- 741 Syrian Catholic Pope Saint Gregory III
- 1058 Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
- 1170 Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)
- 1262 Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
- 1290 Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
- 1499 Edward Plantagenet, English, 17th Count of Warwick, last Plantagenet heir, beheaded for treason at 24
- 1514 Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies
- 1545 Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded
- 1559 Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer, dies at about 58
- 1574 Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, dies at 72
- 1590 Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60
- 1641 Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
- 1667 Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)
- 1675 Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
- 1675 Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
Giovanni Bernini
1680 Giovanni Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 81
Giovanni Bernini
- 1695 Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- 1698 Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
- 1785 William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (US Declaration of Independence), dies at 55
- 1788 Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
- 1794 Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1794 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American military officer (major general of the Continental Army), dies at 64
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Washington Irving
1859 Washington Irving, American author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), dies of a heart attack at 76
Washington Irving
- 1870 Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1872 Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
- 1876 Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84
- 1878 Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
- 1880 Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)
- 1898 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Swiss writer, dies at 73
- 1899 Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
- 1907 Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- 1912 Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
- 1912 Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
- 1915 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author and critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76
- 1915 Mubarak Al-Sabah "The Great", Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
- 1916 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
- 1921 `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1927 Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies
- 1928 Frank Friday Fletcher, American Naval Admiral (Medal of Order for Battle of Veracruz), dies at 73
- 1940 Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist
- 1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
- 1944 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies
- 1944 Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
- 1944 Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43
- 1947 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
Enrico Fermi
1954 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American nuclear physicist (Nobel 1938), dies of stomach cancer at 53
Enrico Fermi
- 1960 Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France
- 1962 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1890-1948), dies at 82
- 1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
- 1967 Leon Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies
- 1967 Leon M'ba, Gabonese politician 1st president of Gabon (1961-67), dies at 65
- 1968 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70
- 1970 Fritz von Unruh, German writer, dies at 85
- 1970 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani), dies at 55
- 1971 Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
- 1973 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
- 1978 Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
- 1984 Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
- 1985 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civilization & Capitalism), dies at 83
- 1986 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76
- 1987 Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
- 1992 June Joyce Lewis Fraser, entertainer, dies at 75
- 1992 Roland Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies in a car accident at 35
- 1992 Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
- 1993 Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23
- 1993 Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
- 1994 Franfo Fortini [Franco Lattes], Italian poet, dies at 77
Jeffrey Dahmer
1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (Milwaukee Cannibal), killed in prison at 34
Jeffrey Dahmer
- 1994 Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56
- 1994 Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87
- 1998 Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism (b. 1938)
- 2001 William Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
- 2001 William Reid, British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
- 2003 Antonia Forest, British children's author (b. 1915)
- 2006 Robert Volpe, Artist, Art Theft Detective (b.1942)
- 2007 Gudrun Wagner, co-director of the Bayreuth Festival (b. 1944)
- 2009 Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
- 2010 Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist (b. 1921)
- 2011 Ante Markovic, last Premier of Yugoslavia, dies at 87
- 2013 Mitja Ribičič, Yugoslavian Prime Minister, dies at 94
- 2015 Olene Walker, American politician (R), 1st female Governor of Utah (2003-2005), dies at 85
- 2016 William A. Christenberry, American photographer and artist, dies at 80