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Deaths
1199 - King Richard I of England (killed in battle) (b. 1157)
1362 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
1490 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
1528 - Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
1551 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484)
1571 - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician
1590 - Francis Walsingham, English spymaster
1605 - John Stow, English historian
1655 - David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
1707 - Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)
1755 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)
1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
1829 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)
1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)
1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)
1883 - Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
1906 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869)
1961 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
1963 - Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)
1970 - Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)
1971 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
1992 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)
1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (b. 1937)
1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi (b. 1956)
1996 - Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)
1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
1998 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (b. 1942)
2000 - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
2003 - David Bloom, American reporter (pulmonary embolism) (b. 1963)
2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
2004 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
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