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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1595]] - [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is probably first performed. | *[[1595]] - [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is probably first performed. | ||
| + | *[[1667]] - [[Elizabeth Malet]] marries [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]] . | ||
| *[[1845]] - "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is published in the ''[[New York Evening Mirror]]''. | *[[1845]] - "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is published in the ''[[New York Evening Mirror]]''. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1499]] - [[Katharina von Bora]], wife of Martin Luther (d. [[1552]]) | ||
| *[[1688]] - [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. [[1772]]) | *[[1688]] - [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. [[1772]]) | ||
| *[[1737]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American patriot (d. [[1809]]) | *[[1737]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American patriot (d. [[1809]]) | ||
| *[[1860]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (d. [[1904]]) | *[[1860]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Barnett Newman]], American painter (d. [[1970]]) | + | *[[1905]] - [[Barnett Newman]], American painter (d. 1970) |
| + | *[[1919]] - [[N. F. Simpson]], English playwright (d. 2011) | ||
| *[[1924]] - [[Luigi Nono]], Italian composer (d. [[1990]]) | *[[1924]] - [[Luigi Nono]], Italian composer (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| + | *[[1929]] - [[Elio Petri]], Italian filmmaker. (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| *[[1939]] - [[Germaine Greer]], Australian writer | *[[1939]] - [[Germaine Greer]], Australian writer | ||
| - | + | *[[1944]] - [[Andrew Loog Oldham]], English rock music producer, impresario and author | |
| + | *[[1949]] - [[Leroy Sibbles]], Jamaican musician (The Heptones) | ||
| *[[1960]] - [[J. G. Thirlwell]], Australian-born musician | *[[1960]] - [[J. G. Thirlwell]], Australian-born musician | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1119]] - [[Pope Gelasius II]] | + | *[[1880]] - [[W. C. Fields]], American comedian, and actor (d. [[1946]]) |
| - | *[[1342]] - [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. [[1279]]) | + | *[[1888]] - [[Edward Lear]], English artist, illustrator and writer (b. [[1812]]) |
| - | *[[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]]) | + | *[[1970]] - [[Marie-Laure de Noailles]], French art patron (b. [[1902]]) |
| - | *[[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 [[Central Intelligence Agency|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]]) | *[[1999]] - [[Lili St. Cyr]], American dancer (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Dick "Night Train" Lane]], American football player (b. [[1928]]) | + | *[[2003]] - [[Leslie Fiedler]], American literary critic (b. [[1917]]) |
| - | * 2002 - [[Harold Russell]], Canadian-born actor (b. [[1914]]) | + | *[[2004]] - [[Janet Frame]], New Zealand writer (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Frank Moss (politician)|Frank Moss]], [[United States Congressional Delegations from Utah|United States Senator from Utah]] (b. [[1911]]) | + | *[[2006]] - [[Nam June Paik]], South Korean-born American artist (b. [[1932]]) |
| - | *[[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 [[Iraq|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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Art and culture
- 1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
- 1667 - Elizabeth Malet marries John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester .
- 1845 - "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
Births
- 1499 - Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (d. 1552)
- 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)
- 1919 - N. F. Simpson, English playwright (d. 2011)
- 1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- 1929 - Elio Petri, Italian filmmaker. (d. 1982)
- 1939 - Germaine Greer, Australian writer
- 1944 - Andrew Loog Oldham, English rock music producer, impresario and author
- 1949 - Leroy Sibbles, Jamaican musician (The Heptones)
- 1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
Deaths
- 1880 - W. C. Fields, American comedian, and actor (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Edward Lear, English artist, illustrator and writer (b. 1812)
- 1899 - Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter (b. 1839)
- 1956 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1970 - Marie-Laure de Noailles, French art patron (b. 1902)
- 1999 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Leslie Fiedler, American literary critic (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Nam June Paik, South Korean-born American artist (b. 1932)
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