 Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2007 Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
- 2008 Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, dies at 75
- 2009 Gayatri Devi, Ex-Maharani of Indian state Jaipur. (b. 1919)
- 2016 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, dies at 85