August 25
August 25 this yearin various calendars Akan Kwabene Armenian 6 Hoṙi 1476 Aztec Atemoztli 7, 7 Cuāuhtli Babylonian 11 Abu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Beteng, Sri, Wage, Was, Anggara of Matal, Ludra, Ogan, Raja Bengali 10 Bhadro , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Metal Goat ・Tail Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 7 , Day 13Chushu , 13 days until Bailu )Common Era 25 August 2026 CE Coptic 19 Mesori , AM 1742Egyptian 11 Tybi , 2775 NE Ethiopian 19 Naḥasē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Octidi de Fructidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 25 August , AD 2026 Hebrew 12 Elul , AM 5786 Hindu Uttarāṣāḍha ・Ayuṣmān Bhādrapada , 1948 SE Trayodaśī , Śukla pakṣa of Śrāvaṇa , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,812 Icelandic Þriðjudagur, 1 Tvímánuður 2026 Islamic 11 Rabi' al-awwal , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W35-2 Japanese 13 Fumizuki , Reiwa 8Shosho , 13 days until Hakuro ) Julian 12 August , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461278 Korean 13 Wonsungidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.15.15 8 Mol , 7 Men Roman Pridie Idus Augustas , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 3 Shahrivar , SH 1405 Tibetan 13 gro bzhin, me pho rta
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Day of the year
August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 128 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
383 AD – Roman Emperor Gratian is murdered at a banquet after having surrendered to the forces of rival emperor Magnus Maximus .450 – Marcian is proclaimed Eastern Roman emperor at Hebdomon and marries empress Pulcheria .766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios .1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht .1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under Michael VIII Palaiologos , paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea .1270 – Philip III , although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX , during the Eighth Crusade . His uncle, Charles I of Naples , is forced to begin peace negotiations with Muhammad I al-Mustansir , Hafsid Sultan of Tunis.1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army , and the second most senior, is formed.1543 – António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.1580 – War of the Portuguese Succession : Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union .1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka .1651 – A parliamentarian army defeats a royalist army under James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby , in the battle of Wigan Lane during the Third English Civial War .1758 – Seven Years' War : Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf .1814 – War of 1812 : On the second day of the burning of Washington , British troops torch the Library of Congress , United States Treasury , Department of War , and other public buildings.1823 – American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota .1825 – The Thirty-Three Orientals declare the independence of Uruguay from Brazil.1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun Moon .1875 – Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.1883 – France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế , recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet 1904 – Russo-Japanese War : The Battle of Liaoyang begins.1912 – The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking .1914 – World War I : Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary .1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.1920 – Polish–Soviet War : Battle of Warsaw , which began on August 13 , ends with the Red Army 's defeat.1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County , Sichuan , China and kills 9,000 people.1933 – Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement . The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine .
1939 – As part of its S-Plan , the Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.1940 – World War II : The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force .1941 – World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran : The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran .1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons ; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay : Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay , New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay .
1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies .1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender , armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch , regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War .1945 – The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty .
1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss .1950 – To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.1958 – The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles , Chikin Ramen , are introduced by Taiwanese -Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando .1960 – The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome , Italy.1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964 .1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell , founder of the American Nazi Party , is assassinated by a former member of his group.1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations .1980 – The last performance of the Jahrhundertring Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.
1981 – Voyager 2 Saturn .1985 – Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine , killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith .1989 – Voyager 2 Neptune , the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.1989 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 , carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union .1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence ).
1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux .
