April 17 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on April 17 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 28 Farvardin 1405.

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Famous people born on April 17

Events (45)

1080 (946 years ago) Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
1349 (677 years ago) The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
1362 (664 years ago) Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.
1492 (534 years ago) Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
1521 (505 years ago) Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
1524 (502 years ago) Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
1783 (243 years ago) American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars at Arkansas Post.
1797 (229 years ago) Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797 (229 years ago) Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
1861 (165 years ago) The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
1863 (163 years ago) American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
1869 (157 years ago) Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
1876 (150 years ago) Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
1895 (131 years ago) The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtian province, Taiwan and the Penghu to Japan.
1905 (121 years ago) The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1907 (119 years ago) The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1912 (114 years ago) Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
1925 (101 years ago) The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
1931 (95 years ago) After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
1944 (82 years ago) Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
1945 (81 years ago) Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
1946 (80 years ago) The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
1951 (75 years ago) The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1961 (65 years ago) Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1964 (62 years ago) Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
1969 (57 years ago) Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1969 (57 years ago) Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
1970 (56 years ago) Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1971 (55 years ago) The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
1975 (51 years ago) The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1978 (48 years ago) Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
1982 (44 years ago) Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
1986 (40 years ago) An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over.
1992 (34 years ago) The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1998 (28 years ago) Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission.
2003 (23 years ago) Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
2006 (20 years ago) A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
2013 (13 years ago) An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
2013 (13 years ago) The ceremonial funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher takes place at St Paul's Cathedral.
2014 (12 years ago) NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
2021 (5 years ago) The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Births (227)

1277 (749 years ago) Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1320)
1455 (571 years ago) Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (died 1538)
1497 (529 years ago) Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (died 1553)
1573 (453 years ago) Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
1586 (440 years ago) John Ford, English poet and playwright (died 1639)
1598 (428 years ago) Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (died 1671)
1620 (406 years ago) Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (died 1700)
1635 (391 years ago) Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (died 1699)
1683 (343 years ago) Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (died 1729)
1710 (316 years ago) Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (died 1767)
1734 (292 years ago) Taksin, King of Thailand (died 1782)
1741 (285 years ago) Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist (died 1811)
1750 (276 years ago) François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1828)
1756 (270 years ago) Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander (died 1805)
1766 (260 years ago) Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician (died 1861)
1794 (232 years ago) Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (died 1868)
1798 (228 years ago) Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (died 1840)
1799 (227 years ago) Eliza Acton, English food writer and poet (died 1859)
1814 (212 years ago) Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic (died 1888)
1816 (210 years ago) Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist (died 1876)
1820 (206 years ago) Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and (disputed) inventor of baseball (died 1892)
1833 (193 years ago) Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1900)
1837 (189 years ago) J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (died 1913)
1842 (184 years ago) Maurice Rouvier, French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (died 1911)
1849 (177 years ago) William R. Day, American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State (died 1923)
1852 (174 years ago) Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager (died 1922)
1863 (163 years ago) Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist (died 1940)
1865 (161 years ago) Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (died 1939)
