On This Day: July 13 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2024 Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. ↗
2020 After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned. ↗
2016 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May. ↗
2014 Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time. ↗
2013 Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. ↗
2011 Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. ↗
2011 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations. ↗
2011 Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, killing all 16 people on board. ↗
2008 Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001. ↗
2003 French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press. ↗
1995 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite. ↗
1990 Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. ↗
1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney. ↗
1985 Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. ↗
1977 Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. ↗
1977 Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. ↗
1973 Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. ↗
1962 In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. ↗
1956 The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. ↗
1951 Vuoristorata, one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. ↗
1941 World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers. ↗
1930 The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. ↗
1919 The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. ↗
1913 The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts. ↗
1878 Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire. ↗
1863 American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history. ↗
1854 In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon. ↗
1849 The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion began in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. ↗
1831 Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania. ↗
1830 The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. ↗
1814 The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established. ↗
1794 The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins. ↗
1787 The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. ↗
1690 Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth leaving it devastated. ↗
1643 English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller. ↗
1586 Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. ↗
1573 Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months. ↗
1558 Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines. ↗
1402 Nanjing surrenders to Zhu Di without a fight, ending the Jingnan campaign. The Jianwen Emperor disappears and his family is incarcerated. ↗
1260 The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ↗
1249 Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. ↗
1174 William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. ↗

2007 Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer ↗
2003 Wyatt Oleff, American actor ↗
2003 Mason Teague, Australian rugby league player ↗
2002 Deborah Medrado, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast ↗
2001 Kim Sin-jin, South Korean footballer ↗
1997 Josh Hines-Allen, American football player ↗
1997 Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist ↗
1995 Cody Bellinger, American baseball player ↗
1995 Dante Exum, Australian basketball player ↗
1993 Dan Bentley, English footballer ↗
1992 Rich the Kid, American rapper ↗
1992 Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer ↗
1991 Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player (died 2019) ↗
1990 Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
1990 Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer ↗
1989 Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer ↗
1989 Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player ↗
1988 Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer ↗
1988 Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer ↗
1988 DJ LeMahieu, American baseball player ↗
1988 Steven R. McQueen, American actor and model ↗
1988 Raúl Spank, German high jumper ↗
1988 Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1985 Trell Kimmons, American sprinter ↗
1985 Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer ↗
1985 Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian ↗
1985 Abdallah El Said, Egyptian footballer ↗
1984 Ida Maria, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1984 Faf du Plessis, South African professional cricketer ↗
1983 Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter ↗
1983 Marco Pomante, Italian footballer ↗
1983 Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler ↗
1982 Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player ↗
1982 Simon Clist, English footballer ↗
1982 Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer ↗
1982 Nick Kenny, Australian rugby league player ↗
1982 Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player ↗
1981 Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer ↗
1981 Masyita Crystallin, Indonesian economist ↗
1981 Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist ↗
1979 Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer ↗
1979 Daniel Díaz, Argentinian footballer ↗
1979 Libuše Průšová, Czech tennis player ↗
1979 Lucinda Ruh, Swiss figure skater and coach ↗
1978 Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player ↗
1978 Prodromos Nikolaidis, Greek basketball player ↗
1977 Chris Horn, American football player ↗
1976 Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1975 Diego Spotorno, Ecuadorian actor ↗
