- 1189 Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
- 1336 Emperor Go-Fushimi, 93rd Emperor of Japan (1298-1301), dies at 48
- 1365 Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 37
- 1395 Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm
- 1464 Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, English politician, executed at 36
- 1510 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
- 1521 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
- 1536 George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded after being tried and convicted for high treason and incest at 32
- 1575 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
- 1591 Jost Amman, Swiss cartoonist, graphic artist and illustrator, dies at 51
- 1606 Forges Dimitri #1, Tsar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
- 1695 Cornelis de Heem, Dutch painter, dies
- 1727 Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies at 43
- 1729 Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, dies at 53
- 1737 Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian, dies at 75
- 1740 Jean Cavalier, French Huguenot chief of the Camisards, dies at 58
- 1765 Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (Clairaut's theorem), dies at 52
- 1797 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir), dies at 77
- 1801 William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
- 1807 John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
- 1809 Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (invented percussion as a diagnostic technique), dies at 86
- 1822 Armand-Emmanuel, Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-18, 1820-21), dies at 55
John Jay (1745-1829)
US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, dies at 83
Talleyrand (1754-1838)
French statesman, dies at 84
- 1838 René Caillé, French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu, dies at 38
- 1838 René Caillié, French explorer (1st European to return alive from Timbuktu), dies of tuberculosis at 38
- 1839 Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
- 1851 Adriaan van Bevervoorde, Dutch journalist (Treason), dies at 31
- 1868 Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)
- 1875 John C. Breckinridge, American politician (14th US VP (1857-61 at just 36) and Confederate general, dies at 54
- 1879 Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)
- 1883 Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
John Deere (1804-1886)
American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), dies at 82
- 1888 Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)
- 1889 Marie of Prussia, Queen consort of Bavaria (1848-64), dies at 63
- 1889 William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
- 1892 Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72
- 1896 Sophus Tromholt, Norwegian astrophysicist and photographer (photographed Sami people), dies at 45 [1]
- 1914 Peter Leyten, Bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
- 1916 Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
- 1917 Belva Ann Lockwood, American attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court), dies at 86
Charles Brooke (1829-1917)
2nd White Rajah of Sarawak (1868-1917), dies at 87
- 1919 Guido von List, Austrian-German occultist and novelist (Jung Diethers Heimkehr), dies at 70
- 1919 José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua (1893-1910), dies at 65
- 1927 Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)
- 1930 Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
- 1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies
- 1931 Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
- 1936 Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
- 1938 Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and Zionist, dies at 60
- 1944 Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60
- 1945 Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
- 1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
- 1947 George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
- 1955 Camilla Wedgwood, English anthropologist (Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides), dies of cancer at 54
- 1961 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
- 1963 John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)
- 1964 Otto V. Kuusinen, Finnish politician (founder of the Finnish Communist Party), dies at 82
- 1969 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
- 1970 Nigel Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
- 1973 Alexander J. Kropholler, Dutch architect and writer, dies at 91
- 1974 Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and archaeologist, dies at 75
- 1978 Selwyn Lloyd, British politician (Foreign Secretary, 1955-60; Exchequers, 1960-62; Leader of the House of Commons, 1963–64; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1971-76), dies of a brain tumor at 73
- 1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
- 1985 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
- 1987 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist and economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
- 1989 Dan Alderson, American scientist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and sci-fi fandom figure, dies of diabetes at 47
- 1994 Willian Noel Moffet, Irish architect, dies at 82
- 1995 Paul D. Stoop, American vice-admiral (WW II-Coral Sea), dies at 90
- 2000 Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (1974-80), dies at 90
- 2001 Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
- 2002 Dave Berg, American cartoonist (The Lighter Side of...), dies at 81
James Chichester-Clark (1923-2002)
Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), dies at 79
- 2003 Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)
- 2004 Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
- 2004 Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
- 2006 Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980)
- 2006 Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
- 2006 Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (b. 1944)
- 2006 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, and gay rights activist, dies of stomach cancer at 64
- 2007 Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)
- 2009 Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet, dies from respiratory and intestinal problems at 88
- 2010 Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929)
Jorge Rafael Videla (1925-2013)
Argentine military officer and dictator (1976-81), dies from complications from a fall at 87
- 2014 Gerald Edelman, American biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies from natural causes at 84
- 2019 Herman Wouk, American novelist (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War), dies at 103
- 2021 Buddy Roemer, American politician (Governor-D+R-Louisiana 1988-1992, Rep-D-LA, 1981-88), dies at 77
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