1866 (160 years ago) Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (died 1927)
1868 (158 years ago) Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková, Moravian educator (died 1915)
1875 (151 years ago) Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (died 1941)
1877 (149 years ago) Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (died 1949)
1878 (148 years ago) Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (died 1961)
1878 (148 years ago) Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player (died 1942)
1879 (147 years ago) Henri Tauzin, French hurdler (died 1918)
1882 (144 years ago) Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (died 1951)
1885 (141 years ago) Karen Blixen, Danish writer (died 1962)
1888 (138 years ago) Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (died 1954)
1891 (135 years ago) George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (died 1965)
1895 (131 years ago) Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author (died 1948)
1896 (130 years ago) Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist (died 1999)
1897 (129 years ago) Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator (died 1981)
1897 (129 years ago) Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (died 1975)
1897 (129 years ago) Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (died 1983)
1899 (127 years ago) Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach (died 1958)
1903 (123 years ago) Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (died 1978)
1903 (123 years ago) Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (died 1976)
1903 (123 years ago) Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (died 1975)
1905 (121 years ago) Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor (died 1960)
1905 (121 years ago) Arthur Lake, American actor (died 1987)
1906 (120 years ago) Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (died 1984)
1909 (117 years ago) Alain Poher, French politician, President of France (died 1996)
1910 (116 years ago) Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence (died 1990)
1910 (116 years ago) Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer (died 1999)
1910 (116 years ago) Helenio Herrera, French footballer and manager (died 1997)
1911 (115 years ago) Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (died 1996)
1911 (115 years ago) Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist (died 2009)
1912 (114 years ago) Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (died 2013)
1914 (112 years ago) George Davis, American art director (died 1984)
1914 (112 years ago) Mac Raboy, American illustrator (died 1967)
1915 (111 years ago) Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier (died 2009)
1915 (111 years ago) Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (died 2003)
1915 (111 years ago) Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter (died 1999)
1916 (110 years ago) Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar (died 1989)
1916 (110 years ago) A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 1981)
1916 (110 years ago) Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister (died 2000)
1918 (108 years ago) William Holden, American actor (died 1981)
1919 (107 years ago) Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2016)
1919 (107 years ago) Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)
1920 (106 years ago) Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (died 2016)
1921 (105 years ago) Melvin Storer, American shipfitter and navy diver (died 2003)
1923 (103 years ago) Lindsay Anderson, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
1923 (103 years ago) Solly Hemus, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2017)
1923 (103 years ago) Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (died 2014)
1923 (103 years ago) Gianni Raimondi, Italian lyric tenor (died 2008)
1923 (103 years ago) Harry Reasoner, American soldier and journalist (died 1991)
1924 (102 years ago) Kenneth Norman Jones, Australian public servant (died 2022)
1924 (102 years ago) Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (died 2013)
1925 (101 years ago) René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (died 1989)
1926 (100 years ago) Joan Lorring, British actress (died 2014)
1926 (100 years ago) Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2004)
1927 (99 years ago) Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady (died 2016)
1928 (98 years ago) Victor Lownes, American businessman (died 2017)
1928 (98 years ago) Cynthia Ozick, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
1928 (98 years ago) Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer
1928 (98 years ago) Fabien Roy, Canadian accountant and politician (died 2023)
1929 (97 years ago) James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 2015)
1930 (96 years ago) Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021)
1931 (95 years ago) John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster
1931 (95 years ago) Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (died 2012)
1931 (95 years ago) Bill Ramsey, American jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor (died 2021)
1934 (92 years ago) Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1934 (92 years ago) David J. Farber, American computer scientist (died 2026)
1934 (92 years ago) Peter Morris, Australian-English surgeon and academic (died 2022)
1935 (91 years ago) Bud Paxson, American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (died 2015)
1936 (90 years ago) Urs Wild, Swiss chemist (died 2022)
1937 (89 years ago) Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (died 2012)
1937 (89 years ago) Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman (died 2019)
