The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.
The first case of SARS, a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.
Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.
In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.
About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap-opera history.
U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
The Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded.
World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann first synthesized the psychedelic drug LSD in Basel, Switzerland.
World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.
After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason.
American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.
With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I (pictured), was published.
Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.
Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.
The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Aeroflot Flight 3603 crashes during landing at Norilsk Airport, killing 99.
The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
The Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico.
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashes near Koltsovo Airport, killing 107.
Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
Aeroflot Flight 315 crashes on approach to Lviv Airport, killing all 40 people on board.
National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.
UNESCO is founded.
World War II: In support of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the town of Düren is destroyed by Allied aircraft.
The Jussi Awards, the Finnish film award ceremony, is held for the first time at Restaurant Adlon in Helsinki.
World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
The National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.
American Civil War: In the Battle of Campbell's Station, Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces which allows General Ambrose Burnside to secure Knoxville, Tennessee.
Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.
Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
Mason Ramsey, American singer
Josh Green, Australian basketball player
Bol Bol, South Sudanese-American basketball player
Mats Wieffer, Dutch footballer
Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer
Ivan Baran, Croatian writer
Boulaye Dia, Senegalese footballer
Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Cameroonian footballer
Brandon Larracuente, American actor
Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
C. J. Beathard, American football player
Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
Nélson Semedo, Portuguese footballer
Denzel Valentine, American basketball player
George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
Marcelo Brozović, Croatian footballer
Shane Prince, American-Belarusian ice hockey player
Nemanja Gudelj, Serbian footballer
Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player
Iamsu!, American rapper and producer
Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
Jordan Walden, American baseball player
Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (died 2016)
Maxime Médard, French rugby player
Aditya Roy Kapur, Indian actor
Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister of Finland
Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
Mark Bunn, English footballer
Tamawashi Ichiro, Mongolian sumo wrestler
Kool A.D., American rapper
Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
Britta Steffen, German swimmer
Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
Amar'e Stoudemire, American-Israeli basketball player
Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter
Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
Moris Carrozzieri, Italian footballer
Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
Nicole Gius, Italian skier
Carol Huynh, Canadian wrestler
Hasan Üçüncü, Turkish footballer
Bruce Irons, American surfer
Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner
Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer
Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater
Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
Dan Black, English singer-songwriter
Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player (died 2021)
Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
Brooke Elliott, American actress and singer
Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager
Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
Missi Pyle, American actress and singer
Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer
Martha Plimpton, American actress
Tammy Lauren, American actress
Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (died 2014)
Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
Craig Arnold, American poet and academic (died 2009)
Lisa Bonet, American actress and director
Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Dave Kushner, American guitarist
Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player
Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
Diana Krall, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
Harry Lennix, American actor
Maeve Quinlan, American actress
Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer
William Bonner, Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
Zina Garrison, American tennis player
Darwyn Cooke, Canadian writer and artist (died 2016)
Mani, English bass player
Frank Bruno, English boxer
Glenda Bailey, English journalist
Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (died 2014)
Marg Helgenberger, American actress
Boris Krivokapić, Serbian author and academic
Jacques Gamblin, French actor
Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
Héctor Cúper, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Guillermo Lasso, Ecuadoran businessman, 47th President of Ecuador
Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman
Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
Miguel Sandoval, American actor
Harvey Martin, American football player (died 2001)
Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager (died 2023)
Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
Ken James, Australian actor
Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter (died 2023)
Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (died 2000)
Barbara Smith, American writer
Beverly Smith, American writer
Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2014)
Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
Steve Railsback, American actor
Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic (died 2022)
Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist (died 2022)
Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (died 2005)
Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
Michael Billington, English author and critic
Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker (died 2011)
Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
Walter Learning, Canadian actor (died 2020)
Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (died 2002)
Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alan Budd, English economist and academic (died 2023)
John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (died 2010)
Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
Garnet Mimms, American R&B singer
Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (died 2006)
Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (died 2011)
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (died 2013)
Paul Foytack, American baseball player (died 2021)
Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss (died 2017)
Peter Boizot, English businessman (died 2018)
Clu Gulager, American actor and director (died 2022)
Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (died 1983)
Sam Farber, American businessman (died 2013)
Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (died 2014)
Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (died 2015)
José Saramago, Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (died 2010)
Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (died 1996)
Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (died 1988)
Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (died 1983)
Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author (died 2017)
Eddie Chapman, English spy (died 1997)
Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (died 2015)
George O. Petrie, American actor and director (died 1997)
W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (died 1995)
Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (died 1982)
Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player (died 1973)
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian statesman, 1st President of Nigeria (died 1996)
Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver (died 1994)
Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host (died 1976)
Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic (died 1951)
Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic (died 1984)
Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader and politician (died 1980)
Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (died 1960)
Paul Hindemith, German composer, violist and conductor (died 1963)
Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer (died 1975)
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician (died 1972)
Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (died 1978)
Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1953)
Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (died 1956)
George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1961)
Dietrich Kraiß, German general (died 1944)
Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer (died 1957)
Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (died 1972)
Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (died 1920)
W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (died 1958)
Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (died 1944)
Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist (died 1930)
Georgina Febres-Cordero, Venezuelan nun (died 1925)
Jürgen Kröger, German architect (died 1928)
Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress (died 1929)
Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1927)
Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (died 1923)
Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician (died 1908)
Kalākaua of Hawaii (died 1891)
John Bright, English academic and politician (died 1889)
Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist (died 1845)
Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator (died 1887)
Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era (died 1861)
Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance (died 1845)
Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (died 1841)
James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician (died 1816)
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1818)
Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (died 1788)
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1793)
Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer and educator (died 1760)
Charles Duncombe, English banker and politician (died 1711)
Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (died 1703)
Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (died 1673)
Paul Sartorius, German organist and composer (died 1609)
Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (died 1621)
Princess Cecilia of Sweden (died 1627)
Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Spanish Grand Inquisitioner, Archbishop of Lima (died 1606)
Anna d'Este, Duchess consort of Nemours (died 1607)
Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (died 1572)
Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (died 1522)
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Florentine philosopher (died 1522)
Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian queen (died 1508)
Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (died 1521)
Tiberius, Roman emperor (died 37 AD)
Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet dancer (born 1985)
Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (born 1926)
Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (born 1964)
Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (born 1936)
John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (born 1947)
Terry O'Neill, British photographer (born 1938)
William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1931)
Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)
Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)
Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (born 1918)
Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)
Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (born 1972)
David Canary, American actor (born 1938)
Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (born 1945)
Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
Alton D. Slay, American general (born 1924)
Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (born 1926)
Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (born 1931)
Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (born 1935)
Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (born 1987)
Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (born 1920)
Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (born 1925)
Robert Conley, American journalist (born 1928)
Billy Hardwick, American bowler (born 1941)
William McDonough Kelly, Canadian lieutenant and politician (born 1925)
Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (born 1932)
Oscar Lanford, American mathematician and academic (born 1940)
Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1931)
Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (born 1923)
Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1924)
John Chapman, Australian evangelist and academic (born 1930)
Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (born 1930)
Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (born 1960)
Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (born 1946)
Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1920)
Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (born 1921)
Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (born 1913)
Ronni Chasen, American publicist (born 1946)
Wyngard Tracy, Filipino DJ and talent manager (born 1952)
Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (born 1978)
Sergei Magnitsky, Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (born 1972)
Edward Woodward, English actor (born 1930)
Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (born 1928)
Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (born 1916)
Harold Alfond, American businessman (born 1914)
Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (born 1947)
Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (born 1946)
Vernon Scannell, English boxer, poet, and author (born 1922)
Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (born 1930)
Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (born 1913)
Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (born 1910)
Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (born 1930)
Robert Earl Davis, American hip-hop artist (born 1971)
Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (born 1957)
Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (born 1939)
Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (born 1915)
Ege Bagatur, Turkish politician (born 1937)
Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)
Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (born 1923)
Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (born 1936)
Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (born 1906)
Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1896)
Jack Foster, English cricketer (born 1905)
Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (born 1882)
Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (born 1915)
Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1889)
Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (born 1943)
Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (born 1898)
Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1882)
Clark Gable, American actor (born 1901)
Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (born 1887)
Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1879)
Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (born 1877)
Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (born 1902)
Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1864)
Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (born 1866)
Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1875)
George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (born 1836)
A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (born 1842)
Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (born 1879)
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (born 1829)
Robert I, Duke of Parma (born 1848)
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1895)
Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1844)
František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (born 1835)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1874)
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (born 1761)
Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (born 1779)
Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (born 1754)
André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (born 1746)
Frederick William II of Prussia (born 1744)
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (born 1723)
Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (born 1716)
John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (born 1715)
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1665)
Jack Sheppard, English criminal (born 1702)
Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (born 1625)
Bengt Gottfried Forselius, Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (born 1660)
Paolo Quagliati, Italian organist and composer (born 1555)
Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (born c. 1532)
Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (born 1556)
Pierre Charron, French Catholic theologian and philosopher (born 1541)
Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (born 1542)
Marie of Baden-Sponheim, German Noblewoman (born 1507)
Theda Ukena, German noble (born 1432)
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1406)
Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shōgun (born 1276)
Nasr, Sultan of Granada (born 1287)
Henry III of England (born 1207)
Emperor Lizong of Song China (born 1205)
Edmund Rich, English archbishop and saint (born 1175)
Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher (born 1165)
Dobrodeia of Kiev, Rus princess and author of medical books
Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045)
Ælfric of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury
Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official
Gu Yanhui, Chinese warlord
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