1997 – Egon Krenz , the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall .2001 – American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport , Bahamas .2003 – NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.2005 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida .2006 – Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.2010 – A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport , killing 20.2011 – Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas .2012 – Voyager 1 interstellar space , becoming the first man-made object to do so.2017 – Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane , the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004 .2017 – Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present) : One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army , leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation. Births
1605 – Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg , German noble (died 1638)1624 – François de la Chaise , French priest (died 1709)1662 – John Leverett the Younger , American lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1724)1707 – Louis I of Spain (died 1724)1724 – George Stubbs , English painter and academic (died 1806)1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian and author (died 1792)1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder , German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)1758 – Franz Teyber , Austrian organist and composer (died 1810)1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just , French soldier and politician (died 1794)1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel , English admiral (died 1853)1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria , King of Bavaria (died 1868)1793 – John Neal , American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died 1876)1796 – James Lick , American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)1802 – Nikolaus Lenau , Romanian-Austrian poet and author (died 1850)1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (died 1880)1812 – Nikolay Zinin , Russian organic chemist (died 1880)1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus , French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (died 1898)1819 – Allan Pinkerton Scottish-American barrel maker, private detective (co-founder of Pinkerton Agency), abolitionist, and spy (died 1884)1828 – Jane Stanford American philanthropist, co-founder of Stanford University, first lady of California (died 1905)1829 – Carlo Acton , Italian pianist and composer (died 1909)1836 – Bret Harte , American short story writer and poet (died 1902)1840 – George C. Magoun , American businessman (died 1893)1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria , King of Bavaria (died 1886)1850 – Charles Richet , French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)1867 – James W. Gerard , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)1869 – Tom Kiely , British-Irish decathlete (died 1951)1875 – Agnes Mowinckel , Norwegian actress (died 1963)1877 – Joshua Lionel Cowen , American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (died 1965)1878 – Ted Birnie , English footballer and manager (died 1935)1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly , Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (died 1966)1889 – Alexander Mair , Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969)1891 – David Shimoni , Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (died 1956)1893 – Henry Trendley Dean , American dentist (died 1962)1898 – Helmut Hasse , German mathematician and academic (died 1975)1898 – Arthur Wood , English cricketer (died 1973)
1899 – Paul Herman Buck , American historian and author (died 1978)1900 – Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie , Scottish architect (died 1970)1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs , German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981) 1902 – Stefan Wolpe , German-American composer and educator (died 1972)1903 – Arpad Elo , Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (died 1992)1905 – Faustina Kowalska , Polish nun and saint (died 1938)1906 – Jim Smith , English cricketer (died 1979)1909 – Ruby Keeler , Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)1909 – Michael Rennie , English actor and producer (died 1971)
1910 – George Cisar , American baseball player (died 2010)1910 – Dorothea Tanning , American painter, sculptor, and poet (died 2012)
1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2013)1912 – Erich Honecker , German politician (died 1994)1913 – Don DeFore , American actor (died 1993)1913 – Walt Kelly , American illustrator and animator (died 1973)
1916 – Van Johnson , American actor (died 2008)1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
1916 – Saburō Sakai , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)
1917 – Mel Ferrer , American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)1918 – Leonard Bernstein , American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)1918 – Richard Greene , English actor (died 1985)
1919 – William P. Foster , American bandleader and educator (died 2010)1919 – George Wallace , American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)
1919 – Jaap Rijks , Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)
1921 – Monty Hall , Canadian television personality and game show host (died 2017)1921 – Bryce Mackasey , Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1999)
1921 – Brian Moore , Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999)
1923 – Álvaro Mutis , Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)1923 – Allyre Sirois , Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)
1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy , Hungarian tennis player and coach (died 2006)1925 – Thea Astley , Australian journalist and author (died 2004)1925 – Hilmar Hoffmann , German film and culture academic (died 2018)
1925 – Stepas Butautas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)
1927 – Althea Gibson , American tennis player and golfer (died 2003)1927 – Des Renford , Australian swimmer (died 1999)
1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley , American football player (died 2018)1928 – Darrell Johnson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2004)