1938 (88 years ago) Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1938 (88 years ago) Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice
1938 (88 years ago) Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic (died 2011)
1938 (88 years ago) Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author (died 1988)
1939 (87 years ago) Robert Miller, American art dealer (died 2011)
1940 (86 years ago) Eric Dancer, English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
1940 (86 years ago) Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter (died 1983)
1940 (86 years ago) John McCririck, English journalist (died 2019)
1940 (86 years ago) Chuck Menville, American animator and screenwriter (died 1992)
1940 (86 years ago) Anja Silja, German soprano and actress
1940 (86 years ago) Agostino Vallini, Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome
1941 (85 years ago) Lagle Parek, Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1942 (84 years ago) Buster Williams, American jazz bassist
1942 (84 years ago) Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer (died 2009)
1943 (83 years ago) Richard Allen Epstein, American lawyer, author, and academic
1946 (80 years ago) Clare Francis, English sailor and author
1947 (79 years ago) Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie, Scottish lawyer and judge
1947 (79 years ago) Richard Field, English lawyer and judge
1947 (79 years ago) Sherrie Levine, American photographer
1947 (79 years ago) Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
1948 (78 years ago) Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, and producer
1948 (78 years ago) Alice Harden, American educator and politician (died 2012)
1948 (78 years ago) Pekka Vasala, Finnish runner
1951 (75 years ago) Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (died 2024)
1951 (75 years ago) Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player and businessman (died 2022)
1952 (74 years ago) Joe Alaskey, American voice actor (died 2016)
1952 (74 years ago) Pierre Guité, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 (74 years ago) John McColl, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1952 (74 years ago) Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander "Arkan" (died 2000)
1952 (74 years ago) John Robertson, Scottish businessman and politician
1954 (72 years ago) Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver
1954 (72 years ago) Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler and actor (died 2015)
1954 (72 years ago) Michael Sembello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 (71 years ago) Todd Lickliter, American basketball player and coach
1955 (71 years ago) Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1955 (71 years ago) Mike Stroud, English physician and explorer
1956 (70 years ago) Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre, Scottish lawyer and judge
1957 (69 years ago) Teri Austin, Canadian actress
1957 (69 years ago) Afrika Bambaataa, American disc jockey (died 2026)
1957 (69 years ago) Dwane Casey, American basketball coach
1957 (69 years ago) Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter
1957 (69 years ago) Julia Macur, English lawyer and judge
1957 (69 years ago) Frank McDonough, British historian
1958 (68 years ago) Laslo Babits, Canadian javelin thrower (died 2013)
1959 (67 years ago) Sean Bean, English actor
1959 (67 years ago) Jimmy Mann, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 (67 years ago) Li Meisu, Chinese shot putter
1960 (66 years ago) Vladimir Polyakov, Russian pole vaulter
1961 (65 years ago) Norman Cowans, Jamaican-English cricketer
1961 (65 years ago) Boomer Esiason, American football player and sportscaster
1961 (65 years ago) Bella Freud, English fashion designer
1962 (64 years ago) Paul Nicholls, English jockey and trainer
1964 (62 years ago) Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1964 (62 years ago) Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter and producer
1964 (62 years ago) Rachel Notley, Canadian politician
1964 (62 years ago) Lela Rochon, American actress
1966 (60 years ago) Vikram, Indian actor and singer
1967 (59 years ago) Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-Scottish actor
1967 (59 years ago) Kimberly Elise, American actress
1967 (59 years ago) Marquis Grissom, American baseball player and coach
1967 (59 years ago) Ian Jones, New Zealand rugby player
1967 (59 years ago) Barnaby Joyce, Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1967 (59 years ago) Liz Phair, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 (58 years ago) Julie Fagerholt, Danish fashion designer
1968 (58 years ago) Phil Henderson, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
1968 (58 years ago) Eric Lamaze, Canadian jockey
1968 (58 years ago) Roger Twose, New Zealand cricketer
1968 (58 years ago) Richie Woodhall, English boxer and trainer
1970 (56 years ago) Redman, American rapper, producer, and actor
1971 (55 years ago) Claire Sweeney, English actress
1972 (54 years ago) Gary Bennett, American baseball player
1972 (54 years ago) Tony Boselli, American football player and sportscaster
1972 (54 years ago) Jennifer Garner, American actress
1972 (54 years ago) Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 (54 years ago) Yuichi Nishimura, Japanese footballer and referee
1972 (54 years ago) Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 (53 years ago) Katrin Koov, Estonian architect
1973 (53 years ago) Brett Maher, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
1973 (53 years ago) Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
1974 (52 years ago) Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974 (52 years ago) Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
1975 (51 years ago) Heidi Alexander, English politician
1975 (51 years ago) Travis Roy, American ice hockey player (died 2020)
