April 14
April 14 this yearin various calendars Akan Kurubene Armenian 28 Ahekani 1475 Aztec Tlaxochimaco 14, 4 Ehēcatl Babylonian 25 Adaru, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Pasah, Laba, Umanis, Paniron, Anggara of Landep, Indra, Urungan, Dewa Bengali 1 Boisakh , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Earth Horse ・Encampment Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 2 , Day 27Qingming , 6 days until Guyu )Common Era 14 April 2026 CE Coptic 6 Parmouti , AM 1742Egyptian 3 Epagomenae , 2774 NE Ethiopian 6 Miyāzyā, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Quintidi de Germinal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 14 April , AD 2026 Hebrew 27 Nisan , AM 5786Omer 12 Hindu Śatabhiṣaj ・Śukla Vaiśākha , 1948 SE Dvādaśī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Caitra , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,679 Icelandic Þriðjudagur, 22 Einmánuður 2025 Islamic 26 Shawwal , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W16-2 Japanese 27 Kisaragi , Reiwa 8Seimei , 6 days until Kokuu ) Julian 1 April , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461145 Korean 27 Tokkidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.9.2 15 Pop , 4 Ik Roman Kalendis Aprilibus , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 25 Farvardin , SH 1405 Tibetan 27 dbo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 261 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate , commanded by Gaius Pansa , defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum .69 – Vitellius , commanding Rhine -based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome .966 – Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia , the pagan ruler of the Polans , Mieszko I , converts to Christianity , an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state .972 – Otto II , Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , marries Byzantine princess Theophanu . She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.1205 – Combined Bulgarian and Cuman army under Kalojan ambushes and defeats forces of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in the Battle of Adrianople .1395 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war : At the Battle of the Terek River , Timur defeats the army of the Golden Horde , beginning the khanate's permanent military decline.1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet ; the Earl is killed and Edward resumes the throne.1561 – A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg , described as an aerial battle.1639 – Thirty Years' War : Forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Electorate of Saxony are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz , ending the military effectiveness of the Saxon army for the rest of the war and allowing the Swedes to advance into Bohemia .1775 – The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage , the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush .1793 – The French troops led by Léger-Félicité Sonthonax defeat the slaves settlers in the Siege of Port-au-Prince .1816 – Bussa , a slave in British-ruled Barbados , leads a slave rebellion , for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero.1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.1858 – The 1858 Christiania fire severely destroys several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania , Norway, and about 1,000 people lose their homes.1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth ; Lincoln dies the following day.1865 – William H. Seward , the U.S. Secretary of State , and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell .
1881 – The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas .1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes , devices for peep-show viewing of films.1895 – The 1895 Ljubljana earthquake , both the most and last destructive earthquake in the area, occurs.1900 – The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.1906 – The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival , which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.1908 – Hauser Dam , a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana , fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.1909 – Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana .1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.1929 – The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco . William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35 .1931 – The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona , Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic .1935 – The Black Sunday dust storm , considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl , sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.1940 – World War II : Royal Marines land in Namsos , Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.1941 – World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk , Libya.1945 – World War II: In what becomes known as the Razing of Friesoythe , the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes .1958 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika , who likely lived only a few hours.1967 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo , a title he will hold for the next 38 years.1978 – Tbilisi demonstrations : Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language .1979 – The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.1981 – STS-1 : The first operational Space Shuttle , Columbia 1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) , fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh , killing 92.1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will .1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva , Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan .
1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.1994 – In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq , two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.1997 – Pai Hsiao-yen , daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing , is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.1999 – NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.1999 – A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney , Australia causing A$ 2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2001 – Series of bombings at Ramna Park in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations leave 10 people dead and dozens other injured.2002 – Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas , leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985 .
2005 – The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County .2006 – Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.2014 – Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya , Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.2014 – Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok , Nigeria.