1928 – Karl Korte , American composer and academic (died 2022)
1928 – Herbert Kroemer , German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1930 – Sean Connery , Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)1930 – György Enyedi , Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)
1930 – Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (died 2003)
1930 – Crispin Tickell , English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)
1931 – Regis Philbin , American actor and television host (died 2020)1932 – Anatoly Kartashov , Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 2005)1933 – Patrick F. McManus , American journalist and author (died 2018)1933 – Wayne Shorter , American saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
1933 – Tom Skerritt , American actor (died 2026)
1934 – Lise Bacon , Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2025)1934 – Eddie Ilarde , Filipino journalist and politician (died 2020)
1935 – Charles Wright , American poet1936 – Giridharilal Kedia , Indian businessman (died 2009)1937 – Jimmy Hannan , Australian television host and singer (died 2019)1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff , American author
1938 – David Canary , American actor (died 2015)1938 – Frederick Forsyth , English journalist and author (died 2025)
1939 – John Badham , English-American actor, director, and producer1939 – Marshall Brickman , Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg , German boxer and actor (died 2004)1941 – Mario Corso , Italian footballer and coach (died 2020)1941 – Ludwig Müller , German footballer (died 2021)
1942 – Nathan Deal , American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia 1942 – Pat Ingoldsby , Irish poet and television presenter (died 2025)
1942 – Ivan Koloff , Canadian wrestler (died 2017)
1943 – Pete Stemkowski , Canadian ice hockey player1944 – Conrad Black , Canadian historian and author1944 – Jacques Demers , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
1944 – Anthony Heald , American actor
1944 – Andrew Longmore , British lawyer and judge
1945 – Daniel Hulet , Belgian cartoonist (died 2011)1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer , American screenwriter and producer
1946 – Rollie Fingers , American baseball player1946 – Charles Ghigna , American poet and author
1946 – Charlie Sanders , American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
1947 – Michael Kaluta , American author and illustrator1947 – Keith Tippett , British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
1948 – Ledward Kaapana , American singer and guitarist1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas , Greek chemist and biologist
1949 – Martin Amis , British novelist (died 2023)1949 – Rijkman Groenink , Dutch banker and academic
1949 – John Savage , American actor and producer
1949 – Gene Simmons , Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1950 – Willy DeVille , American singer and songwriter (died 2009)1950 – Charles Fambrough , American bassist, composer, and producer (died 2011)
1951 – Rob Halford , English heavy metal singer-songwriter1951 – Bill Handel , Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
1952 – Kurban Berdyev , Turkmen footballer and manager1952 – Geoff Downes , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1952 – Duleep Mendis , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1954 – Elvis Costello , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness , Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
1955 – John McGeoch , Scottish guitarist (died 2004)1955 – Gerd Müller , German businessman and politician
1956 – Matt Aitken , English songwriter and record producer1956 – Takeshi Okada , Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
1956 – Henri Toivonen , Finnish race car driver (died 1986)
1957 – Sikander Bakht , Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster1957 – Simon McBurney , English actor and director
1957 – Frank Serratore , American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Tim Burton , American director, producer, and screenwriter1958 – Christian LeBlanc , American actor
1959 – Ian Falconer , American author and illustrator (died 2023)1959 – Steve Levy , American lawyer and politician
1959 – Bernardo Rezende , Brazilian volleyball coach and player
1959 – Lane Smith , American author and illustrator
1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson , American soprano and actress
1960 – Ashley Crow , American actress1960 – David Mabuza , South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (died 2025)
1960 – Georg Zellhofer , Austrian footballer and manager
1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor1961 – Dave Tippett , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Ally Walker , American actress
1961 – Joanne Whalley , English actress
1962 – Taslima Nasrin , Bangladeshi author1962 – Theresa Andrews , American swimmer
1962 – Vivian Campbell , Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Michael Zorc , German footballer
1963 – Miro Cerar , Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia 1963 – Shock G , American rapper and producer (died 2021)
1963 – Tiina Intelmann , Estonian lawyer and diplomat
1964 – Azmin Ali , Malaysian mathematician and politician1964 – Maxim Kontsevich , Russian-American mathematician and academic
1964 – Blair Underwood , American actor
1965 – Cornelius Bennett , American football player1965 – Tim Cain , American video game designer
1965 – Sanjeev Sharma , Indian cricketer and coach
1965 – Mia Zapata , American singer (died 1993)
1966 – Albert Belle , American baseball player1966 – Michael Cohen , former personal attorney to Donald Trump
1966 – Robert Maschio , American actor
1966 – Derek Sherinian , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1966 – Terminator X , American hip-hop DJ
1967 – Tom Hollander , English actor1967 – Jeff Tweedy , American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1967 – Jon Husted , American politician
1968 – David Alan Basche , American actor1968 – Stuart Murdoch , Scottish singer-songwriter
1968 – Spider One , American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 – Rachael Ray , American chef, author, and television host
1968 – Takeshi Ueda , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1969 – Olga Konkova , Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer1969 – Cameron Mathison , Canadian actor and television personality