1976 (50 years ago) Maurice Wignall, Jamaican hurdler and long jumper
1977 (49 years ago) Chad Hedrick, American speed skater
1977 (49 years ago) Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist, and pianist
1978 (48 years ago) Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, German skier
1978 (48 years ago) Lindsay Hartley, American actress
1978 (48 years ago) Daniel Hensel, German composer and musicologist
1978 (48 years ago) Jason White, Scottish rugby player
1979 (47 years ago) Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 (47 years ago) Marija Šestak, Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper
1980 (46 years ago) Fabián Vargas, Colombian footballer
1980 (46 years ago) Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer, boxer, and manager
1981 (45 years ago) Jenny Meadows, English runner
1981 (45 years ago) Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer-songwriter
1981 (45 years ago) Ryan Raburn, American baseball player
1981 (45 years ago) Chris Thompson, English runner
1981 (45 years ago) Zhang Yaokun, Chinese footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Brad Boyes, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 (44 years ago) Chuck Kobasew, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 (44 years ago) Tyron Woodley, American mixed martial artist
1983 (43 years ago) Stanislav Chistov, Russian ice hockey player
1983 (43 years ago) Roberto Jiménez, Peruvian footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Andrea Marcato, Italian rugby player
1984 (42 years ago) Pablo Sebastián Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
1984 (42 years ago) Jed Lowrie, American baseball player
1984 (42 years ago) Raffaele Palladino, Italian footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Rooney Mara, American actress
1985 (41 years ago) Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
1985 (41 years ago) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player
1986 (40 years ago) Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
1988 (38 years ago) Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
1989 (37 years ago) Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper
1989 (37 years ago) Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter
1990 (36 years ago) Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
1992 (34 years ago) Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
1992 (34 years ago) Jo Jinho, South Korean singer
1994 (32 years ago) Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer
1994 (32 years ago) Yang Hongseok, South Korean singer and actor
1995 (31 years ago) Jung Wheein, South Korean singer
1996 (30 years ago) Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress
1996 (30 years ago) Caitlin Parker, Australian boxer
1996 (30 years ago) Helene Spilling, Norwegian dancer
1998 (28 years ago) Anna Odine Strøm, Norwegian ski jumper and two-time Olympic champion
1998 (28 years ago) Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana (Saint), Thai actor and singer
2001 (25 years ago) Shin Ryujin, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
2001 (25 years ago) Violette Dorange, French Professional Round the World Sailor
2005 (21 years ago) Antonio Nusa, Norwegian footballer

Deaths (103)

485 (1541 years ago) Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (born 412)
617 (1409 years ago) Donnán of Eigg, Irish priest and saint
648 (1378 years ago) Xiao, empress of the Sui dynasty
744 (1282 years ago) Al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph (born 706)
818 (1208 years ago) Bernard of Italy, Frankish king (born 797)
858 (1168 years ago) Benedict III, pope of the Catholic Church
1071 (955 years ago) Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine military commander (born c. 1045)
1080 (946 years ago) Harald III of Denmark,
1111 (915 years ago) Robert of Molesme, Christian saint and abbot (born 1027)
1298 (728 years ago) Árni Þorláksson, Icelandic bishop (born 1237)
1321 (705 years ago) Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal (born 1259)
1331 (695 years ago) Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (born 1257)
1344 (682 years ago) Constantine II, King of Armenia
1355 (671 years ago) Marin Falier, Doge of Venice (born 1285)
1427 (599 years ago) John IV, Duke of Brabant (born 1403)
1539 (487 years ago) George, Duke of Saxony (born 1471)
1574 (452 years ago) Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (born 1500)
1669 (357 years ago) Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1605)
1680 (346 years ago) Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (born 1656)
1695 (331 years ago) Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (born 1651)
1696 (330 years ago) Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (born 1626)
1711 (315 years ago) Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1678)
1713 (313 years ago) David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (born 1648)
1764 (262 years ago) Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (born 1681)
1790 (236 years ago) Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)
1799 (227 years ago) Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (born 1728)
1840 (186 years ago) Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (born 1758)
1843 (183 years ago) Samuel Morey, American engineer (born 1762)
1882 (144 years ago) George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the flush toilet (born 1810)
1888 (138 years ago) E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (born 1821)
1892 (134 years ago) Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1822)
1919 (107 years ago) Svetozar Ćorović, Serbian novelist (born 1875)
1921 (105 years ago) Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (born 1860)
