April 30 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on April 30 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 10 Ordibehesht 1405.

Occasions on this day in 2026

national
National Persian Gulf Day
national
National Electricity Industry Day (Iran)
religious
Maidyozarem Gahanbar begins
cultural
Chelleh Nowruz Festival
international
International Jazz Day
countries
Walpurgis Night
countries
Reunification Day (Vietnam)

This day in the calendar

Famous people born on April 30

Events (54)

311 (1715 years ago) The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1305 (721 years ago) Roger de Flor, leader of the mercenary Catalan Company, is murdered, leading to widespread pillaging by the mercenaries in Thrace.
1315 (711 years ago) Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
1492 (534 years ago) Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.
1513 (513 years ago) Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1598 (428 years ago) Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
1598 (428 years ago) Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
1636 (390 years ago) Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
1789 (237 years ago) On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
1803 (223 years ago) Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1812 (214 years ago) The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 (188 years ago) Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1859 (167 years ago) Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities.
1863 (163 years ago) A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: Confederate forces led by General E. Kirby Smith attack federal troops retreating across the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
1871 (155 years ago) The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1885 (141 years ago) Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
1897 (129 years ago) J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
1900 (126 years ago) Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1905 (121 years ago) Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
1925 (101 years ago) Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc, is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 (99 years ago) The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1937 (89 years ago) The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1939 (87 years ago) The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
1939 (87 years ago) NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
1943 (83 years ago) World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Soviet soldiers raise the first Soviet flag over the Reichstag. The Victory Banner will be raised the next day.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
1947 (79 years ago) In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
1948 (78 years ago) In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1956 (70 years ago) Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
1957 (69 years ago) Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
1961 (65 years ago) K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
1963 (63 years ago) The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
1973 (53 years ago) Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
1975 (51 years ago) Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
1979 (47 years ago) Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupts. Between 80 and 100 people are killed.
1980 (46 years ago) Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
1980 (46 years ago) The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
1982 (44 years ago) The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
1989 (37 years ago) The Monkseaton shootings occur in Tyne and Wear, England. One is killed and 16 are injured.
1993 (33 years ago) CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
1994 (32 years ago) Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
1999 (27 years ago) Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.
2000 (26 years ago) Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
2004 (22 years ago) U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2008 (18 years ago) Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
2009 (17 years ago) Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2009 (17 years ago) Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
2012 (14 years ago) An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.
2013 (13 years ago) Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
2014 (12 years ago) A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2021 (5 years ago) Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.

Births (212)

