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Events
Pre-1600
  • 36 – Forces of of the , under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist empire, reuniting China.
    (1978). 9780521243278, Cambridge University Press. .
  • 274 – A temple to is dedicated in by Emperor .
    (2025). 9783406472886, C.H.Beck.
  • 333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son to the rank of Caesar.
    (1971). 9780521072335, Cambridge University Press.
  • 336 – First documentary sign of celebration in Rome.
  • 350 – meets at Naissus () and is forced to abdicate his imperial title. Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
    (2025). 9781848848559, Pen and Sword. .
  • 508 – , king of the , is into the faith at , by .
  • 597 – Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 .
  • 800 – The coronation of as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
  • 820 – Eastern Emperor Leo V is murdered in a church
    (2012). 9789004226258, Brill. .
    of the Great Palace of by followers of .
  • 1000 – The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
    (2025). 9781860640612, I.B. Tauris Publishers.
  • 1013 – takes control of the and is proclaimed king of England.
    (2025). 9780810874978, Scarecrow Press. .
  • 1025 – Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
  • 1046 – Henry III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
  • 1066 – William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, .
  • 1076 – Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
  • 1100 – Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in .
    (2025). 9781900934039, Prosopographica et Geneologica.
  • 1130 – Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.
  • 1261 – Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.
    (2025). 9780191017940, Oxford University Press. .
  • 1492 – The Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a off due to an improper .
    (1891). 9780665053122, G.L. Howe & Co.. .
  • 1553 – Battle of Tucapel: rebels under defeat the Spanish and executes the governor of , Pedro de Valdivia.
  • 1559 – Pope Pius IV is elected, four months after his predecessor's death.

1601–1900
  • 1724 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in , based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.
  • 1758 – Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming 's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
  • 1766 – in launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
  • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
  • 1793 – Northwest Indian War: General and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
  • 1809 – Dr. performs the first , removing a 22-pound .
  • 1814 – Rev. holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at .
  • 1815 – The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
  • 1826 – The at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
  • 1831 – The begins; up to 20% of 's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
    (1998). 9789766400453, Press University of the West Indies.
  • 1837 – Second Seminole War: American general leads 1,100 troops against the at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
  • 1868 – Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President grants an unconditional to all Confederate veterans.
  • 1870 – 's is first performed.

1901–present
  • 1914 – World War I: A occur across the Western Front to celebrate .
    (2025). 9780330480680, Pan.
  • 1915 – The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders and proclaim the independence of and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
    (1998). 9780815307204, Taylor & Francis. .
  • 1927 – B. R. Ambedkar and his followers burn copies of the in , , to protest its treatment of people.
  • 1932 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
  • 1941 – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17,
    (2025). 9780762772858, Lyons Press. .
    arrives at Pearl Harbor.
    (2025). 9780306820618, Da Capo Press. .
  • 1941 – World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
  • 1941 – Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
  • 1946 – The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the 's F-1 nuclear reactor.
  • 1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of , is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
  • 1951 – A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and , early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.
  • 1962 – The conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
  • 1963 – Turkish Cypriot Radio begins transmitting in after are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
  • 1968 – : Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to from .
    (2025). 9780160506314, . .
  • 1968 – Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four (untouchables) are burnt to death in village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
  • 1976 – EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.
  • 1977 – Israeli Prime Minister meets in Egypt with its president .
  • 1986 – Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.
  • 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
  • 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
    (2025). 9781471147968, Simon and Schuster. .
  • 1996 – The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.
  • 1999 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near , , Venezuela, killing 22 people.
  • 2003 – UTA Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the in , killing 141 people.
  • 2003 – The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • 2004 – The releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on 's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
  • 2012 – An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of , killing 27 people.
  • 2012 – Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to in , , killing two people.
  • 2016 – A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
  • 2019 – Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the .
  • 2020 – An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
  • 2021 – The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
  • 2024 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in , , killing 38 of its occupants.