2016 – The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto , Japan.2022 – Russian invasion of Ukraine : The Russian warship Moskva struck by two anti-ship missiles and sinks into the Black Sea .2023 – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency .2024 – Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman .Births
1629 – Christiaan Huygens , Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695)1669 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie , Swedish general and politician (died 1741)1678 – Abraham Darby I , English iron master (died 1717)1709 – Charles Collé , French playwright and songwriter (died 1783)1714 – Adam Gib , Scottish minister and author (died 1788)1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809)1769 – Barthélemy Catherine Joubert , French general (died 1799)1773 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle , French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1854)1788 – David G. Burnet , American politician, 2nd Vice-president of Texas (died 1870)1800 – John Appold , English engineer (died 1865)1812 – George Grey , Portuguese-New Zealand soldier, explorer, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1898)1814 – Dimitri Kipiani , Georgian publicist and author (died 1887)1819 – Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey , American educator, author, editor, and publisher (died 1901)1827 – Augustus Pitt Rivers , English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (died 1900)1852 – Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton , Australian biologist (died 1941)1854 – Martin Lipp , Estonian pastor and poet (died 1923)1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (died 1944)1865 – Alfred Hoare Powell , English architect, and designer and painter of pottery (died 1960)1866 – Anne Sullivan , American educator (died 1936)1868 – Peter Behrens , German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (died 1940)1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov , Russian painter and educator (died 1905)1870 – Syd Gregory , Australian cricketer and coach (died 1929)
1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali , Indian-English scholar and translator (died 1953)1874 – Matti Lonkainen , Finnish politician (died 1918)1876 – Cecil Chubb , English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (died 1934)1881 – Husain Salaahuddin , Maldivian poet and scholar (died 1948)1882 – Moritz Schlick , German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (died 1936)1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius , German philologist and scholar (died 1956)1886 – Edward C. Tolman , American psychologist (died 1959)
1886 – Árpád Tóth , Hungarian poet and translator (died 1928)
1889 – Arnold J. Toynbee , English historian and academic (died 1975)1889 – Efim Bogoljubow , Russian-German chess grandmaster (1889–1952)
1891 – B. R. Ambedkar , Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 1956)1891 – Otto Lasanen , Finnish wrestler (died 1958)
1892 – Juan Belmonte , Spanish bullfighter (died 1962)1892 – V. Gordon Childe , Australian archaeologist and philologist (died 1957)
1892 – Claire Windsor , American actress (died 1972)
1900 – Shivrampant Damle , Indian educationist (died 1977)1902 – Sylvio Mantha , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1974)1903 – Henry Corbin , French philosopher and academic (died 1978)1903 – Ruth Svedberg , Swedish discus thrower and triathlete (died 2002)
1904 – John Gielgud , English actor, director, and producer (died 2000)1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby , American author and educator (died 1999)1905 – Georg Lammers , German sprinter (died 1987)
1905 – Jean Pierre-Bloch , French author and activist (died 1999)
1906 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)1907 – François Duvalier , Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (died 1971)1912 – Robert Doisneau , French photographer and journalist (died 1994)1912 – Georg Siimenson , Estonian footballer (died 1978)
1913 – Jean Fournet , French conductor (died 2008)1916 – Don Willesee , Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2003)1917 – Valerie Hobson , English actress (died 1998)1917 – Marvin Miller , American baseball executive (died 2012)
1918 – Mary Healy , American actress and singer (died 2015)1919 – Shamshad Begum , Pakistani-Indian singer (died 2013)1919 – K. Saraswathi Amma , Indian author and playwright (died 1975)
1920 – Ivor Forbes Guest , English lawyer, historian, and author (died 2018)1920 – Eleonore Schönborn , Austrian politician (died 2022)
1921 – Thomas Schelling , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)1922 – Audrey Long , American actress (died 2014)1922 – Ali Akbar Khan , Hindustani musician (died 2009)
1923 – Roberto De Vicenzo , Argentinian golfer (died 2017)1924 – Shorty Rogers , American trumpet player and composer (died 1994)1924 – Joseph Ruskin , American actor and producer (died 2013)
1924 – Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock , English philosopher, and academic (died 2019)
1925 – Abel Muzorewa , Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (died 2010)1925 – Gene Ammons , American tenor saxophonist (died 1974)