1310 (716 years ago) King Casimir III of Poland,
1331 (695 years ago) Gaston III, Count of Foix (died 1391)
1383 (643 years ago) Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (died 1438)
1425 (601 years ago) William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (died 1482)
1504 (522 years ago) Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (died 1570)
1553 (473 years ago) Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France (died 1601)
1623 (403 years ago) François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (died 1708)
1651 (375 years ago) Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (died 1719)
1662 (364 years ago) Mary II, Queen of England and Scotland (died 1694)
1664 (362 years ago) François Louis, Prince of Conti (died 1709)
1710 (316 years ago) Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795)
1723 (303 years ago) Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (died 1806)
1758 (268 years ago) Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (died 1802)
1770 (256 years ago) David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (died 1857)
1777 (249 years ago) Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (died 1855)
1799 (227 years ago) Joseph Dart, American businessman and entrepreneur (died 1879)
1803 (223 years ago) Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879)
1829 (197 years ago) Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (died 1884)
1839 (187 years ago) Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (died 1895)
1848 (178 years ago) Eugène Simon, French naturalist (died 1924)
1857 (169 years ago) Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940)
1857 (169 years ago) Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (died 1920)
1865 (161 years ago) Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (died 1944)
1866 (160 years ago) Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (died 1936)
1869 (157 years ago) Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (died 1936)
1870 (156 years ago) Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (died 1948)
1870 (156 years ago) Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1944)
1874 (152 years ago) Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (died 1949)
1876 (150 years ago) Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)
1877 (149 years ago) Léon Flameng, French cyclist (died 1917)
1877 (149 years ago) Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (died 1967)
1878 (148 years ago) Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (died 1948)
1879 (147 years ago) Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (died 1945)
1880 (146 years ago) Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (died 1967)
1883 (143 years ago) Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (died 1923)
1883 (143 years ago) Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)
1884 (142 years ago) Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (died 1965)
1888 (138 years ago) John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)
1893 (133 years ago) Harold Breen, Australian public servant (died 1966)
1893 (133 years ago) Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs, executed Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)
1895 (131 years ago) Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1960)
1896 (130 years ago) Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (died 1972)
1896 (130 years ago) Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (died 1996)
1897 (129 years ago) Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (died 1983)
1900 (126 years ago) Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (died 1984)
1901 (125 years ago) Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
1902 (124 years ago) Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1905 (121 years ago) Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2012)
1908 (118 years ago) Eve Arden, American actress (died 1990)
1908 (118 years ago) Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1970)
1908 (118 years ago) Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (died 1997)
1909 (117 years ago) F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (died 1992)
1909 (117 years ago) Juliana of the Netherlands,
1910 (116 years ago) Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (died 2002)
1914 (112 years ago) Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (died 1997)
1914 (112 years ago) Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (died 2008)
1916 (110 years ago) Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (died 2003)
1916 (110 years ago) Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (died 2001)
1916 (110 years ago) Robert Shaw, American conductor (died 1999)
1917 (109 years ago) Bea Wain, American singer (died 2017)
1920 (106 years ago) Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (died 1994)
1920 (106 years ago) Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and woman's history author (died 2013)
1920 (106 years ago) Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser (died 2021)
1921 (105 years ago) Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (died 2014)
1922 (104 years ago) Anton Murray, South African cricketer (died 1995)
1923 (103 years ago) Percy Heath, American bassist (died 2005)
1923 (103 years ago) Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (died 2004)
1924 (102 years ago) Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (died 2023)
1924 (102 years ago) Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (died 2008)
1925 (101 years ago) Corinne Calvet, French actress (died 2001)
1925 (101 years ago) Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1960)
1926 (100 years ago) Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (died 2011)
1926 (100 years ago) Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (died 2021)
1928 (98 years ago) Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (died 2000)
1928 (98 years ago) Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (died 1995)
1930 (96 years ago) Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (died 1992)
1933 (93 years ago) Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
1934 (92 years ago) Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (died 1995)
1934 (92 years ago) Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
1937 (89 years ago) Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright (died 2025)
1938 (88 years ago) Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)
1938 (88 years ago) Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)
1938 (88 years ago) Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
1940 (86 years ago) Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer (died 2022)
1940 (86 years ago) Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
1940 (86 years ago) Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (died 1988)
1940 (86 years ago) Burt Young, American actor and painter (died 2023)
1941 (85 years ago) Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
1941 (85 years ago) Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2020)
1942 (84 years ago) Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
1943 (83 years ago) Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (died 2011)
1943 (83 years ago) Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1944 (82 years ago) Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (died 2014)
1944 (82 years ago) Jill Clayburgh, American actress (died 2010)
1945 (81 years ago) J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
1945 (81 years ago) Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2026)
1945 (81 years ago) Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (died 2001)
1945 (81 years ago) Michael J. Smith, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)
1946 (80 years ago) King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden,
