March 20 in History

La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.

Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict.

Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.

At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.

Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.

Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.

Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq.

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.

Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.

The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 14 and wounding over 6,200 people.

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.

Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.

A United Arab Airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan International Airport, killing 100 people.

The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.

Tunisia gains independence from France.

The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan.

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.

With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appoints Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.

Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou.

The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.

The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.

The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held.

Albert Einstein submits his paper, "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", which establishes his general theory of relativity, to the journal Annalen der Physik.

In the Curragh incident, over 100 British Army officers threaten to resign if ordered to march against the Ulster Volunteers.

Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers.

With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.

Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.

The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.

An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.

The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.

Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.

The Dutch East India Company is established.

The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).

Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Belle, American singer

Cooper Hoffman, American actor

Jahmyr Gibbs, American football player

Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player

Hyunjin, South Korean rapper

Kei, South Korean singer

Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player

Lindsay Allen, American basketball player

Fabian Fahl, German politician

JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player

Sloane Stephens, American tennis player

Justin Faulk, American ice hockey player

Mattia Destro, Italian footballer

Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer

Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player

Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player

Brad Hand, American baseball player

Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer

Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer

Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer

Jon Brockman, American basketball player

Jô, Brazilian footballer

Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer

Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player

Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer

Román Torres, Panamanian footballer

Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model

Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer

Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player

Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer

Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer

Valtteri Filppula, Finnish ice hockey player

IJustine, American YouTuber

Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer

Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist

Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer

Dennis Wideman, Canadian ice hockey player

Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer

Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer

José Moreira, Portuguese footballer

Ian Murray, Scottish footballer

Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)

Jamal Crawford, American basketball player

Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player

Michelle Snow, American basketball player

Mikey Day, American actor and comedian

Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player

Daniel Cormier, American mixed martial artist

Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player

Freema Agyeman, English actress

Bianca Lawson, American actress

Kevin Betsy, English-Seychelles footballer and manager

Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player

Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (died 2017)

Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Isolde Kostner, Italian skier

Carsten Ramelow, German footballer

Nicky Boje, South African cricketer

Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner

Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman

Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian

Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Greg Searle, English rower

Marco Sejna, German footballer

Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier

Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player

Touré, American journalist and author

Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (died 2021)

Michael Rapaport, American actor and comedian

Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Fabien Galthié, French rugby player

A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author

Paul Merson, English footballer and manager

Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter

Ken Ono, Japanese-American mathematician

Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter

Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player

William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author

Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter

Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach

Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (died 2007)

David Thewlis, English actor

Kathy Ireland, American model, actress and businessowoman

Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician

Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager

Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist

Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor

Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic

Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach

Mary Roach, American author

Sting, American wrestler

Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer

Rickey Jackson, American football player

Holly Hunter, American actress

David Foster, Australian woodchopper

Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

Theresa Russell, American actress

Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician

Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author

Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter

Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter

Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator

Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician

Paul Mirabella, American baseball player

Charlie Simmer, Canadian ice hockey player

Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter

Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver

David Greenaway, English economist and academic

William Hurt, American actor (died 2022)

Carl Palmer, English drummer

Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator

John de Lancie, American actor

Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)

Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player

John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (died 1994)

Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (died 2014)

Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (died 2015)

Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author

Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive

Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

John Cameron, English composer and conductor

Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist

Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop

Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer

Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (died 2015)

Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (died 2018)

Robin Luke, American singer-songwriter

Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)

Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner

Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager

Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (died 2015)

Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (died 2012)

Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (died 2014)

Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2024)

Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (died 2024)

John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008)

Lois Lowry, American writer

Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (died 2021)

Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge

Ted Bessell, American actor and director (died 1996)

Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (died 1995)

Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco

David Malouf, Australian author and playwright (died 2026)

Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2012)

George Altman, American baseball player

Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (died 2020)

Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter

S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (died 1998)

William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2013)

Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (died 2015)

Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (died 2002)

James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2013)

Fred Rogers, American television host and author

John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (died 2019)

John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (died 1999)

Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)

Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)

Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2017)

Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (died 1990)

Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (died 1971)

Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (died 1977)

Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1970)

Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (died 1988)

Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (died 1983)

Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (died 1984)

Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (died 2013)

Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (died 2013)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (died 1970)

Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (died 1984)

Vera Lynn, English singer and actress (died 2020)

Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007)

Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (died 2000)

Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 1997)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)

Stan Spence, American baseball player (died 1983)

Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (died 1968)

Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (died 1968)

Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)

Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (died 1999)

Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969)

Michael Redgrave, English actor (died 1985)

Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (died 1990)

Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (died 2001)

Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (died 1975)

Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (died 1949)

B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (died 1990)

Edgar Buchanan, American actor (died 1979)

Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (died 1942)

Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (died 1941)

Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (died 1954)

Frank Sheed, Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (died 1981)

Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (died 1981)

Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (died 1974)

Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (died 1973)

Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (died 1971)

Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (died 1958)

Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1966)

John Jensen, Australian public servant (died 1970)

René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (died 1962)

Harold Weber, American golfer (died 1933)

Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (died 1960)

Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)

Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (died 1945)

Joe McGinnity, American baseball player

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (died 1964)

Mike Griffin, American baseball player (died 1908)

John Lavery, Irish painter (died 1941)

Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (died 1915)

Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (died 1914)

Ambrosio Flores, Filipino politician (died 1912)

Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (died 1894)

Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)

Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (died 1919)

Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (died 1926)

Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (died 1897)

Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (died 1881)

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906)

Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (died 1876)

Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (died 1886)

Napoleon II, French emperor (died 1832)

George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (died 1879)

Thomas Cooper, British poet (died 1892)

Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (died 1845)

Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (died 1839)

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (died 1862)

Heinrich Clauren, German author (died 1854)

Rama I, Thai king (died 1809)

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (died 1789)

Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (died 1736)

Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709)

Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (died 1659)

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (died 1672)

Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1611)

Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (died 1575)

Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (died 1520)

Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (died 1527)

Cecily of York (died 1507)

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1348)

Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (died 1307)

Ovid, Roman poet (died 17)

Nicholas Brendon, American actor (born 1971)

Filaret Denysenko, Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (born 1929)

Robert Mueller, American attorney, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1944)

Eddie Jordan, Irish businessman, television personality and motorsport team owner (born 1948)

John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)

Kyle White, Australian rugby league player (born 1970)

Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (born 1926)

Kenny Rogers, American singer (born 1938)

Mary Warnock, English philosopher and writer (born 1924)

C. K. Mann, Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (born 1936)

David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915)

Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1922)

Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (born 1929)

Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930)

Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (born 1934)

Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)

Tonie Nathan, American politician (born 1923)

Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (born 1915)

James Herbert, English author (born 1943)

George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (born 1924)

Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (born 1929)

Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (born 1955)

Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (born 1938)

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)

Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966)

Johnny Pearson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1925)

Ai, American poet and academic (born 1947)

Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924)

Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1920)

Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1933)

Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (born 1938)

Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (born 1948)

Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish director and screenwriter (born 1912)

Juliana of the Netherlands (born 1909)

Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel and politician (born 1917)

Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1949)

Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)

Patrick Heron, British painter (born 1920)

V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (born 1900)

Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (born 1946)

Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

Georges Delerue, French composer (born 1925)

Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1907)

Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (born 1929)

Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1891)

Gerry Bertier, American football player (born 1953)

Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (born 1895)

Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1909)

Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (born 1919)

Chet Huntley, American journalist (born 1911)

Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (born 1921)

Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1894)

Henri Longchambon, French politician (born 1896)

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (born 1889)

Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (born 1879)

Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (born 1895)

Daniel Frank, American long jumper (born 1882)

Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (born 1923)

Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915)

Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (born 1892)

Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (born 1884)

Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (born 1870)

Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (born 1883)

Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (born 1887)

Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (born 1883)

Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (born 1860)

Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed)

Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)

Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (born 1876)

Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (born 1851)

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (born 1859)

Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (born 1828)

Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (born 1842)

Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (born 1822)

Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1821)

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (born 1802)

Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (born 1814)

Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (born 1810)

Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (born 1833)

Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (born 1788)

James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (born 1780)

Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (born 1794)

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1705)

Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (born 1699)

Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (born 1656)

Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (born 1692)

Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (born 1642)

Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (born 1603)

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1557)

Albert, Duke of Prussia (born 1490)

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1508)

Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet

Sigismund I of Lithuania

Henry IV of England (born 1367)

Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1338)

Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi

Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (born 1270)

Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich

Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (born 1179)

Pope Clement III (born 1130)

Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (born 1118)

Ebbo, archbishop of Reims

Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (born 759)

Wulfram, archbishop of Sens

Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (born 634)