1923 (103 years ago) Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1852)
1930 (96 years ago) Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (born 1863)
1933 (93 years ago) Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (born 1872)
1936 (90 years ago) Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1873)
1942 (84 years ago) Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)
1944 (82 years ago) J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (born 1867)
1944 (82 years ago) Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (born 1893)
1946 (80 years ago) Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (born 1874)
1948 (78 years ago) Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1868)
1954 (72 years ago) Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (born 1900)
1960 (66 years ago) Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
1961 (65 years ago) Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (born 1899)
1967 (59 years ago) Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (born 1908)
1975 (51 years ago) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (born 1888)
1976 (50 years ago) Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
1977 (49 years ago) William Conway, Irish cardinal (born 1913)
1983 (43 years ago) Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1939)
1984 (42 years ago) Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)
1986 (40 years ago) Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (born 1892)
1987 (39 years ago) Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (born 1901)
1987 (39 years ago) Dick Shawn, American actor (born 1923)
1988 (38 years ago) Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (born 1900)
1990 (36 years ago) Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (born 1936)
1993 (33 years ago) Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (born 1927)
1993 (33 years ago) Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (born 1928)
1994 (32 years ago) Roger Wolcott Sperry, American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
1995 (31 years ago) Frank E. Resnik, American sergeant and businessman (born 1928)
1996 (30 years ago) Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (born 1905)
1997 (29 years ago) Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918)
1998 (28 years ago) Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (born 1941)
2003 (23 years ago) Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (born 1930)
2003 (23 years ago) H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (born 1936)
2003 (23 years ago) John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist (born 1932)
2003 (23 years ago) Earl King, American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (born 1934)
2003 (23 years ago) Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (born 1910)
2004 (22 years ago) Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (born 1908)
2006 (20 years ago) Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (born 1907)
2006 (20 years ago) Scott Brazil, American director and producer (born 1955)
2006 (20 years ago) Henderson Forsythe, American actor (born 1917)
2007 (19 years ago) Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite and game show panelist (born 1910)
2008 (18 years ago) Aimé Césaire, Caribbean-French poet and politician (born 1913)
2008 (18 years ago) Danny Federici, American organist and accordion player (born 1950)
2011 (15 years ago) Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (born 1926)
2011 (15 years ago) Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (born 1940)
2011 (15 years ago) Robert Vickrey, American artist and author (born 1926)
2012 (14 years ago) Leila Berg, English journalist and author (born 1917)
2012 (14 years ago) J. Quinn Brisben, American educator and politician (born 1934)
2012 (14 years ago) Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (born 1948)
2012 (14 years ago) Nityananda Mohapatra, Indian journalist, poet, and politician (born 1912)
2012 (14 years ago) Jonathan V. Plaut, American rabbi and author (born 1942)
2012 (14 years ago) Stanley Rogers Resor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of the Army (born 1917)
2013 (13 years ago) Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (born 1931)
2013 (13 years ago) Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer (born ≈1910)
2013 (13 years ago) Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (born 1957)
2013 (13 years ago) V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (born 1934)
2014 (12 years ago) Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
2014 (12 years ago) Bernat Klein, Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (born 1922)
2014 (12 years ago) Wojciech Leśnikowski, Polish–American architect and academic (born 1938)
2014 (12 years ago) Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1940)
2015 (11 years ago) Robert P. Griffin, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1923)
2015 (11 years ago) Scotty Probasco, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)
2015 (11 years ago) Jeremiah J. Rodell, American general (born 1921)
2015 (11 years ago) A. Alfred Taubman, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1924)
2016 (10 years ago) Chyna, American wrestler (born 1969)
2016 (10 years ago) Doris Roberts, American actress (born 1925)
2018 (8 years ago) Barbara Bush, American political matriarch and literacy advocate, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993), and Second Lady of the United States (1981–1989) (born 1925)
2018 (8 years ago) Carl Kasell, American radio personality (born 1934)
2019 (7 years ago) Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949)
2019 (7 years ago) Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (born 1936)
2022 (4 years ago) Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (born 1945)