1925 – Rod Steiger , American soldier and actor (died 2002)
1926 – Barbara Anderson , New Zealand author (died 2013)1926 – Frank Daniel , Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)
1926 – Gloria Jean , American actress and singer (died 2018)
1926 – Liz Renay , American actress and author (died 2007)
1927 – Alan MacDiarmid , New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)1927 – Dany Robin , French actress and singer (died 1995)
1929 – Gerry Anderson , English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)1929 – Inez Andrews , African-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
1930 – Martin Adolf Bormann , German priest and theologian (died 2013)1930 – Arnold Burns , American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2013)
1930 – René Desmaison , French mountaineer (died 2007)
1930 – Bradford Dillman , American actor and author (died 2018)
1931 – Geoffrey Dalton , English admiral (died 2020)1931 – Paul Masnick , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)
1932 – Bill Bennett , Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (died 2015)1932 – Atef Ebeid , Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2014)
1932 – Loretta Lynn , American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)
1932 – Cameron Parker , Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
1933 – Paddy Hopkirk , Northern Irish racing driver (died 2022)1933 – Boris Strugatsky , Russian author (died 2012)
1933 – Yuri Oganessian , Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist
1934 – Fredric Jameson , American philosopher and theorist (died 2024)1935 – Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton , English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician (died 2023)1935 – John Oliver , English bishop
1935 – Erich von Däniken , Swiss pseudohistorian and author (died 2026)
1936 – Arlene Martel , American actress and singer (died 2014)1936 – Bobby Nichols , American golfer
1936 – Frank Serpico , American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
1937 – Efi Arazi , Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (died 2013)1937 – Sepp Mayerl , Austrian mountaineer (died 2012)
1938 – Mahmud Esad Coşan , Turkish author and academic (died 2001)1938 – Ralph Willis , Australian politician
1940 – Julie Christie , Indian-English actress and activist1940 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes , English archbishop and academic
1940 – Richard Thompson , English physician and academic
1941 – Pete Rose , American baseball player and manager (died 2024)1942 – Valeriy Brumel , Soviet high jumper (died 2003)1942 – Valentin Lebedev , Russian engineer and astronaut
1942 – Björn Rosengren , Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation
1944 – John Sergeant , English journalist1945 – Ritchie Blackmore , English guitarist and songwriter
1945 – Roger Frappier , Canadian producer, director and screenwriter
1946 – Mireille Guiliano , French-American author1946 – Michael Sarris , Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance
1946 – Knut Kristiansen , Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader
1947 – Dominique Baudis , French journalist and politician (died 2014)1947 – Bob Massie , Australian cricketer
1948 – Berry Berenson , American model, actress, and photographer (died 2001)1948 – Anastasios Papaligouras , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
1949 – Dave Gibbons , English author and illustrator1949 – DeAnne Julius , American-British economist and academic
1949 – Chris Langham , English actor and screenwriter
1949 – Chas Mortimer , English motorcycle racer
1949 – John Shea , American actor and director
1950 – Francis Collins , American physician and geneticist1950 – Péter Esterházy , Hungarian author (died 2016)
1951 – Milija Aleksic , English footballer (died 2012)1951 – José Eduardo González Navas , Spanish politician
1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber , English cellist, conductor, and educator
1951 – Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean , English politician
1952 – Kenny Aaronson , American bass player1952 – Mickey O'Sullivan , Irish footballer and manager
1952 – David Urquhart , Scottish bishop
1954 – Katsuhiro Otomo , Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator1956 – Boris Šprem , Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (died 2012)1957 – Lothaire Bluteau , Canadian actor1957 – Bobbi Brown , American make-up artist and author
1957 – Marc Platt , American producer
1957 – Mikhail Pletnev , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
1958 – Peter Capaldi , Scottish actor1958 – Jim Smith , English musician
1959 – Steve Byrnes , American sportscaster and producer (died 2015)1959 – Marie-Thérèse Fortin , Canadian actress
1960 – Brad Garrett , American actor and comedian1960 – Myoma Myint Kywe , Burmese historian and journalist (died 2021)
1960 – Osamu Sato , Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer
1960 – Tina Rosenberg , American journalist and author
1960 – Pat Symcox , South African cricketer
1961 – Robert Carlyle , Scottish actor and director1962 – Guillaume Leblanc , Canadian athlete1964 – Brian Adams , American wrestler (died 2007)1964 – Jeff Andretti , American race car driver