1975 Mariada Pieridi, Cypriot singer-songwriter ↗
1974 Deborah Cox, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1974 Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver ↗
1972 Sean Waltman, American professional wrestler ↗
1971 MF Doom, English-American rapper (died 2020) ↗
1971 Mark Neeld, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1970 Andrei Tivontchik, German pole vaulter and trainer ↗
1969 Brad Godden, Australian rugby league player ↗
1969 Ken Jeong, American actor, comedian, and physician ↗
1969 Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan political scientist and politician ↗
1967 Richard Marles, Australian lawyer and politician, 50th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment ↗
1967 Mark McGowan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Western Australia ↗
1966 Gerald Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006) ↗
1966 Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan-English conductor and educator ↗
1965 Eileen Ivers, American fiddler ↗
1965 Akina Nakamori, Japanese singer and actress ↗
1965 Colin van der Voort, Australian rugby league player ↗
1964 Charlie Hides, American drag queen and comedian ↗
1964 Paul Thorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1963 Parker Bohn III, American bowler ↗
1963 Neal Foulds, English snooker player and sportscaster ↗
1963 Kenny Johnson, American actor, producer, and model ↗
1962 Tom Kenny, American voice actor and screenwriter ↗
1962 Rhonda Vincent, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player ↗
1961 Tahira Asif, Pakistani politician (died 2014) ↗
1961 Anders Jarryd, Swedish tennis player ↗
1961 Khalid Mahmood, Pakistani-English engineer and politician ↗
1961 Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager ↗
1961 Tim Watson, Australian footballer, coach, and journalist ↗
1960 Robert Abraham, American football player ↗
1960 Ian Hislop, Welsh-English journalist and screenwriter ↗
1960 Curtis Rouse, American football player (died 2013) ↗
1959 Richard Leman, English field hockey player ↗
1959 Fuziah Salleh, Malaysian politician ↗
1957 Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver and businessman ↗
1957 Cameron Crowe, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1956 Mark Mendoza, American bass player and songwriter ↗
1956 Michael Spinks, American boxer ↗
1954 Ray Bright, Australian cricketer ↗
1954 Louise Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1953 Gil Birmingham, American actor ↗
1953 David Thompson, American basketball player ↗
1951 Rob Bishop, American educator and politician ↗
1951 Didi Conn, American actress and singer ↗
1950 George Nelson, American astronomer and astronaut ↗
1950 Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China ↗
1950 Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (died 2015) ↗
1949 Bryan Murray, Irish actor ↗
1948 Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter ↗
1948 Tony Kornheiser, American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter ↗
1946 Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (died 2015) ↗
1946 Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian ↗
1945 Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer and author (died 2021) ↗
1944 Eric Freeman, Australian cricketer (died 2020) ↗
1944 Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (died 1991) ↗
1944 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube ↗
1943 Chris Serle, English journalist and actor (died 2024) ↗
1942 Harrison Ford – American actor and producer ↗
1942 Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1941 Grahame Corling, Australian cricketer ↗
1941 Robert Forster, American actor and producer (died 2019) ↗
1941 Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator (died 2005) ↗
1941 Jacques Perrin, French actor, director, and producer (died 2022) ↗
1940 Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (died 2013) ↗
1940 Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (died 2015) ↗
1940 Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer ↗
1939 Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (died 2013) ↗
1937 Ghillean Prance, English botanist and ecologist ↗
1936 Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (died 1970) ↗
1935 Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (died 2009) ↗
1935 Earl Lovelace, Trinidadian journalist, author, and playwright ↗
1935 Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist (died 2021) ↗
1934 Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002) ↗
1934 Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager (died 2022) ↗
1934 Wole Soyinka – Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1934 Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian engineer and astronaut ↗
1933 David Storey, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2017) ↗
1933 Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (died 1963) ↗
1932 Hubert Reeves, Canadian-French astrophysicist and author (died 2023) ↗
1932 Per Nørgård, Danish composer and music theorist (died 2025) ↗
1931 Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach (died 2018) ↗
1930 Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (died 2014) ↗
1930 Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004) ↗
1929 Sofia Muratova, Russian gymnast (died 2006) ↗
1929 Svein Ellingsen, Norwegian visual artist and hymnist (died 2020) ↗
1928 Bob Crane, American actor (died 1978) ↗
1928 Sven Davidson, Swedish-American tennis player (died 2008) ↗
1928 Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer ↗
1928 Al Rex, American musician (died 2020) ↗
1927 Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (died 2017) ↗
1927 Ian Reed, Australian discus thrower (died 2020) ↗
