Qin Shi Huang
210 BC Qin Shi Huang, Founder of the Qin dynasty and 1st emperor of a unified China (220 - 210 BC), dies reportedly from ingesting mercury pills meant to make him immortal at 49
Qin Shi Huang
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- 1167 Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
- 1197 Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
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- 1279 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies
- 1305 Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies
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- 1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies
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- 1519 John Colet, English churchman and educator
- 1547 Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered
- 1559 Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
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- 1604 William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
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- 1669 Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
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- 1680 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610)
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- 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, dies of septicaemia at 38
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- 1806 Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74
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- 1944 Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
- 1952 Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
- 1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft, dies at 70
- 1960 Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63
- 1963 Eugène Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra), dies at 89
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- 1976 Dalton Trumbo, US writer, director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70
- 1976 Mordecai Johnson, 1st African American president of Howard U, dies at 86
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- 1979 Agostinho Neto, poet/1st President of Angola, dies at 56
- 1982 Max Winders, Belgian architect (WWII), responsible for bringing the Belgian gold stock, dies at 100
- 1983 Balthasar J "John" Vorster, South African premier (1966-78), dies at 67
- 1983 Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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- 1985 Ernest Julius Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist known for his studies of meteors and the structure and evolution of the cosmos, dies at 91
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- 1991 Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61
- 1993 Stuart Rose, British designer (British Post Office), dies at 81
- 1994 Amy Clampitt, American poet (Silence Opens), dies at 74
- 1995 Derek Meddings, special Effects technician, dies at 64
- 1996 Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
- 2000 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
- 2001 DJ Uncle Al (b.1969)
- 2004 Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
- 2006 Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965-2006), dies at 88
- 2007 Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b.1942)
- 2007 Ted Stepien, American businessman and basketball team owner, dies at 82
- 2013 E Clay Shaw Jr, American politician, dies from lung cancer at 74
- 2014 Richard Kiel, American actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
- 2016 Eddie Antar, founder and CEO (Crazy Eddie Electronics Store), dies at 68