Births
Pre-1600
  • 1250 – John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (died 1305)
  • 1281 – Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (died 1348)
  • 1400 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)
  • 1424 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (died 1445)
  • 1461 – Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark (died 1521)
  • 1490 – Francesco Marinoni, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1562)
  • 1493 – Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (died 1583)
  • 1505 – Christine of Saxony, German noblewoman (died 1549)
  • 1564 – , German Calvinist theologian (died 1629)
  • 1583 – , English organist and composer (died 1625)
  • 1584 – Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (died 1611)

1601–1900
  • 1601 – Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (died 1675)
  • 1628 – Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (died 1707)
    (2025). 9781884446054
  • 1642 – , English physicist and mathematician (died 1727)
    (2025). 9780387310220
  • 1652 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (died 1713)
  • 1665 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (died 1746)
  • 1674 – Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1712)
  • 1686 – Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (died 1763)
  • 1700 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1758)
  • 1711 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (died 1772)
  • 1716 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (died 1774)
  • 1717 – Pope Pius VI (died 1799)
  • 1728 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1804)
  • 1730 – , Italian-American physician and philosopher (died 1816)
  • 1745 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1799)
  • 1757 – Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1839)
  • 1766 – , Welsh Nonconformist preacher (died 1838)
  • 1771 – Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet (died 1855)
  • 1776 – Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet (died 1859)
  • 1810 – L. L. Langstroth, American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (died 1895)
  • 1821 – , American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross (died 1912)
  • 1825 – Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (died 1895)
  • 1829 – , Irish-American composer and bandleader (died 1892)
  • 1856 – , American baseball player and manager (died 1902)
  • 1861 – Francis Henry Buzzacott, American hunter, explorer and army scout famous for writing Buzzacott's Masterpiece (died 1947) Buzzacott's Masterpiece
  • 1861 – Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1946)
  • 1865 – , English 4th General of The Salvation Army (died 1950)
  • 1869 – , English-American journalist and author (died 1941)
  • 1872 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1965)
  • 1873 – Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (died 1959)
  • 1874 – , Italian soprano and actress (died 1944)
  • 1875 – , Canadian psychologist and priest (died 1941)
  • 1875 – , Austrian cardinal (died 1955)
  • 1876 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (died 1948)
  • 1876 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
  • 1878 – , American race car driver and businessman, co-founded (died 1941)
  • 1878 – Noël, Countess of Rothes, British philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (died 1956)
  • 1878 – Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer (died 1961)
  • 1883 – , Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1975)
  • 1883 – , Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (died 1972)
  • 1884 – Samuel Berger, American boxer (died 1925)
  • 1884 – , American model and actress (died 1967)
  • 1886 – Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist (died 1918)
  • 1886 – , American trombonist and bandleader (died 1973)
  • 1887 – , American entrepreneur (died 1979)
  • 1889 – Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (died 1984)
  • 1890 – , English geologist and mountaineer (died 1987)
  • 1891 – Kenneth Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1959)
  • 1891 – , New Zealand-Australian cricketer (died 1980)
  • 1899 – , American actor (died 1957)

