- 987 Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
- 1254 Conrad IV, King of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily, dies at 26
- 1471 King Henry VI of England (1422-1471) is executed in the Tower of London at 49
- 1481 Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
- 1512 Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
- 1524 Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
Hernando de Soto
1542 Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
- 1607 John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
- 1639 Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher and poet, dies at 70
- 1647 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
- 1650 James Graham, Marquis of Montrose "the Great Montrose", Scottish general, hanged at 37
- 1664 Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
- 1670 Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
- 1686 Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician, dies at 83
- 1690 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
- 1703 Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
- 1719 Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
- 1725 Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
- 1742 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
- 1771 Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols), dies at 49
- 1786 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish pharmacist and chemist (lemon acid), dies of mercury poisoning at 43
- 1790 Thomas Warton, English critic and poet (Pleasures of Melancholy) British Poet Laureate (1785-90), dies at 62
- 1810 Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81
- 1865 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish Archaeologist, created Stone, Bronze, Iron age system, dies at 76
- 1879 Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
- 1894 August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
- 1894 Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
- 1911 Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)
- 1915 Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
- 1919 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
- 1919 Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
- 1920 Venustiano Carranza, Mexican President (1917-1920), executed by army generals after his decision that the next President be a civilian (61)
- 1924 Bobby Franks, American school boy killed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, at 14
- 1926 Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
Archibald Primrose
1929 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1894-95), dies at 82
Archibald Primrose
Jane Addams
1935 Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
Jane Addams
- 1949 Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
- 1964 James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
- 1965 Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer, dies at 82
- 1970 E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
- 1973 Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
- 1978 Jo Spier [Joseph Spier], Dutch cartoonist and water color painter, dies at 77
- 1981 Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
- 1981 Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
- 1983 Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
- 1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italian delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
- 1988 Bruno Frei [Benedikt Freistadt], Austrian Marxist journalist, dies at 91
- 1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
- 1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
- 1991 Bobby Dale, dies at 92
- 1991 Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
- 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-89), assassinated at 46
- 1992 Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
- 1992 Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
- 1992 Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
- 1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
- 1994 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
- 1994 Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
- 1994 John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81
- 1995 Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46
- 1995 Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
- 1996 Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
- 1996 Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83
- 1996 Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91
- 1996 Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79
- 2000 Barbara Cartland, English romance author (Camfield #69), dies at 98
- 2000 Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
- 2002 Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930)
- 2003 Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2008 Brian Keenan, Irish Provisional IRA member who played a key role in Northern Ireland's peace process (1998), dies of cancer at 66
- 2016 Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist, dies at 86