1926 Robert H. Justman, American director, producer, and production manager (died 2008) ↗
1926 T. Loren Christianson, American politician (died 2019) ↗
1926 Thomas Clark, American politician (died 2020) ↗
1925 Suzanne Zimmerman, American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist (died 2021) ↗
1925 Huang Zongying, Chinese actress and writer (died 2020) ↗
1923 Ashley Bryan, American children's book author and illustrator (died 2022) ↗
1923 Colonel James H. Harvey, US Army Air Force (later US Air Force) fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman. ↗
1922 Leslie Brooks, American actress (died 2011) ↗
1922 Anker Jørgensen, Danish trade union leader and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2016) ↗
1922 Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar, Egyptian military commander (died 2011) ↗
1922 Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006) ↗
1921 Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1999) ↗
1919 Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China (died 2020) ↗
1919 William F. Quinn, American lawyer (died 2006) ↗
1918 Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1955) ↗
1918 Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor (died 1988) ↗
1918 Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (died 2015) ↗
1915 Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator (died 1989) ↗
1913 Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (died 1982) ↗
1913 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (died 2012) ↗
1911 Bob Steele, American radio personality (died 2002) ↗
1910 Lien Gisolf, Dutch high jumper (died 1993) ↗
1910 Loren Pope, American journalist and author (died 2008) ↗
1909 Souphanouvong, 1st President of Laos (died 1995) ↗
1908 Dorothy Round, English tennis player (died 1982) ↗
1908 Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (died 1974) ↗
1907 George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (died 2002) ↗
1905 Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (died 1990) ↗
1905 Eugenio Pagnini, Italian modern pentathlete (died 1993) ↗
1905 Magda Foy, American child actress (died 2000) ↗
1903 Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (died 1983) ↗
1901 Eric Portman, English actor (died 1969) ↗
1900 George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (died 1969) ↗
1898 Julius Schreck, German commander (died 1936) ↗
1898 Ivan Triesault, Estonian-born American actor (died 1980) ↗
1896 Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator (died 1992) ↗
1895 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (died 1973) ↗
1894 Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (died 1940) ↗
1892 Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1941) ↗
1892 Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower (died 1955) ↗
1889 Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician (died 1965) ↗
1889 Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (died 1984) ↗
1886 Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town (died 1948) ↗
1884 Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach (died 1951) ↗
1877 Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary (died 1970) ↗
1864 John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman (died 1912) ↗
1863 Margaret Murray, British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963) ↗
1859 Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1947) ↗
1858 Stewart Culin, American ethnographer and author (died 1929) ↗
1841 Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (died 1918) ↗
1831 Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (died 1889) ↗
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (died 1877) ↗
1793 John Clare, English poet and author (died 1864) ↗
1770 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (died 1837) ↗
1760 István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (died 1829) ↗
1756 Thomas Rowlandson, English artist and caricaturist (died 1827) ↗
1745 Robert Calder, Scottish-English admiral (died 1818) ↗
1608 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657) ↗
1607 Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (died 1677) ↗
1606 Roland Fréart de Chambray (died 1676) ↗
1590 Pope Clement X (died 1676) ↗
1579 Arthur Dee, English physician and chemist (died 1651) ↗
1527 John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1609) ↗
1478 Giulio d'Este, illegitimate son of Italian noble (died 1561) ↗
1470 Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici, Catholic cardinal (died 1528) ↗

2025 Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (born 1942) ↗
2024 Shannen Doherty, American actress (born 1971) ↗
2024 Ruth Hesse, German opera singer (born 1936) ↗
2024 Richard Simmons, American fitness personality and public figure (born 1948) ↗
2024 Chino Trinidad, Filipino sports journalist and executive (born 1967) ↗
2024 Donald Trump – American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) ↗
2024 Naomi Pomeroy, American chef and restaurateur (born 1974) ↗
2020 Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970) ↗
2020 Nelson Mandela – South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960) ↗
2017 Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955) ↗
2015 Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (born 1979) ↗
2015 Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (born 1927) ↗
2014 Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924) ↗
2014 Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919) ↗
2014 Nadine Gordimer – South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923) ↗
2014 Jeff Leiding, American football player (born 1961) ↗
2014 Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930) ↗
