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| - | *[[343]] - [[Saint Nicholas]] | ||
| - | *[[1185]] - King [[Afonso I of Portugal]] (b. [[1109]]) | ||
| *[[1352]] - [[Pope Clement VI]] (b. [[1291]]) | *[[1352]] - [[Pope Clement VI]] (b. [[1291]]) | ||
| - | *[[1562]] - [[Jan van Scorel]] Dutch painter and architect | ||
| - | *[[1618]] - [[Jacques-Davy Duperron]], French cardinal (b. [[1556]]) | ||
| - | *[[1658]] - [[Baltasar Gracián y Morales]], Spanish writer (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| - | *[[1672]] - King [[John II Casimir of Poland]] (b. [[1609]]) | ||
| - | *[[1675]] - [[John Lightfoot]], English churchman (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Nicholas Rowe (dramatist)|Nicholas Rowe]], English poet and dramatist (b. [[1674]]) | ||
| - | *[[1746]] - [[Lady Grizel Baillie]], Scottish songwriter (b. [[1665]]) | ||
| - | *[[1771]] - [[Giovanni Battista Morgagni]], Italian anatomist (b. [[1682]]) | ||
| *[[1779]] - [[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]], French painter (b. [[1699]]) | *[[1779]] - [[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]], French painter (b. [[1699]]) | ||
| - | *[[1788]] - [[Jonathan Shipley]], British bishop and politician (b. [[1714]]) | ||
| - | *[[1867]] - [[Jean Pierre Flourens]], French physician (b. [[1794]]) | ||
| - | *[[1868]] - [[August Schleicher]], German linguist (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Erastus Brigham Bigelow]], American industrialist (b. [[1814]]) | ||
| *[[1882]] - [[Anthony Trollope]], British author (b. [[1815]]) | *[[1882]] - [[Anthony Trollope]], British author (b. [[1815]]) | ||
| * 1882 - [[Alfred Escher]], Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. [[1819]]) | * 1882 - [[Alfred Escher]], Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. [[1819]]) | ||
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| * 2005 - [[Devan Nair]], 3rd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1923]]) | * 2005 - [[Devan Nair]], 3rd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| * 2005 - [[Danny Williams (musician)|Danny Williams]], South African-born singer (b. [[1942]]) | * 2005 - [[Danny Williams (musician)|Danny Williams]], South African-born singer (b. [[1942]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1849 - American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
Births
- 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983)
- 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer
Deaths
- 1352 - Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author (b. 1815)
- 1882 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. 1819)
- 1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b. 1816)
- 1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
- 1949 - Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1888)
- 1951 - Harold Ross, American magazine editor (b. 1892)
- 1955 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b. 1891)
- 1961 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)
- 1964 - Consuelo Vanderbilt (b. 1877)
- 1972 - Janet Munro, British actress (b. 1934)
- 1976 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1985 - Max Kasch, American Actor, Holes
- 1988 - Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
- 1989 - Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 - John Payne, American movie actor (b. 1912)
- 1990 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1991 - Sir Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1992 - Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (b. 1914)
- 1993 - Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
- 1997 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (b. 1942)
- 2000 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
- 2001 - Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Philip Berrigan, American civil rights activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Jerry Tuite, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Danny Williams, South African-born singer (b. 1942)
Notes
Albrecht Schaeffer
Richard Speck
Piero Piccioni
Emmanuel Frémiet
Baldassare Castiglione
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
Rudolf Schlichter
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Lead Belly
Bruce Nauman
Peter Handke
Eugène Brieux
Alain Tanner
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