Events

2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2020

Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace the Pakatan Harapan government, which triggered the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis.

2016

Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashes, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.

2015

A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.

2011

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its final mission, STS-133.

2008

Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He would remain as head of the Communist Party for another three years.

2007

Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.

2006

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in an attempt to subdue a possible military coup.

2004

The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.

1999

China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.

1996

Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.

1991

Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

1989

United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.

1984

Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.

1983

A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.

1981

The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people are killed, 400 are injured, and damage totals $812 million.

1978

The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.

1976

The 1976 constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.

1971

The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.

1968

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hué.

1967

Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee.

1966

Ghanaian coup d'état by National Liberation Council overthrows Kwame Nkrumah's Government

1949

The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

1946

Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.

1945

Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.

1943

World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.

1942

Seven hundred ninety-one Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy.

1942

The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm leads to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasts into the early hours of February 25.

1920

Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.

1920

The Nazi Party (NSDAP) is founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.

1918

Estonian Declaration of Independence.

1917

World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

1916

The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.

1895

Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish–American War in 1898.

1881

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.

1876

The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.

1875

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.

1868

Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.

1863

Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

1854

A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.

1848

King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.

1831

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.

1826

The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.

1822

The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.

1821

Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.

1813

Sinking of HMS Peacock by USS Hornet on the Demerara River, Guyana.

1812

Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.

1809

London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.

1809

Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique.

1803

In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.

1739

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

1711

Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.

1607

L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.

1597

The last battle of the Cudgel War takes place on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.

1582

With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.

1538

Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.

1527

Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.

1525

A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.

1386

King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

1303

The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.

484

King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.

Births

2004

Samuele Vignato, Italian football player

2004

Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer

2003

Honey Osrin, British swimmer

2000

Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer

2000

Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player

1997

Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player

1996

Royce Freeman, American football player

1995

Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player

1994

Jessica Pegula, American tennis player

1994

Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper

1992

Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer

1991

Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player

1991

Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer

1991

O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper

1991

Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer

1991

Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer

1990

Dwayne Allen, American football player

1990

Derek Wolfe, American football player

1989

Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989

Daniel Kaluuya, English actor

1989

Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player

1988

Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player

1988

Alexander Koch, American actor

1988

Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka

1988

Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician

1987

Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor

1987

Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player

1987

Mario Suárez, Spanish footballer

1987

Christopher Trimmel, Austrian footballer

1986

Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player

1985

Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer

1984

Wilson Bethel, American actor

1984

Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster

1984

Nani, Indian actor and film producer

1982

Nick Blackburn, American baseball player

1982

Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer

1982

Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player

1982

Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer

1981

Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player

1981

Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer

1981

Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player

1981

Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer

1981

Bob Sanders, American football player

1980

Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

1980

Jorrit Faassen, Dutch businessman

1977

Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach

1977

Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player

1977

Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer

1976

Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (died 1995)

1976

Zach Johnson, American golfer

1976

Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach

1975

Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler

1974

Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player

1974

Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Russian freestyle wrestler

1974

Gila Gamliel, Israeli politician and Minister of Science, Technology and Space

1973

Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot

1973

Philipp Rösler, German politician

1972

Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer

1972

Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1971

Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver

1971

Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer

1971

Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player

1970

Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach

1970

Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach

1970

Jonathan Ward, American actor

1969

Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor

1968

Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (died 2005)

1967

Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1966

Billy Zane, American actor and producer

1966

Katie Allen, Australian politician and medical researcher

1965

Paul Gruber, American football player

1965

Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts

1964

Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster

1964

Elizabeth Wilson, American politician

1963

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer

1963

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

1963

Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player

1963

Mateu Alemany, Spanish lawyer, football director of FC Barcelona

1962

Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat

1962

Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter

1961

Emilio Rivera, American actor

1961

Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway

1961

John Grogan, British politician

1959

Beth Broderick, American actress and director

1959

Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host

1959

Abhishek Singhvi, Indian politician

1959

François Villeroy de Galhau, 30th Governor of the Bank of France

1958

Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1958

Mark Moses, American actor

1956

Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author

1956

Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach

1956

Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer

1955

Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)

1955

Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (died 2020)

1955

Alain Prost, French race car driver

1954

Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer

1954

Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (died 2016)

1954

Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series

1954

Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist

1954

Željko Glasnović, Croatian politician and general

1954

Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, British peer, writer, and entrepreneur

1953

Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (died 1974)

1952

Tommy Burleson, American basketball player

1951

David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician

1951

Derek Randall, English cricketer

1951

Debra Jo Rupp, American actress

1951

Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director

1951

Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia

1951

Andrew Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

1950

George Thorogood, American musician

1949

John Lever, English Test cricketer

1948

Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2016)

1948

Dennis Waterman, English actor (died 2022)

1948

GM Quader, Bangladeshi politician

1947

Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright

1947

Edward James Olmos, American actor and director

1946

Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic

1945

Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer

1944

Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (died 1994)

1944

Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (died 2007)

1944

David Wineland, American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

1943

Kent Haruf, American novelist (died 2014)

1943

Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (died 1967)

1943

Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

1942

Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor

1942

Celia Kaye, American actress

1942

Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)

1942

Jenny O'Hara, American actress

1942

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic

1941

Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress

1940

Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)

1940

Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)

1940

Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)

1939

Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)

1938

James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)

1938

Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.