2013 Leonard Garment, American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (born 1924) ↗
2013 Henri Julien, French race car driver (born 1927) ↗
2013 Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (born 1982) ↗
2013 Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (born 1938) ↗
2013 Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924) ↗
2013 Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (born 1915) ↗
2012 Warren Jabali, American basketball player (born 1946) ↗
2012 Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and politician (born 1940) ↗
2012 Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (born 1934) ↗
2011 Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (born 1933) ↗
2010 Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and composer (born 1931) ↗
2010 George Steinbrenner, American businessman (born 1930) ↗
2008 Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1932) ↗
2007 Michael Reardon, American mountaineer (born 1965) ↗
2006 Red Buttons, American actor (born 1919) ↗
2005 Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (born 1922) ↗
2003 Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907) ↗
2000 Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (born 1914) ↗
1999 Konstantinos Kollias, Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1901) ↗
1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (born 1968) ↗
1996 Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (born 1905) ↗
1995 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (born 1920) ↗
1993 Davey Allison, American race car driver (born 1961) ↗
1983 Gabrielle Roy, Canadian engineer and author (born 1909) ↗
1981 Martin Hurson Irish Republican Hunger Striker ↗
1980 Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (born 1921) ↗
1979 Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (born 1913) ↗
1976 Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (born 1884) ↗
1974 Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) ↗
1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (born 1901) ↗
1970 Leslie Groves, American general and engineer, head of the Manhattan Project (born 1896) ↗
1970 Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (born 1895) ↗
1967 Tom Simpson, English cyclist (born 1937) ↗
1965 Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter, illustrator and writer (born 1895) ↗
1960 Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (born 1915) ↗
1954 Frida Kahlo – Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) ↗
1951 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (born 1874) ↗
1949 Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (born 1877) ↗
1946 Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (born 1864) ↗
1945 Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1879) ↗
1941 Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (born 1913) ↗
1936 Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and politician (born 1887) ↗
1934 Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and academic (born 1849) ↗
1927 Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (born 1870) ↗
1922 Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1870) ↗
1921 Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845) ↗
1911 Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (born 1840) ↗
1907 Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (born 1866) ↗
1896 August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (born 1829) ↗
1893 They Even Fear His Horses, American tribal chief (born 1836) ↗
1890 John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (born 1813) ↗
1890 Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (born 1819) ↗
1889 Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (born 1830) ↗
1881 John C. Pemberton, American general (born 1814) ↗
1807 Henry Benedict Stuart, Italian cardinal, pretender to the British throne and last member of the House of Stuart (born 1725) ↗
1793 Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, scientist and theorist (born 1743) ↗
1789 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and academic (born 1715) ↗
1762 James Bradley, English priest and astronomer (born 1693) ↗
1755 Edward Braddock, Scottish general (born 1695) ↗
1683 Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1631) ↗
1629 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (born 1585) ↗
1628 Robert Shirley, English soldier and diplomat (born 1581) ↗
1626 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (born 1563) ↗
1621 Albert VII, archduke of Austria (born 1559) ↗
1617 Adam Wenceslaus, duke of Cieszyn (born 1574) ↗
1551 John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (born 1490) ↗
1491 Afonso, Portuguese prince (born 1475) ↗
1399 Peter Parler, German architect, designed St. Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge (born 1330) ↗
1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French nobleman and knight (born 1320) ↗
1357 Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (born 1313) ↗
1205 Hubert Walter, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1160) ↗
1105 Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (born 1040) ↗
1024 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 973) ↗
982 Gunther, margrave of Merseburg ↗
982 Henry I, bishop of Augsburg ↗
982 Pandulf II, Lombard prince ↗
982 Landulf IV, Lombard prince ↗
982 Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily ↗
939 Leo VII, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
884 Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (born 835) ↗
815 Wu Yuanheng, Chinese poet and politician (born 758) ↗
716 Rui Zong, Chinese emperor (born 662) ↗
574 John III, pope of the Catholic Church ↗