1946 (80 years ago) Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1946 (80 years ago) Don Schollander, American swimmer
1947 (79 years ago) Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
1947 (79 years ago) Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 (79 years ago) Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
1947 (79 years ago) Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
1948 (78 years ago) Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1948 (78 years ago) Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
1948 (78 years ago) Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 (78 years ago) Robert Tarjan, American computer scientist and mathematician
1949 (77 years ago) Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (died 2026)
1949 (77 years ago) António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1949 (77 years ago) Karl Meiler, German tennis player (died 2014)
1952 (74 years ago) Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
1952 (74 years ago) Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (died 1984)
1953 (73 years ago) Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player
1954 (72 years ago) Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 (72 years ago) Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
1954 (72 years ago) Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
1955 (71 years ago) Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
1955 (71 years ago) David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
1955 (71 years ago) Pradeep Sarkar, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2023)
1955 (71 years ago) Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
1956 (70 years ago) Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
1957 (69 years ago) Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter
1958 (68 years ago) Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 (67 years ago) Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
1960 (66 years ago) Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
1960 (66 years ago) Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1961 (65 years ago) Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1961 (65 years ago) Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 (63 years ago) Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
1963 (63 years ago) Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
1964 (62 years ago) Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group
1964 (62 years ago) Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1964 (62 years ago) Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
1964 (62 years ago) Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor (died 2022)
1965 (61 years ago) Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
1965 (61 years ago) Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1966 (60 years ago) Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 (60 years ago) Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
1967 (59 years ago) Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1967 (59 years ago) Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-born Russian singer, composer and actor
1967 (59 years ago) Turbo B, American rapper
1969 (57 years ago) Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
1969 (57 years ago) Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
1969 (57 years ago) Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
1972 (54 years ago) Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
1973 (53 years ago) Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
1974 (52 years ago) Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
1975 (51 years ago) Johnny Galecki, American actor
1976 (50 years ago) Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
1976 (50 years ago) Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1976 (50 years ago) Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
1976 (50 years ago) Victor Glover, American astronaut
1977 (49 years ago) Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, American politician
1977 (49 years ago) Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author
1978 (48 years ago) Liljay, Taiwanese singer
1979 (47 years ago) Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1980 (46 years ago) Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
1980 (46 years ago) Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
1981 (45 years ago) Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
1981 (45 years ago) John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981 (45 years ago) Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
1981 (45 years ago) Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
1982 (44 years ago) Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982 (44 years ago) Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1983 (43 years ago) Chris Carr, American football player
1983 (43 years ago) Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
1983 (43 years ago) Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
1983 (43 years ago) Troy Williamson, American football player
1984 (42 years ago) Seimone Augustus, American basketball player
1984 (42 years ago) Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
1984 (42 years ago) Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower
1984 (42 years ago) Lee Roache, English footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Brandon Bass, American basketball player
1985 (41 years ago) Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
1985 (41 years ago) Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute
1986 (40 years ago) Dianna Agron, American actress and singer
1986 (40 years ago) Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete
1987 (39 years ago) Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Chris Morris, South African cricketer
1987 (39 years ago) Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
1988 (38 years ago) Andy Allen, Australian chef
1988 (38 years ago) Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player
1988 (38 years ago) Ana de Armas, Cuban actress
1988 (38 years ago) Liu Xijun, Chinese singer
1988 (38 years ago) Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete
1989 (37 years ago) Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor
1990 (36 years ago) Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete
1990 (36 years ago) Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter
1990 (36 years ago) Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer
1990 (36 years ago) Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
1991 (35 years ago) Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player
1991 (35 years ago) Travis Scott, American rapper and producer
1992 (34 years ago) Marcel Bauer, German politician
1992 (34 years ago) Goodnight Chicken, Taiwanese YouTuber
1992 (34 years ago) Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
1993 (33 years ago) Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
1993 (33 years ago) Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
1994 (32 years ago) Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
1994 (32 years ago) Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
1996 (30 years ago) Luke Friend, English singer
1997 (29 years ago) Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
1998 (28 years ago) Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress
1999 (27 years ago) Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster
1999 (27 years ago) Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singer
2000 (26 years ago) Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer
2000 (26 years ago) Dean James, Indonesian footballer
2002 (24 years ago) Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player
2002 (24 years ago) Teden Mengi, English footballer
2003 (23 years ago) Emily Carey, British actress
2003 (23 years ago) Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor

