February 9 in History

The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.

Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.

Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.

Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.

The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.

Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.

Civil unrest broke out across Palestine.

Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.

Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board.

The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.

The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.

Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.

The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg.

The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.

Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea.

Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.

World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.

World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.

The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.

Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.

Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.

The Davis Cup competition is established.

William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.

Verdi's last opera, Falstaff, premieres at La Scala, Milan.

US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.

US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama.

The new Roman Republic is declared.

After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as sixth President of the United States in a contingent election.

Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola.

Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.

The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.

A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch.

Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.

Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football player

Cooper DeJean, American football player

Jalen Green, American basketball player

Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player

Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer

Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress

Jaire Alexander, American football player

Saquon Barkley, American football player

Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player

Jimmy Bennett, American actor

Kelli Berglund, American actress

Chung Ha, South Korean singer

Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer

André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player

Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer

Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer

Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer

K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player

Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player

Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer

Avan Jogia, Canadian actor

Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (died 2017)

Logan Ryan, American football player

Randall Delgado, Panamanian baseball player

Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

Camille Winbush, American actress

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Michael B. Jordan, American actor

Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer

Rose Leslie, Scottish actress

Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete

Nigel Dawes, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player

David Gallagher, American actor

Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer

Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player

Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler

Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer

Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer

Jameer Nelson, American basketball player

Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Chris Weale, English footballer and manager

Tom Hiddleston, English actor

John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member

Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler

The Rev, American musician (died 2009)

Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer

Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress

Manu Raju, American journalist

Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player

Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model

A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach

Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2008)

Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player

Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager

Brad Maynard, American football player

Amber Valletta, American model

John Wallace, American basketball player and coach

Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast

Colin Egglesfield, American actor

Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager

Jason Winston George, American actor and model

Sharon Case, American actress and model

Matt Gogel, American golfer

Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager

Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Jimmy Smith, American football player

Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver

Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress

Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister

Venus Lacy, American basketball player

Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach

Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster

Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Dieter Baumann, German runner

Julie Warner, American actress

Debrah Miceli ("Madusa"), Italian-American wrestler and manager

Dewi Morris, English rugby player

Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager

Brian Greene, American physicist

Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor

Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina

John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster

Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player

David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer

Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut

Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer

Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host

Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia

Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager

Phil Ford, American basketball player and coach

Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach

Jerry Beck, American historian and author

Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer

Charles Shaughnessy, English actor

Jo Duffy, American author

Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist

Kevin Warwick, English scientist

Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor

Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (died 1985)

Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek

Danny White, American football player and sportscaster

David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer

Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician

Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist

Judith Light, American actress

Marcia Garbey, Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist (died 2024)

Guy Standing, English economist and academic

Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat

Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

Major Harris, American singer (died 2012)

Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (died 2019)

Bob Eastwood, American golfer

Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster

Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy

Bill Bergey, American football player (died 2024)

Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model

Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic

Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-born Australian radio and television host (died 2026)

Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet

Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter

Joe Pesci, American actor

Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer

Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician

Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter

J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate

Mahala Andrews, English vertebrae palaeontologist (died 1997)

Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer

Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director

Raul Martirez, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (died 2024)

Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)

Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister

Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (died 2019)

Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (died 2019)

Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author

Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager

Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer

Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1989)

Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015)

Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (died 2018)

Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (died 2003)

A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014)

Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (died 2005)

Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (died 2010)

Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2005)

Roger Mudd, American journalist (died 2021)

Richard A. Long, American historian and author (died 2013)

Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2011)

John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian (died 2024)

Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (died 2001)

Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (died 1964)

Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (died 2014)

Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (died 2010)

Jim Laker, English cricketer and broadcaster (died 1986)

C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (died 2014)

Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (died 2005)

Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2012)

Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (died 1993)

John Abramovic, American basketball player (died 2000)

Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (died 2011)

Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died 1993)

Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)

Ginette Leclerc, French actress (died 1992)

Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (died 1968)

William Orlando Darby, American general (died 1945)

Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (died 1989)

Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (died 2002)

Heather Angel, English-American actress (died 1986)

Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (died 1955)

Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (died 1994)

Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (died 1988)

Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1978)

Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (died 2003)

André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (died 1999)

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (died 1981)

Brian Donlevy, American actor (died 1972)

James Murray, American actor (died 1936)

Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (died 1927)

Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (died 1935)

Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (died 1982)

Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (died 1959)

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1987)

Peggy Wood, American actress (died 1978)

Ronald Colman, English-American actor (died 1958)

Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (died 1964)

Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (died 1980)

Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928)

Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (died 1935)

Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (died 1960)

Jules Berry, French actor and director (died 1951)

Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1959)

Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (died 1959)

Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963)

Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (died 1925)

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (died 1910)

Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (died 1916)

Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (died 1940)

Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (died 1949)

Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1941)

Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (died 1933)

Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (died 1930)

Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1921)

Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (died 1929)

Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (died 1902)

Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (died 1929)

Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (died 1904)

Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1896)

José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (died 1872)

Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (died 1912)

Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan and Caliph (died 1876)

Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883)

Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (died 1894)

Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (died 1886)

Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (died 1844)

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (died 1849)

Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1852)

Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (died 1826)

Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1856)

William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (died 1841)

George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1848)

Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (died 1830)

Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1817)

Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (died 1799)

Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (died 1809)

Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (died 1762)

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (died 1737)

Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (died 1727)

Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (died 1639)

Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (died 1611)

Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (died 1501)

Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (died 1363)

Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (died 1357)

Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (died 1297)

Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)

Tom Robbins, American writer (born 1932)

Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939)

Chick Corea, American jazz composer (born 1941)

Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958)

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969)

John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931)

André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)

Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939)

Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (born 1948)

Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965)

Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1916)

Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918)

Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924)

Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (born 1920)

Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (born 1923)

Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (born 1913)

Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (born 1931)

O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

John Hick, English philosopher and academic (born 1922)

Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (born 1938)

Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (born 1939)

Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (born 1920)

Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (born 1933)

Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (born 1943)

Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (born 1932)

Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (born 1931)

Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)

Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (born 1934)

Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (born 1922)

Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (born 1927)

Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1925)

Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1926)

Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (born 1920)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (born 1930)

Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911)

J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (born 1905)

Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (born 1924)

David Wayne, American actor (born 1914)

Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (born 1928)

Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1914)

M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1900)

Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (born 1900)

Allen Tate, American poet and academic (born 1899)

Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1893)

Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau (born 1894)

Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1908)

George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (born 1885)

Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (born 1884)

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (born 1874)

Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (born 1870)

Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1877)

Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (born 1868)

Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (born 1910)

Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (born 1884)

Ella D. Barrier, American educator (born 1852)

Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (born 1883)

Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (born 1884)

Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (born 1869)

A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (born 1904)

Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (born 1846)

William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (born 1868)

Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1872)

Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (born 1816)

Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (born 1819)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (born 1821)

Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (born 1798)

Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (born 1798)

Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (born 1716)

Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (born 1706)

François Louis, Prince of Conti (born 1664)

Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (born 1613)

Frederick III of Denmark (born 1609)

Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (born 1585)

John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (born 1542)

Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (born 1526)

John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (born 1495)

Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (born 1510)

Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (born 1421)

William I, margrave of Meissen (born 1343)

Matthias II, duke of Lorraine

Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (born 1147)

Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1075)

Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general

Bernard I, Duke of Saxony

Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy

Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (born 916)

Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (born 894)