1901–present
  • 1901 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (died 2004)
    (2011). 9780810874978, Scarecrow Press. .
  • 1902 – William Bell, American tuba player and educator (died 1971)
  • 1902 – , American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1969)
  • 1903 – Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (died 1981)
  • 1904 – , German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
  • 1904 – Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (died 1994)
    (2025). 9780295979847, University of Washington Press.
  • 1906 – Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (died 1998)
  • 1906 – , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
  • 1907 – , American singer-songwriter and bandleader (died 1994)
  • 1907 – , Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (died 1990)
  • 1907 – , American businessman, founded the (died 1988)
  • 1908 – , English author and illustrator (died 1999)
  • 1908 – Ernest L. Massad, American general (died 1993)
  • 1908 – , American baseball player (died 2001)
  • 1909 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (died 1996)
  • 1911 – , French-American sculptor and painter (died 2010)
  • 1913 – , American singer, bass player, and voice actor (died 1999)
  • 1913 – Tony Martin, American singer (died 2012)
  • 1914 – James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman (died 2007)
  • 1914 – , American anthropologist of Latin America (died 1970)
  • 1915 – , Italian-American composer and producer (died 2011)
  • 1916 – Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (died 2012)
  • 1917 – , Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in and (died 2019)
  • 1917 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (died 2009)
  • 1918 – , Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
  • 1919 – , Indian composer and director (died 2006)
  • 1919 – Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (died 1999)
  • 1919 – , English actress (died 1985)
  • 1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (died 2000)
  • 1921 – , Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
  • 1922 – , American author (died 2013)
  • 1923 – René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (died 2015)
  • 1923 – , American conductor and educator (died 2016)
  • 1924 – , American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (died 1975)
  • 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (died 2018)
  • 1925 – , Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (died 1998)
  • 1925 – , American baseball player (died 2017)
  • 1925 – , Canadian businessman (died 2007)
  • 1926 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (died 1987)
  • 1927 – , American baseball player and coach (died 1975)
  • 1927 – , Indian player (died 2024)
  • 1928 – , American actress and model (died 2002)
  • 1928 – , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)
  • 1929 – Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (died 2013)
  • 1929 – , Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (died 2016)
  • 1929 – , American singer and songwriter (died 1976)
  • 1930 – , Iranian-American boxer and coach (died 2021)
  • 1930 – Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach (died 2017)
  • 1930 – Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (died 2005)
    (1996). 9789768125255, Canoe Press. .
  • 1932 – , American actress and singer (died 1999)
  • 1933 – , English runner (died 2019)
  • 1935 – , Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (died 2020)
  • 1935 – , American scholar and academic (died 2009)
  • 1935 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American educator and politician (died 2007)
  • 1936 – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
  • 1936 – , Indian-English director and producer (died 2005)
  • 1937 – , Burmese military officer
  • 1937 – O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 1986)
  • 1938 – , American painter
  • 1938 – , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
  • 1939 – Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician
  • 1939 – Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1939 – , Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (died 2013)
  • 1940 – , English journalist and author
  • 1941 – , Scottish physician and academic
  • 1942 – Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach
  • 1942 – Barbara Follett, English politician
  • 1942 – , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
  • 1942 – , Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2010)
  • 1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
  • 1943 – , Indian pilot and military officer
    (2025). 9783319241630, Springer Praxis Books.
  • 1943 – , English journalist and author
  • 1943 – , German actress
    (2016). 9781598888591, Bernan Press. .
  • 1943 – , English singer
  • 1944 – , British comedian and broadcaster (died 1995)
  • 1944 – , Brazilian footballer
  • 1944 – , New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)
  • 1945 – , American screenwriter and producer
  • 1945 – Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician
  • 1945 – , English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2003)
  • 1945 – , American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
  • 1946 – , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2023)
  • 1948 – , American singer and actress
  • 1948 – , American sociologist and writer
  • 1948 – , American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1948 – , Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1949 – Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer
  • 1949 – , Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1949 – , American actress
  • 1950 – , English mountaineer and author (died 1982)
  • 1950 – , American political strategist and activist
  • 1950 – , Venezuelan baseball player and manager
  • 1951 – , American video game designer
  • 1952 – , Ethiopian runner and coach
  • 1952 – , Guyanese-American actress
  • 1952 – , French singer and songwriter
  • 1953 – , Finnish runner
  • 1954 – , Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1957 – , Pakistani cricketer
  • 1957 – , English footballer and sportscaster
  • 1957 – , English-Irish singer-songwriter (died 2023)
  • 1958 – Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
  • 1958 – , American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
  • 1958 – Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1959 – Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
  • 1959 – , Indian poet and politician
  • 1961 – Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician
  • 1962 – , English musician
  • 1964 – , English tenor
  • 1964 – , Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Bob Stanley, British musician and writer
  • 1965 – , English politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
  • 1965 – , Russian ice hockey player
  • 1965 – , Czech physician and politician
  • 1966 – , Japanese race car driver
  • 1967 – , Austrian politician
  • 1967 – , American bass player (died 1996)
  • 1968 – Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress
  • 1968 – Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
  • 1969 – , French musician
  • 1969 – , Australian rugby league player
  • 1969 – Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner
  • 1970 – , Nigerian footballer and manager
  • 1970 – , American basketball player
  • 1971 – Dido, English singer-songwriter
  • 1971 – , Irish musician and songwriter
  • 1971 – , Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
  • 1972 – , American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1972 – , Chinese runner
  • 1973 – , English footballer and coach
  • 1973 – Chris Harris, American wrestler
  • 1973 – , Japanese baseball player and coach
  • 1973 – Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
  • 1975 – , Japanese baseball player
  • 1975 – , South Korean footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
  • 1976 – Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1976 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
  • 1976 – Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer
  • 1977 – Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
  • 1977 – Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer (died 2024)
  • 1978 – Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
  • 1978 – , Australian footballer and manager
  • 1978 – Jeremy Strong, American actor
  • 1979 – Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter
  • 1979 – , French footballer
  • 1979 – , English race car driver
  • 1979 – , South Korean footballer
  • 1980 – , English actress (died 2003)
  • 1980 – , American football player
  • 1981 – , American wrestler and model
  • 1981 – , American ultramarathon runner
  • 1981 – , Danish-Faroese footballer
  • 1981 – , Dominican baseball player
  • 1982 – Shawn Andrews, American football player
  • 1982 – Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
  • 1982 – , Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
  • 1982 – , American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1984 – , Samoan footballer
  • 1984 – , English cricketer
  • 1984 – Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
  • 1984 – , Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
  • 1984 – Chris Richard, American basketball player
  • 1985 – , Kenyan runner
  • 1985 – Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
  • 1985 – , Welsh actress
  • 1987 – Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
  • 1987 – , American football player (died 2021)
  • 1988 – , American basketball player
  • 1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player Lukas Hinds-Johnson profile at scrum.com accessed: 23 March 2010
  • 1988 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1991 – , Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer
  • 1992 – Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1993 – , Japanese actress, fashion model and singer
  • 1996 – Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer
  • 1999 – , South Sudanese-Australian fashion model
  • 2000 – , Ivorian footballer