Deaths (108)

65 (1961 years ago) Lucan, Roman poet (born 39)
125 (1901 years ago) An, Chinese emperor (born 94)
535 (1491 years ago) Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent
783 (1243 years ago) Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen
1002 (1024 years ago) Eckard I, German nobleman
1030 (996 years ago) Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (born 971)
1063 (963 years ago) Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1010)
1131 (895 years ago) Adjutor, French knight and saint
1305 (721 years ago) Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (born 1267)
1341 (685 years ago) John III, duke of Brittany (born 1286)
1439 (587 years ago) Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (born 1382)
1524 (502 years ago) Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (born 1473)
1544 (482 years ago) Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1488)
1550 (476 years ago) Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (born 1516)
1632 (394 years ago) Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)
1632 (394 years ago) Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
1637 (389 years ago) Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (born 1571)
1655 (371 years ago) Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (born 1617)
1660 (366 years ago) Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (born 1576)
1672 (354 years ago) Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (born 1599)
1696 (330 years ago) Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (born 1640)
1712 (314 years ago) Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)
1733 (293 years ago) Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (born 1676)
1736 (290 years ago) Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (born 1668)
1758 (268 years ago) François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (born 1684)
1792 (234 years ago) John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1718)
1795 (231 years ago) Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (born 1716)
1806 (220 years ago) Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (born 1758)
1841 (185 years ago) Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (born 1758)
1847 (179 years ago) Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (born 1771)
1863 (163 years ago) Jean Danjou, French Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Camarón (born 1828)
1864 (162 years ago) John B. Cocke, Confederate States Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (born c. 1833)
1865 (161 years ago) Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (born 1805)
1870 (156 years ago) Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1792)
1875 (151 years ago) Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (born 1766)
1879 (147 years ago) Emma Smith, American religious leader (born 1804)
1883 (143 years ago) Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)
1891 (135 years ago) Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (born 1823)
1899 (127 years ago) Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (born 1824)
1900 (126 years ago) Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (born 1864)
1903 (123 years ago) Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (born 1831)
1910 (116 years ago) Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (born 1856)
1926 (100 years ago) Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)
1936 (90 years ago) A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (born 1859)
1939 (87 years ago) Frank Haller, American boxer (born 1883)
1943 (83 years ago) Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
1943 (83 years ago) Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)
1943 (83 years ago) Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)
1945 (81 years ago) Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (born 1912)
1945 (81 years ago) Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (born 1889)
1953 (73 years ago) Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (born 1874)
1956 (70 years ago) Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (born 1877)
1970 (56 years ago) Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)
1970 (56 years ago) Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)
1972 (54 years ago) Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (born 1934)
1973 (53 years ago) Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (born 1911)
1974 (52 years ago) Agnes Moorehead, American actress (born 1900)
1980 (46 years ago) Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)
1982 (44 years ago) Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (born 1949)
1983 (43 years ago) George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1904)
1983 (43 years ago) Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1913)
1983 (43 years ago) Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (born 1897)
1986 (40 years ago) Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
1989 (37 years ago) Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
1993 (33 years ago) Tommy Caton, English footballer (born 1962)
1994 (32 years ago) Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (born 1960)
1994 (32 years ago) Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (born 1919)
1995 (31 years ago) Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (born 1920)
1998 (28 years ago) Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (born 1926)
2000 (26 years ago) Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1914)
2002 (24 years ago) Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (born 1928)
2003 (23 years ago) Mark Berger, American economist and academic (born 1955)
2003 (23 years ago) Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (born 1956)
2005 (21 years ago) Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1918)
2006 (20 years ago) Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (born 1924)
2006 (20 years ago) Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (born 1925)
2007 (19 years ago) Kevin Mitchell, American football player (born 1971)
2007 (19 years ago) Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Inuk writer (born 1931)
2007 (19 years ago) Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (born 1921)
2007 (19 years ago) Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (born 1926)
2008 (18 years ago) Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (born 1923)
2009 (17 years ago) Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (born 1935)
2011 (15 years ago) Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1955)
2011 (15 years ago) Evald Okas, Estonian painter (born 1915)
2011 (15 years ago) Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (born 1911)
2012 (14 years ago) Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (born 1930)
2012 (14 years ago) Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)
2012 (14 years ago) Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)
2012 (14 years ago) Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (born 1910)
2013 (13 years ago) Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1937)
2013 (13 years ago) Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (born 1953)
2013 (13 years ago) Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (born 1925)
2014 (12 years ago) Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)
2014 (12 years ago) Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (born 1946)
2014 (12 years ago) Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (born 1929)
2014 (12 years ago) Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)
2015 (11 years ago) Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)
2016 (10 years ago) Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1921)
2016 (10 years ago) Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)
2017 (9 years ago) Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)
2019 (7 years ago) Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)
2020 (6 years ago) Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (born 1940)
2020 (6 years ago) Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, film director and producer (born 1952)
2021 (5 years ago) Anthony Payne, English composer (born 1936)
2022 (4 years ago) Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
2022 (4 years ago) Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (born 1967)
2023 (3 years ago) Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish television presenter and chef (born 1976)
2024 (2 years ago) Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)