On This Day: February 8 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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45 Events 170 Births 99 Deaths

2023 Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus crashes into a daycare centre in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The driver is arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving. ↗
2020 A soldier opens fire in a military camp and a shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, killing 29 people and injuring 58 others before being shot dead by police the next day. It is considered the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. ↗
2014 A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured. ↗
2013 A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. ↗
2010 Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others. ↗
1993 An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people onboard both aircraft. ↗
1989 Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 passengers on board. ↗
1986 Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada. ↗
1983 A dust storm hits Melbourne, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city. ↗
1983 Irish race horse Shergar is stolen and allegedly killed by gunmen in a ransom attempt by the PIRA. ↗
1974 The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space. ↗
1971 The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time. ↗
1971 South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country. ↗
1968 American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. ↗
1965 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing all 84 people onboard. ↗
1963 The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party. ↗
1962 Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon. ↗
1960 Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor. ↗
1960 The Hollywood Walk of Fame is founded. ↗
1950 The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. ↗
1946 The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North and replaced by the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea. ↗
1945 World War II: British and Canadian forces commence Operation Veritable to occupy land between the Maas and Rhine rivers. ↗
1945 World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet POWs from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde, Usedom. ↗
1942 World War II: Japan invades Singapore. ↗
1937 Spanish Civil War: Republican forces establish the Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos in Cantabria. ↗
1924 The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. ↗
1915 D. W. Griffith's controversial landmark film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. ↗
1910 The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. ↗
1904 Japanese forces launch a surprise attack against Russian-controlled Port Arthur, marking the start of the Russo-Japanese war. ↗
1904 The Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch a military campaign in the Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians. ↗
1887 The Dawes Act is enacted, authorizing the U.S. President to divide Native American tribal land into individual allotments. ↗
1885 The first Japanese immigrants arrive in Hawaii. ↗
1879 Sandford Fleming first proposes the adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. ↗
1879 England's cricket team, led by Lord Harris, is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney. ↗
1865 Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, delaying the criminalization of slavery until the amendment's national adoption on December 6, 1865. The amendment is ultimately ratified by Delaware on February 12, 1901, the 92nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. ↗
1837 Richard Johnson becomes the first and only Vice President of the United States chosen by the Senate. ↗
1817 An army led by Grand Marshal Las Heras crosses the Andes to join San Martín in the liberation of Chile from Spain. ↗
1807 Napoleon defeats the coalition forces of Russian General Bennigsen and Prussian General L'Estocq at the Battle of Eylau. ↗
1693 The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the second-oldest institution of higher education in the Thirteen Colonies, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. ↗
1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, unsuccessfully rebels against Queen Elizabeth I. ↗
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. ↗
1347 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos. ↗
1250 Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah. ↗
1238 The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. ↗
421 Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. ↗

2001 I.N, South Korean singer ↗
1999 Alessia Russo, English footballer ↗
1998 Rui Hachimura, Japanese basketball player ↗
1997 Kathryn Newton, American actress ↗
1996 Kenedy, Brazilian footballer ↗
1996 Leighton Vander Esch, American football player ↗
1995 Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player ↗
1995 Joshua Kimmich, German footballer ↗
1994 Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer ↗
1994 Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
1992 Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer ↗
1991 Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer ↗
1990 Bethany Hamilton, American surfer ↗
1990 Klay Thompson, American basketball player ↗
1989 Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1989 JaJuan Johnson, American basketball player ↗
1989 Julio Jones, American football player ↗
1989 Brendan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1989 Courtney Vandersloot, American-Hungarian basketball player ↗
1988 Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer ↗
1987 Javi García, Spanish footballer ↗
1987 Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater ↗
1986 Anderson .Paak, American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer ↗
1985 Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player ↗
1985 Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter ↗
1985 Félix Pie, Dominican baseball player ↗
1985 Brian Randle, American basketball player and coach ↗
1984 Sean Bergenheim, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1984 Cecily Strong, American actress ↗
1984 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player ↗
1983 Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player ↗
1983 Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player ↗
1981 Steve Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (died 2015) ↗
1981 Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer ↗
1981 Jim Parrack, American actor ↗
1980 William Jackson Harper, American actor ↗
1979 Aaron Cook, American baseball player ↗
1978 Ranveer Brar, Indian chef, author, restauranteur, and television personality ↗
1978 Mick de Brenni, Australian politician ↗
1977 Dave Farrell, American musician and songwriter ↗
1977 Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer ↗
1976 Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer ↗
1976 Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker ↗
1974 Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician, singer, composer, and record producer ↗
1974 Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director ↗
1974 Joshua Morrow, American actor ↗
1974 Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist (died 2016) ↗
