0641 - Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
0731 - Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
0821 - Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies
0824 - Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
0867 - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
1141 - Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
1503 - Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1554 - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England
1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64
1650 - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
1868 - Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1870 - Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66
1879 - Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65
1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1899 - George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1901 - Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 - Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
1931 - Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
1941 - Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
1944 - Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 - Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1963 - Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
1968 - Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 - James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 - Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
1976 - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1976 - Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1977 - Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
1978 - James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 - Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
1982 - Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 - Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1985 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
1986 - Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1992 - Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 - George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
1993 - Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1994 - Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
1994 - William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
1996 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 - Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
1996 - Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
1997 - Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84
2000 - Roger Vadim (director)-Dead. Cancer.Born Jan 26, 1928. (Famous for And God Created Woman, ex-husband of Bridgitte Bardot and Jane Fonda.)