1969 – Catriona Matthew , Scottish golfer
1969 – Vivek Razdan , Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1970 – Doug Glanville , American baseball player and sportscaster1970 – Debbie Graham , American tennis player
1970 – Robert Horry , American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 – Adrian Lam , Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
1970 – Sille Lundquist , Danish model and fashion model (died 2018)
1970 – Jo Dee Messina , American singer-songwriter
1970 – Claudia Schiffer , German model and fashion designer
1971 – Jason Death , Australian rugby league player1971 – Nathan Page , Australian actor
1972 – Marvin Harrison , American football player1973 – Fatih Akın , German director, producer, and screenwriter1974 – Eric Millegan , American actor1974 – Pablo Ozuna , Dominican baseball player
1975 – Brad Drew , Australian rugby league player1975 – Petria Thomas , Australian swimmer and coach
1976 – Damon Jones , American basketball player and coach1976 – Javed Qadeer , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1976 – Alexander Skarsgård , Swedish actor
1977 – Masumi Asano , Japanese voice actress and producer1977 – Andy McDonald , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Jonathan Togo , American actor
1978 – Kel Mitchell , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1978 – Robert Mohr , German rugby player
1979 – Marlon Harewood , English footballer1979 – Philipp Mißfelder , German historian and politician (died 2015)
1979 – Deanna Nolan , American basketball player
1981 – Rachel Bilson , American actress1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger , Namibian cricketer
1981 – Camille Pin , French tennis player
1982 – Jung Jung-suk , South Korean footballer (died 2011)1982 – Nick Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – James Rossiter , English race car driver1984 – Florian Mohr , German footballer1984 – Anya Monzikova , Russian-American model and actress
1986 – Rodney Ferguson , American footballer1987 – Stacey Farber , Canadian actress1987 – Velimir Jovanović , Serbian footballer
1987 – Blake Lively , American model and actress
1987 – Amy Macdonald , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 – Justin Upton , American baseball player
1987 – Adam Warren , American baseball player
1987 – James Wesolowski , Australian footballer
1988 – Angela Park , Brazilian-American golfer1988 – Giga Chikadze , Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
1989 – Hiram Mier , Mexican footballer1989 – Jaakko Ohtonen , Finnish actor
1990 – Max Muncy , American baseball player1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki , Japanese singer and actress1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez , Swiss footballer
1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns , Latvian ice hockey player1994 – Caris LeVert , American basketball player
1995 – Ong Seong-wu , South Korean singer and actor1995 – Dowoon , South Korean musician
1998 – China Anne McClain , American actress and singer2000 – Nicki Nicole , Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter2003 – Rebeka Jančová , Slovak alpine ski racer2004 – Evann Girault , French-Nigerien sabre fencer2006 – Kimi Antonelli , Italian race car driverDeaths
Pre-1600
AD 79 – Pliny the Elder , Roman commander and philosopher (born 23)274 – Yang Yan , Jin Dynasty empress (born 238)306 – Saint Maginus , Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona 383 – Gratian , Roman emperor (born 359)471 – Gennadius I , patriarch of Constantinople 766 – Constantine Podopagouros , Byzantine official766 – Strategios Podopagouros , Byzantine general
985 – Dietrich of Haldensleben , German margrave 1091 – Sisnando Davides , military leader1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1142)1258 – George Mouzalon , regent of the Empire of Nicaea1270 – Louis IX of France (born 1214)1270 – Alphonso of Brienne (born c. 1225)
1271 – Joan, Countess of Toulouse (born 1220)1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe , English bishop and saint (born 1218)1322 – Beatrice of Silesia , queen consort of Germany (born c. 1292)1327 – Demasq Kaja , Chobanid1330 – Sir James Douglas , Scottish guerrilla leader (born 1286)1339 – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born 1260)1368 – Andrea Orcagna , Italian painter, sculptor, and architect1482 – Margaret of Anjou wife of Henry VI and Queen Consort of England and disputed Queen Consort of France (born 1429)1485 – William Catesby , supporter of Richard III (born 1450)1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1473)1592 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (born 1532)1600 – Hosokawa Gracia , Japanese aristocrat and Catholic convert (born 1563)1603 – Ahmad al-Mansur , Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (born 1549)1631 – Nicholas Hyde , Lord Chief Justice of England (bornc. 1572)1632 – Thomas Dekker , English author and playwright (born 1572)1688 – Henry Morgan , Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (born 1635)1699 – Christian V of Denmark (born 1646)1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey , English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1656)1742 – Carlos Seixas , Portuguese organist and composer (born 1704)1774 – Niccolò Jommelli , Italian composer and educator (born 1714)1776 – David Hume , Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711)1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian diplomat (born 1727)1797 – Thomas Chittenden , Governor of the Vermont Republic , and first Governor of the State of Vermont (born 1730)1815 – Stephen Badlam , American artisan and military officer (born 1751)1819 – James Watt , Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)1822 – William Herschel , German-English astronomer and composer (born 1738)1867 – Michael Faraday , English physicist and chemist (born 1791)1882 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , Estonian physician and author (born 1803)1886 – Zinovios Valvis , Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1800)1892 – William Champ , English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (born 1808)1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche , German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844)1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour , French painter and lithographer (born 1836)1908 – Henri Becquerel , French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)1916 – Mary Tappan Wright , American novelist and short story writer (born 1851)1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov , Russian poet and critic (born 1886)1924 – Mariano Álvarez , Filipino general and politician (born 1842)1924 – Velma Caldwell Melville , American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (born 1858)