1938

Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer

1936

Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (died 2020)

1936

Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (died 2011)

1935

Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)

1934

Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)

1934

Johnny Hills, English footballer (died 2021)

1934

George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)

1934

Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (died 2023)

1933

Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (died 2008)

1933

Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 2014)

1933

David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (died 2009)

1932

Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)

1932

Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)

1932

John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)

1931

Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer

1931

Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (died 2015)

1930

Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (died 2013)

1929

Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)

1927

Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (died 2017)

1926

Dave Sands, Australian boxer (died 1952)

1925

Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)

1924

Hal Herring, American football player and coach (died 2014)

1924

Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2008)

1924

F. G. Bailey, British-American anthropologist (died 2020)

1922

Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (died 2011)

1922

Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)

1921

Abe Vigoda, American actor (died 2016)

1919

John Carl Warnecke, American architect (died 2010)

1915

Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (died 1986)

1914

Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (died 2005)

1914

Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (died 1955)

1909

August Derleth, American anthologist and author (died 1971)

1908

Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (died 1998)

1903

Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (died 1967)

1900

Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)

1898

Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (died 1983)

1896

Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (died 1991)

1895

Şehzade Osman Fuad, Ottoman prince (died 1973)

1890

Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)

1885

Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (died 1966)

1885

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (died 1939)

1881

Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco (died 1943)

1877

Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)

1877

Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (died 1936)

1874

Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1955)

1869

Zara DuPont, American suffragist (died 1946)

1868

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (died 1949)

1857

Emma Ann Browne, British-born Australian philanthropist (died 1941)

1852

George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)

1848

Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)

1842

Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (died 1918)

1837

Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (died 1885)

1836

Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (died 1910)

1835

Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1899)

1831

Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)

1830

Karolina Světlá, Czech female author

1829

Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist, literary theorist and translator

1827

Lydia Becker, English-French activist (died 1890)

1797

Samuel Lover, Irish composer, writer and painter (died 1868)

1788

Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (died 1857)

1786

Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (died 1869)

1786

Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (died 1859)

1774

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)

1767

Rama II of Siam (died 1824)

1762

Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (died 1830)

1743

Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (died 1820)

1736

Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806)

1723

John Burgoyne, English general and politician (died 1792)

1721

John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (died 1796)

1709

Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)

1622

Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died 1665)

1619

Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (died 1690)

1604

Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (died 1652)

1595

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (died 1640)

1593

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (died 1625)

1557

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)

1553

Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (died 1615)

1545

John of Austria (died 1578)

1536

Pope Clement VIII (died 1605)

1500

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)

1494

Johan Friis, Danish statesman (died 1570)

1463

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)

1413

Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465)

1360

Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy

1304

Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer

1103

Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)

Deaths

2025

Roberta Flack, American singer and pianist (born 1937)

2024

Kumar Shahani, Indian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)

2023

Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (born 1922)

2021

Ronald Pickup, English actor (born 1940)

2020

Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)

2018

Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)

2018

Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)

2016

Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (born 1943)

2016

Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)

2016

George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (born 1927)

2015

Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)

2015

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)

2014

Franny Beecher, American guitarist (born 1921)

2014

Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (born 1948)

2014

Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (born 1923)

2014

Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

2013

Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)

2013

Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (born 1923)

2012

Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (born 1930)

2012

Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (born 1925)

2011

Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (born 1929)

2010

Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (born 1969)

2008

Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)

2007

Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (born 1906)

2007

Damien Nash, American football player (born 1982)

2006

Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (born 1947)

2006

Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (born 1924)

2006

John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (born 1947)

2006

Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)

2005

Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (born 1927)

2004

John Randolph, American actor (born 1915)

2002

Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1893)

2001

Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (born 1912)

2001

Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)

1999

Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (born 1936)

1998

Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (born 1921)

1998

Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (born 1906)

1994

Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (born 1906)

1994

Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born 1916)

1993

Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (born 1917)

1993

Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (born 1941)

1991

John Daly, American journalist and game show host (born 1914)

1991

George Gobel, American actor (born 1919)

1991

Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921)

1990

Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born 1945)

1990

Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (born 1917)

1990

Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)

1990

Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927)

1986

Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (born 1904)

1986

Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1904)

1982

Virginia Bruce, American actress (born 1910)

1978

Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (born 1891)

1975

Hans Bellmer, German artist (born 1902)

1975

Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)

1974

Margaret Leech, American historian and author (born 1895)

1970

Conrad Nagel, American actor (born 1897)

1967

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1886)

1953

Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (born 1895)

1953

Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (born 1875)

1930

Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (born 1850)

1929

André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)

1927

Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (born 1858)

1925

Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

1914

Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (born 1828)

1910

Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (born 1842)

1879

Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (born 1825)

1876

Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)

1856

Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)

1825

Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (born 1754)

1815

Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)

1812

Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)

1810

Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)

1799

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)

1785

Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (born 1746)

1777

Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)

1732

Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (born 1675)

1721

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1648)

1714

Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1637)

1704

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)

1685

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (born 1629)

1674

Prataprao Gujar, 3rd Commander-in-chief of Maratha Confederacy

1666

Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (born 1588)

1588

Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (born 1515)

1580

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)

1563

Francis, Duke of Guise (born 1519)

1530

Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor

1525

Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (born 1470)

1525

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (born c. 1488)

1525

Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (born 1480)

1496

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (born 1445)

1386

Charles III of Naples (born 1345)

1114

Thomas, archbishop of York

1018

Borrell, bishop of Vic

951

Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)

616

Æthelberht of Kent

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