1973 Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player ↗
1972 Big Show, American wrestler and actor ↗
1971 Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager ↗
1971 Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter ↗
1971 Susan Misner, American actress ↗
1970 Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian ↗
1970 John Filan, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1970 Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player and executive ↗
1969 Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010) ↗
1969 Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author ↗
1969 Mary McCormack, American actress and producer ↗
1968 Gary Coleman, American actor (died 2010) ↗
1967 Adelir Antônio de Carli, Brazilian priest and balloonist ↗
1967 Michael Ansley, American basketball player ↗
1966 Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1966 Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager ↗
1964 Arlie Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic ↗
1964 Santosh Sivan, Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor ↗
1964 Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author ↗
1963 Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer and politician ↗
1961 Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1960 Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines (died 2021) ↗
1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1959 Henry Czerny, Canadian actor ↗
1959 Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player ↗
1959 Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian rider ↗
1959 Mauricio Macri, Argentinian businessman and politician, President of Argentina ↗
1958 Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (died 2007) ↗
1958 Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician ↗
1957 Karine Chemla, French historian of mathematics and sinologist ↗
1956 Marques Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1955 John Grisham, American lawyer and author ↗
1955 Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (died 2018) ↗
1953 Mary Steenburgen, American actress ↗
1952 Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2014) ↗
1949 Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1949 Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1948 Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009) ↗
1944 Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014) ↗
1944 Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist (died 2025) ↗
1943 Creed Bratton, American actor and musician ↗
1943 Valerie Thomas, American scientist and inventor ↗
1942 Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer ↗
1942 Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004) ↗
1941 Nick Nolte, American actor and producer ↗
1941 Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1941 Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (died 2011) ↗
1940 Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician (died 1999) ↗
1940 Ted Koppel, English-American journalist ↗
1939 Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist (died 2022) ↗
1937 Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (died 1989) ↗
1937 Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (died 2016) ↗
1933 Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano ↗
1932 Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman (died 2005) ↗
1932 John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor ↗
1931 James Dean, American actor (died 1955) ↗
1931 Shadia, Egyptian actress and singer (died 2017) ↗
1930 Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director (died 1987) ↗
1926 Neal Cassady, American author and poet (died 1968) ↗
1926 Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress (died 2021) ↗
1925 Jack Lemmon, American actor (died 2001) ↗
1922 Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (died 1996) ↗
1921 Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2011) ↗
1921 Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (died 2020) ↗
1921 Balram Singh Rai, Guyanese politician, 1st Minister of Home Affairs (died 2022) ↗
1921 Lana Turner, American actress (died 1995) ↗
1918 Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (died 2003) ↗
1915 Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (died 1997) ↗
1914 Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman (died 1974) ↗
1913 Betty Field, American actress (died 1973) ↗
1913 Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2009) ↗
1911 Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (died 1979) ↗
1909 Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (died 2012) ↗
1906 Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (died 1968) ↗
1903 Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (died 1977) ↗
1903 Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990) ↗
1902 Demchugdongrub, Mongol prince and politician, head of state of Mengjiang (died 1966) ↗
1899 Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970) ↗
1897 Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (died 1969) ↗
1894 King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982) ↗
1893 Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma (died 1977) ↗
1890 Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1960) ↗
1888 Edith Evans, English actress (died 1976) ↗
1886 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (died 1970) ↗
1884 Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (died 1953) ↗
1883 Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (died 1955) ↗
1883 Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist (died 1950) ↗
1882 Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1908) ↗
1880 Franz Marc, German soldier and painter (died 1916) ↗
1880 Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (died 1931) ↗
1878 Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1965) ↗
1876 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (died 1907) ↗
1866 Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (died 1947) ↗
1860 Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist (died 1937) ↗
1850 Kate Chopin – American author (died 1904) ↗
1834 Dmitri Mendeleev – Russian chemist and academic (died 1907) ↗
1829 Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (died 1902) ↗
1828 Jules Verne – French author, poet, and playwright (died 1905) ↗
1825 Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1892) ↗
1822 Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (died 1894) ↗
1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (died 1891) ↗
1819 John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (died 1900) ↗
1817 Richard S. Ewell, American general (died 1872) ↗
1807 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist (died 1889) ↗
1798 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Russian grand duke (died 1849) ↗
1792 Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, German princess (died 1873) ↗
1764 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1846) ↗
1762 Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (died 1820) ↗
1741 André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer (died 1813) ↗
1720 Emperor Sakuramachi, Japanese emperor (died 1750) ↗
1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1782) ↗
1685 Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (died 1770) ↗
1591 Guercino, Italian painter (died 1666) ↗
1577 Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar (died 1640) ↗