Deaths
Pre-1600
  • 304 – Saint Anastasia
  • 795 – Pope Adrian I
  • 820 – Emperor Leo V
  • 936 – , general of
  • 940 – Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
  • 1147 – Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (born )
  • 1156 – Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (born 1092)
  • 1156 – Sverker the Elder, king of Sweden
  • 1294 – Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
  • 1395 – Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel, Swiss ruler
  • 1406 – Henry III of Castile (born 1379)
  • 1505 – George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1454)
  • 1553 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (born 1500)

1601–1900
  • 1634 – , English noblewoman (born 1543)
    (2012). 9781136962530, Routledge. .
  • 1635 – Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (born 1567)
  • 1676 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (born 1592)
  • 1676 – Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1609)
  • 1683 – Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1634)
  • 1708 – Jørgen Thormøhlen, German-Norwegian merchant (born c.1640)
  • 1730 – Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (born 1676)
  • 1758 – , English priest and author (born 1714)
  • 1784 – , Japanese poet and painter (born 1716)
  • 1796 – , Queen of Sivagangai (born 1730)
  • 1824 – Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (born 1764)
  • 1824 – , Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (born 1772)
  • 1866 – , Ottoman physician, historian, and official (born 1818)
  • 1868 – Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (born 1821)
  • 1875 – Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (born 1851)
  • 1880 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1828)