1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austrian field marshal (born 1852)1930 – Frankie Campbell , American boxer (born 1904)1931 – Dorothea Fairbridge , South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (born 1862)1936 – Juliette Adam , French author (born 1836)1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin , Russian pilot, explorer, and author (born 1870)1939 – Babe Siebert , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (born 1874)1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (born 1902)1945 – John Birch , American soldier and missionary (born 1918)1956 – Alfred Kinsey , American biologist and academic (born 1894)1965 – Moonlight Graham , American baseball player and physician (born 1879)1966 – Lao She , Chinese novelist and dramatist (born 1899)1967 – Stanley Bruce , Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1883)1967 – Oscar Cabalén , Argentine race car driver (born 1928)
1967 – Paul Muni , Ukrainian-born American actor (born 1895)
1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell , American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (born 1918)
1968 – Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer and coach (born 1910)1969 – Robert Cosgrove , Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (born 1884)1970 – Tachū Naitō , Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (born 1886)1971 – Ted Lewis , American singer and clarinet player (born 1890)1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám , Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1875)1976 – Eyvind Johnson , Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)1977 – Károly Kós , Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (born 1883)1979 – Stan Kenton , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1911)1980 – Gower Champion , American dancer and choreographer (born 1919)1981 – Nassos Kedrakas , Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1915)1982 – Anna German , Polish singer (born 1936)1984 – Truman Capote , American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1924)1984 – Viktor Chukarin , Ukrainian gymnast and coach (born 1921)
1984 – Waite Hoyt , American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1899)
1988 – Price Daniel , American politician, 38th Governor of Texas (born 1910)1988 – Art Rooney , American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)
1990 – Morley Callaghan , Canadian author and playwright (born 1903)1995 – Doug Stegmeyer , American bass player and producer (born 1951)1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr. , American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (born 1907)1999 – Rob Fisher , English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1956)2000 – Carl Barks , American author and illustrator (born 1901)2000 – Frederick C. Bock , American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
2000 – Jack Nitzsche , American pianist, composer, and producer (born 1937)
2000 – Allen Woody , American bass player and songwriter (born 1955)
2001 – Aaliyah , American singer and actress (born 1979)2001 – Carl Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1938)
2001 – Üzeyir Garih , Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (born 1929)
2001 – Ken Tyrrell , English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (born 1924)
2002 – Dorothy Hewett , Australian author and poet (born 1923)2003 – Tom Feelings , American author and illustrator (born 1933)2005 – Peter Glotz , Czech-German academic and politician (born 1939)2006 – Noor Hassanali , Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1918)2007 – Benjamin Aaron , American lawyer and scholar (born 1915)2007 – Ray Jones , English footballer (born 1988)
2008 – Ahmad Faraz , Pakistani poet (born 1931)2008 – Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (born 1964)
2009 – Ted Kennedy , American politician (born 1932)2009 – Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1940)
2011 – Lazar Mojsov , Macedonian politician (born 1920)2012 – Florencio Amarilla , Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)2012 – Neil Armstrong , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
2012 – Roberto González Barrera , Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)
2012 – Donald Gorrie , Scottish politician (born 1933)
2013 – Ciril Bergles , Slovene poet and translator (born 1934)2013 – António Borges , Portuguese economist and banker (born 1949)
2013 – William Froug , American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)
2013 – Liu Fuzhi , Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (born 1917)
2013 – Raghunath Panigrahi , Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)
2013 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian footballer (born 1930)
2014 – William Greaves , American director and producer (born 1926)2014 – Marcel Masse , Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)
2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering , Dutch chemist and academic (born 1938)
2014 – Uziah Thompson , Jamaican-American drummer and producer (born 1936)
2014 – Enrique Zileri , Peruvian journalist and publisher (born 1931)
2015 – José María Benegas , Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)2015 – Francis Sejersted , Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)
2016 – Marvin Kaplan , American actor (born 1927)2017 – Rich Piana , American bodybuilder (born 1971)2018 – John McCain , American politician (born 1936)2019 – Ferdinand Piëch , Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)2022 – Mable John , American blues vocalist (born 1930)2024 – Salim Al-Huss , Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)2026 – Tim Curry , English actor and singer (born 1946)2026 – Dolly Parton , American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman (born 1946)