- 784 Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
Taizu (927-976 AD)
Founder and 1st Emperor of the Song Dynasty (960-976) who reunified most of China by conquering the states of Southern Tang, Later Shu, Southern Han and Jingnan, dies at 49
- 1226 Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263)
Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir, considered the key figure in medieval Rus (1252-63), dies at 43
- 1359 Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
- 1391 Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
- 1522 Anne of France, French princess, daughter of King Louis XI and Regent of France (1483-91) for her brother King Charles VIII during his minority, dies at 61
- 1556 Giovanni Della Casa, Italian poet (Galateo), dies at 53
- 1589 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and geographer, dies at 58
- 1625 Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
- 1633 William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
- 1673 Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
- 1687 Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II of England, dies from apoplexy at 37
- 1691 Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
German philosopher and mathematician (differential and integral calculus), dies at 70
- 1734 Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress of British king Charles II, dies at 85
- 1746 Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
- 1780 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver and illustrator, dies at 81
- 1794 Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30
- 1797 Ivan Shuvalov, 1st Russian Minister of Education and founder of the Moscow University, dies at 70
- 1804 Aagje Deken, Dutch literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
- 1817 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
- 1825 Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
- 1829 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
- 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and inventor (dialectic), dies at 61
- 1832 Charles Carroll, Wealthy Maryland planter who was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away, dies at 95
- 1832 Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language), dies of tuberculosis at 44
- 1841 Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies at 75
- 1842 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader, dies at 41
- 1844 Flora Tristan, French writer and social activist, dies at 41
- 1844 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, dies at 64
- 1866 Miguel I, King of Portugal (1828-34), dies at 64
- 1902 Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
- 1906 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer and dramatist (2 Tudors), dies at 83
- 1907 Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
- 1908 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
- 1914 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
- 1914 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
American education pioneer and 1st African American on a US stamp, dies at 59
- 1916 Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
- 1916 Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
- 1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
- 1921 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), dies in exile at 75
- 1922 Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics", dies at 58
- 1935 J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
- 1939 Bluey, Australian cattle dog and world's oldest reliably recorded dog dies at 29 year sand 5 days [1]
- 1946 Herman de Man [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
- 1949 Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat, dies at 72
- 1955 Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
- 1957 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African painter, dies at 71
- 1962 Manuel Gálvez, Argentine novelist (La maestra normal), dies at 80
- 1964 Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs), dies at 60
- 1965 Dawn Powell, American writer (Turn, Magic Wheel), dies at 68
- 1972 Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 71
- 1975 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
- 1977 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81
- 1984 Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
Pieter Menten (1899-1987)
Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
- 1990 Adolf Rudnicki [Aron Hirschhorn], Polish writer (Niekochana), dies at 78
- 1990 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
- 1990 Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
- 1990 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
- 1991 Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
- 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
- 1994 John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
- 1994 Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
- 1995 Jack Finney, American sci-fi and thriller author (The Body Snatchers, Time and Again), dies of pneumonia at 84
- 1995 John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90
- 1996 Havelock Hudson, British Lloyd's of London underwriter, dies at 77
- 1996 Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
- 1996 Liz Knights, English book publisher (Victor Gallancz), dies of cancer at 41
- 1996 Vera von der Heydt, German psychoanalyst, dies at 96
- 2008 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), dies at 87
- 2011 Franz Josef Degenhardt, German poet and author, dies at 79
- 2012 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
- 2014 Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81
- 2016 Gwen Ifill, journalist and writer, 1st African American woman to host US public affairs program, dies of cancer at 61
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