Flavius Aetius
454 Flavius Aetius, Roman general (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains), assassinated by Valentinian
Flavius Aetius
- 687 Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies
- 1217 Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier
- 1327 Edward II, King of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43
- 1397 Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (b. 1346)
- 1433 Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht
- 1440 Frederick I van Hohenzollern, Monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68
- 1481 Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies
- 1519 Hans Backofen/Backoffen, German sculptor, dies at about 49
- 1520 Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies
- 1542 Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
Girolamo Cardano
1576 Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, dies at 74
Girolamo Cardano
- 1586 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples (1571-75), dies at 69
- 1626 François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
- 1629 John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
- 1705 Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odijck, dies
- 1719 Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647)
- 1743 Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688)
- 1748 John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
- 1796 François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
- 1798 George Read, American judge and signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
- 1820 Joseph R Drake, US poet (American Flag), dies at 25)
- 1832 Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet (The Lady of the Lake), dies at 61
- 1860 Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1874 JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75
- 1883 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65
- 1887 William Preston, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
- 1897 Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b. 1819)
- 1904 Chief Joseph, US indian chief (Nez Perces), dies
- 1905 Rudolf Baumbach, German writer of student drinking songs, dies at 64
- 1906 Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator, dies at 72
- 1911 Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
- 1915 Anthony Comstock, anti-vice crusader, dies at 71 in NYC
- 1921 José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader, dies at 64
- 1926 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. 1857)
- 1933 Eduard van Oort, Dutch ornithologist (Ornithology of Netherlands), dies at 56
- 1937 Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72
- 1938 Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874)
- 1939 Armand Călinescu, Prime Minister of Romania, assassinated by the iron guard at 46
- 1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
- 1950 Edward Arthur Milne, English astrophysicist (kinematic relativity), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1954 Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor (b. 1858)
- 1955 Jacqueline Reyneke van Stuwe, Dutch author, dies at 84
- 1956 Anastasio Somoza García [Tacho], General, dictator and President of Nicaragua (1937-56), assassinated by Roliberto Lopez at 60
- 1957 Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-57), dies at 85
- 1961 Earle Dickson, American inventor (Band-Aid), dies at 68
- 1963 Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899)
- 1964 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop
- 1966 Paul Reynaud, Premier of France (May-June 1940), dies at 87
- 1970 Gijsbert Friedhoff, Dutch architect (Wibautstrat tax office, Amsterdam), dies at 78
- 1971 Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947), dies at 84
- 1972 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76
- 1973 William CF Plomer, South African libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
Jacqueline Susann
1974 Jacqueline Susann, American author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53
Jacqueline Susann
- 1976 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies
- 1982 Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897)
- 1983 Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer and MP for Greenwood, dies at 76
- 1985 Gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)
- 1986 Pierre Wigny, Belgium minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81
- 1988 Henry Koster, director, dies
- 1988 Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85
- 1988 Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (b. 1914
- 1988 Walter Vogt, Swiss writer (Wüthrich) and psychiatrist, dies at 61
- 1989 F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies
- 1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
- 1992 Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
- 1994 Arthur Krim, US director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies
- 1994 Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway Writer, dies at 69
- 1995 John Lapsley, British air marshal, dies at 78
- 1995 William Murray, teacher/educationalist, dies at 83
- 1995 Rudy Perpich, American politician, 34th & 36th Governor of Minnesota, dies at 67
- 1996 John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42
- 1996 Julius Silverman, politician, dies at 90
- 1996 Sabine Zlatin, Polish-born French nurse, who tried save Izieu children from Nazis, dies at 89
- 1997 Tommy Cecil, Irish ferryman, dies at 51
- 2000 Bryan Smith, Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957)
- 2002 Robert L. Forward, American physicist and writer (b. 1932)
- 2004 Barry Noble Wakeman, American naturalist and educator (b. 1939)
- 2007 Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (Cathedral of Tomorrow), dies at 88
- 2011 Pamela Ann Rymer, American federal appellate judge (b. 1941)
- 2011 Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist (executed) (b. 1968)
- 2011 Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939)