1901–present
  • 1916 – Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (born 1845)
  • 1921 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (born 1853)
  • 1925 – , German psychoanalyst and author (born 1877)
  • 1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan (born 1879)
  • 1928 – , American boxer (born 1885)
  • 1930 – Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (born 1871)
  • 1933 – Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (born 1859)
  • 1935 – , French author and critic (born 1852)
  • 1938 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (born 1890)
  • 1940 – , American actress (born 1898)
  • 1941 – Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (born 1884)
  • 1944 – , South African-English journalist and author (born 1909)
  • 1946 – W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (born 1880)
  • 1947 – Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (born 1886)
  • 1949 – , American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (born 1884)
  • 1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (born 1903)
  • 1952 – , American photographer (born 1886)
  • 1953 – , Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1865)
    (1999). 9781566397032, Temple University Press.
  • 1953 – , British cartoonist (born 1872)
  • 1956 – , Swiss author and playwright (born 1878)
  • 1957 – Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (born 1863)
  • 1961 – , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (born 1888)
  • 1961 – , German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
  • 1963 – , Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (born 1896)
  • 1970 – , Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (born 1908)
  • 1973 – İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (born 1884)
  • 1973 – , French pilot and engineer (born 1880)
  • 1975 – , French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (born 1881)
  • 1975 – , Estonian mathematician and author (born 1913)
  • 1977 – , English actor and director (born 1889)
  • 1979 – , American actress and singer (born 1906)
  • 1979 – , Canadian painter and sculptor (born 1932)
  • 1980 – , English actor and comedian (born 1900)
  • 1983 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1893)
  • 1988 – Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (born 1909)
  • 1988 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1920)
  • 1989 – , American poker player and businessman (born 1904)
  • 1989 – Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (born 1916)
  • 1989 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (born 1918)
  • 1989 – , American actress (born 1905)
  • 1989 – Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1905)
  • 1989 – , American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
  • 1989 – , American director and screenwriter (born 1910)
  • 1991 – , American football player and wrestler (born 1929)
  • 1992 – , British-American nurse and author (born 1915)
  • 1993 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (born 1899)
  • 1994 – , Indian politician, 7th President of India (born 1916)
  • 1995 – , Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (born 1906)
  • 1995 – , American singer and actor (born 1917)
  • 1995 – , Korean surgeon (born 1914)
  • 1995 – Vincent Patriarca, Italian-American aviator and (born 1914)
  • 1996 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (born 1928)
  • 1997 – , Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (born 1958)
  • 1997 – , American actor (born 1920)
  • 1998 – , English snooker player (born 1923)
  • 2000 – , Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1939)
  • 2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (born 1908)
  • 2001 – Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (born 1920)
  • 2003 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (born 1929)
  • 2004 – Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1940)
  • 2005 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930)
  • 2005 – , Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1944)
  • 2005 – , Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918)
  • 2005 – Joseph Pararajasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, businessman, and politician (born 1934)
  • 2006 – , American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
  • 2007 – , English cricketer (born 1927)
  • 2007 – , American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
  • 2008 – , American singer and actress (born 1927)
  • 2009 – , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
  • 2010 – Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (born 1922)
  • 2011 – , Italian journalist (born 1920)
  • 2011 – , American saxophonist (born 1942)
  • 2011 – , American author and illustrator (born 1932)
  • 2012 – , Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1940)
  • 2012 – , Norwegian radio host and politician (born 1918)
  • 2012 – , American football player and coach (born 1935)
  • 2012 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1959)
  • 2012 – Şerafettin Elçi, Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (born 1938)
  • 2013 – Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (born 1961)
  • 2013 – David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (born 1930)
  • 2013 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (born 1967)
  • 2013 – , American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1942)
  • 2013 – , Canadian rural feminist and appointee to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (born 1922)
  • 2013 – , Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (born 1932)
  • 2014 – , Cuban-French architect (born 1925)
  • 2014 – , English cricketer (born 1935)
  • 2014 – , English actor (born 1935)
  • 2015 – George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)
  • 2015 – , American author and historian (born 1961)
  • 2016 – , Russian military musician and composer (born 1952)
  • 2016 – , British singer and songwriter (born 1963)
  • 2016 – , American astronomer (born 1928)
  • 2017 – D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher ( Philadelphia, Boston) (born 1929)
  • 2018 – Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (born 1920)
  • 2019 – , Norwegian writer (born 1972)
  • 2020 – K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1932)
  • 2021 – , American artist (born 1920)
  • 2022 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan footballer (born 1973)
  • 2023 – , British wrestler (born 1940)
  • 2024 – , English writer (born 1943)
  • 2024 – , American football player (born 1945)
  • 2024 – , American professional wrestler (born 1976)
  • 2024 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1933)
  • 2024 – Osamu Suzuki, Japanese businessman (born 1930)

Holidays and observances
  • Children's Day (, Central African Republic, , Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, , Republic of Congo)
  • Christian feast day:
  • Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. (Internationally observed)
  • Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
  • Constitution Day (Taiwan)
  • Good Governance Day (India)
  • Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
  • (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)

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