1552 Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (died 1630) ↗
1514 Daniele Barbaro, Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar (died 1570) ↗
1487 Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, German duke (died 1550) ↗
1405 Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1453) ↗
1291 Afonso IV of Portugal, Portuguese king (died 1357) ↗
1191 Yaroslav II of Vladimir (died 1246) ↗
882 Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt (died 946) ↗
412 Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (died ~485) ↗
120 Vettius Valens, Greek astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer (died ~175) ↗

2025 Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (born 1950) ↗
2025 Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia (born 1929) ↗
2025 Gyalo Thondup, Brother of the 14th Dalai Lama (born 1928) ↗
2023 Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player (born 1963) ↗
2021 Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (born 1943) ↗
2021 Mary Wilson, American singer (born 1944) ↗
2020 Robert Conrad, American actor (born 1935) ↗
2017 Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (born 1933) ↗
2017 Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (born 1998) ↗
2017 Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (born 1929) ↗
2016 Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (born 1914) ↗
2016 Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1938) ↗
2016 Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (born 1938) ↗
2016 Violette Verdy, French ballerina (born 1933) ↗
2015 Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (born 1939) ↗
2014 Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1932) ↗
2014 Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (born 1988) ↗
2014 Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (born 1938) ↗
2013 Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (born 1918) ↗
2013 James DePreist, American conductor and educator (born 1936) ↗
2013 Maureen Dragone, American journalist and author (born 1920) ↗
2013 Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (born 1918) ↗
2012 Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1945) ↗
2012 Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (born 1950) ↗
2011 Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (born 1909) ↗
2010 John Murtha, American colonel and politician (born 1932) ↗
2008 Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (born 1931) ↗
2007 Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (born 1967) ↗
2007 Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1918) ↗
2006 Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (born 1945) ↗
2006 Thierry Fortineau, French actor (born 1953) ↗
2006 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (born 1914) ↗
2005 A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (born 1944) ↗
2004 Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (born 1915) ↗
2002 Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (born 1936) ↗
2001 Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (born 1920) ↗
2000 Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1918) ↗
2000 Derrick Thomas, American football player (born 1967) ↗
1999 Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (born 1919) ↗
1998 Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902) ↗
1998 Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1912) ↗
1998 Julian Simon, American economist and author (born 1932) ↗
1997 Corey Scott, American motorcycle stunt rider (born 1968) ↗
1996 Del Ennis, American baseball player (born 1925) ↗
1994 Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (born 1908) ↗
1992 Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (born 1918) ↗
1990 Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934) ↗
1990 Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (born 1916) ↗
1987 Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (born 1905) ↗
1985 William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (born 1901) ↗
1982 John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1904) ↗
1980 Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1936) ↗
1979 Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900) ↗
1977 Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (born 1901) ↗
1975 Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born1886) ↗
1972 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (born 1905) ↗
1971 Kanaiyalal Munshi, Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (born 1887) ↗
1970 Cahir Healy, Northern Irish republican and anti partition politician (born 1877) ↗
1964 Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (born 1888) ↗
1963 George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (born 1908) ↗
1960 J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (born 1911) ↗
1960 Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (born 1880) ↗
1959 William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (born 1883) ↗
1957 Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) ↗
1957 John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (born 1903) ↗
1956 Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (born 1862) ↗
1945 Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (born 1866) ↗
1938 Olga Taratuta, Ukrainian Jewish anarchist (born 1876) ↗
1936 Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (born 1860) ↗
1935 Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1864) ↗
1932 Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (born 1867) ↗
1928 Theodor Curtius, German chemist (born 1857) ↗
1921 George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (born 1876) ↗
1921 Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (born 1842) ↗
1915 François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1838) ↗
1910 Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (born 1854) ↗
1907 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (born 1854) ↗
1856 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (born 1773) ↗
1849 François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (born 1781) ↗
1849 France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (born 1800) ↗
1772 Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (born 1719) ↗
1750 Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (born 1685) ↗
1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (born 1682) ↗
1725 Peter the Great, Russian emperor (born 1672) ↗
1709 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (born 1658) ↗
1696 Ivan V of Russia (born 1666) ↗
1676 Alexis of Russia (born 1629) ↗
1599 Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1555) ↗
1537 Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, Italian humanitarian (born 1481) ↗
1382 Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (born 1328) ↗
1314 Helen of Anjou, Queen of Serbia (born 1236) ↗
1296 Przemysł II of Poland (born 1257) ↗
1285 Theodoric of Landsberg (born 1242) ↗
1265 Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (born 1217) ↗
1250 Robert I, Count of Artois (born 1216) ↗
1250 William II Longespée, Earl of Salisbury, English martyr (born 1212) ↗
1229 Ali ibn Hanzala, sixth Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism ↗
1204 Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor (born 1182) ↗
538 Severus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch (born 465) ↗