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| - | *[[1119]] - [[Pope Gelasius II]] | ||
| - | *[[1342]] - [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. [[1279]]) | ||
| - | *[[1597]] - [[Elias Ammerbach]], German organist (b. [[1530]]) | ||
| - | *[[1608]] - [[Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg]] (b. [[1557]]) | ||
| - | *[[1647]] - [[Francis Meres]], English writer (b. [[1565]]) | ||
| - | *[[1676]] - Tsar [[Alexis I of Russia]] (b. [[1629]]) | ||
| - | *[[1678]] - [[Jeronimo Lobo]], Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. [[1593]]) | ||
| - | *[[1696]] - [[Ivan V]], Russian tsar (b. [[1666]]) | ||
| - | *[[1706]] - [[Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset]], English poet and courtier (b. [[1638]]) | ||
| - | *[[1730]] - Tsar [[Peter II of Russia]] (b. [[1715]]) | ||
| - | *[[1737]] - [[George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney]], British soldier (b. [[1666]]) | ||
| - | *[[1743]] - [[André-Hercule de Fleury]], chief minister under [[Louis XV of France]] (b. [[1653]]) | ||
| - | *[[1763]] - [[Louis Racine]], French poet (b. [[1692]]) | ||
| - | *[[1820]] - King [[George III of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1738]]) | ||
| - | *[[1829]] - [[Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras]], French politician (b. [[1755]]) | ||
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. [[1797]]) | ||
| - | *[[1871]] - [[Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé]], French Canadian writer and [[Seigneurial system of New France|Seigneur]] (b. [[1786]]) | ||
| *[[1899]] - [[Alfred Sisley]], British impressionist painter (b. [[1839]]) | *[[1899]] - [[Alfred Sisley]], British impressionist painter (b. [[1839]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Milan I]], King of Serbia (b. [[1855]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - King [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (b. [[1818]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin]], Russian counter revolutionary (b. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Douglas Haig]], British soldier (b. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Sara Teasdale]], American poet (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Fritz Haber]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate]] (b. [[1868]]) | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Ioannis Metaxas]], Greek general and dictator (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Harry Hopkins]], 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta]], Italian aristocrat (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], [[Emir of Kuwait]] (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Frank Tarrant]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| *[[1956]] - [[H. L. Mencken]], American journalist (b. [[1880]]) | *[[1956]] - [[H. L. Mencken]], American journalist (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| *[[1962]] - [[Fritz Kreisler]], Austrian violinist (b. [[1875]]) | *[[1962]] - [[Fritz Kreisler]], Austrian violinist (b. [[1875]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
- 1845 - "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
Births
- 1688 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772)
- 1737 - Thomas Paine, American patriot (d. 1809)
- 1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
- 1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
- 1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- 1939 - Germaine Greer, Australian writer
- 1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
Deaths
- 1899 - Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter (b. 1839)
- 1956 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1962 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
- 1963 - Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
- 1964 - Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1966 - Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
- 1969 - Allen Dulles, American CIA director (b. 1893)
- 1970 - Basil Liddell Hart, British historian (b. 1895)
- 1977 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (b. 1893)
- 1986 - Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1989 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
- 1991 - Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1967)
- 1998 - Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
- 1999 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
- 2002 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (b. 1911)
- 2004 - M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908)
- 2004 - Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirst (b. 1924
- 2007 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
- 2007 - Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, leader of the Iraqi cult Soldiers of Heaven (b. 1970)
Notes
Isidore Isou
Germaine Greer
Leslie Fiedler
Emanuel Swedenborg
Katharina von Bora
The Man Who Laughs
Barnett Newman
Nam June Paik
Leroy Sibbles
H. L. Mencken
Andrew Loog Oldham
J. G. Thirlwell
W. C. Fields
William Wegman (photographer)
Luigi Nono
Alfred Sisley
Janet Frame
Elio Petri
Seedbed (performance piece)
January
Marie-Laure de Noailles
Elizabeth Malet
Thomas Paine
Anton Chekhov
Edward Lear
N. F. Simpson
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