1964 – Jim Grabb , American tennis player
1964 – Jeff Hopkins , Welsh international footballer and manager
1964 – Gina McKee , English actress
1965 – Tom Dey , American director and producer1965 – Alexandre Jardin , French author
1965 – Craig McDermott , Australian cricketer and coach
1966 – André Boisclair , Canadian lawyer and politician1966 – Jan Boklöv , Swedish ski jumper
1966 – David Justice , American baseball player and sportscaster
1966 – Greg Maddux , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1967 – Nicola Berti , Italian international footballer1967 – Barrett Martin , American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1967 – Julia Zemiro , French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer
1968 – Anthony Michael Hall , American actor1969 – Brad Ausmus , American baseball player and manager1969 – Martyn LeNoble , Dutch-American bass player
1969 – Vebjørn Selbekk , Norwegian journalist
1970 – Shizuka Kudo , Japanese singer and actress1971 – Miguel Calero , Colombian footballer and manager (died 2012)1971 – Carlos Pérez , Dominican-American baseball player
1971 – Gregg Zaun , American baseball player and sportscaster
1972 – Paul Devlin , English-Scottish footballer and manager1972 – Roberto Mejía , Dominican baseball player
1972 – Dean Potter , American rock climber and BASE jumper (died 2015)
1973 – Roberto Ayala , Argentinian footballer1973 – Adrien Brody , American actor
1973 – Hidetaka Suehiro , Japanese video game director and writer
1973 – David Miller , American tenor
1974 – Da Brat , American rapper1975 – Lita , American wrestler1975 – Luciano Almeida , Brazilian footballer
1975 – Avner Dorman , Israeli-American composer and academic
1975 – Anderson Silva , Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
1976 – Christian Älvestam , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist1976 – Georgina Chapman , English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa
1976 – Anna DeForge , American basketball player
1976 – Kyle Farnsworth , American baseball player
1976 – Nadine Faustin-Parker , Haitian hurdler
1976 – Jason Wiemer , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Nate Fox , American basketball player (died 2014)1977 – Martin Kaalma , Estonian footballer
1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar , American actress
1977 – Rob McElhenney , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Luke Priddis , Australian rugby league player
1978 – Roland Lessing , Estonian biathlete1979 – David Crisafulli , Australian politician, 41st Premier of Queensland 1979 – Rebecca DiPietro , American wrestler and model1979 – Marios Elia , Cypriot footballer
1979 – Ross Filipo , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Noé Pamarot , French footballer
1979 – Kerem Tunçeri , Turkish basketball player
1980 – Win Butler , American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1980 – Jeremy Smith , New Zealand rugby league player
1981 – Mustafa Güngör , German rugby player1981 – Amy Leach , English director and producer
1982 – Uğur Boral , Turkish footballer1982 – Larissa França , Brazilian volleyball player
1983 – Simona La Mantia , Italian triple jumper1983 – James McFadden , Scottish footballer
1983 – William Obeng , Ghanaian-American football player
1983 – Nikoloz Tskitishvili , Georgian basketball player
1984 – Blake Costanzo , American football player1984 – Charles Hamelin , Canadian speed skater
1984 – Harumafuji Kōhei , Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna
1984 – Tyler Thigpen , American football player
1986 – Matt Derbyshire , English footballer1987 – Michael Baze , American jockey (died 2011)1987 – Erwin Hoffer , Austrian footballer
1987 – Wilson Kiprop , Kenyan runner
1988 – Eric Gryba , Canadian ice hockey player1988 – Eliška Klučinová , Czech heptathlete
1988 – Brad Sinopoli , Canadian football player
1988 – Anthony Modeste , French footballer
1989 – Joe Haden , American football player1995 – Baker Mayfield , American football player1995 – Georgie Friedrichs , Australian rugby sevens player
1996 – Abigail Breslin , American actress1997 – D. J. Moore , American football player1999 – Chase Young , American football player2000 – Patrick Surtain II , American football player2001 – Jalen Williams , American basketball playerDeaths
Pre-1600
911 – Pope Sergius III , pope of the Roman Catholic Church1070 – Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (born c. 1030)1099 – Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht (born before 1040)1132 – Mstislav I of Kiev (born 1076)1279 – Bolesław the Pious , Duke of Greater Poland (born 1224)1322 – Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere , English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1275)1345 – Richard de Bury , English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1287)1424 – Lucia Visconti , English countess (born 1372)1433 – Lidwina , Dutch saint (born 1380)1471 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick , English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (born 1428)1471 – John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (born 1431)
1480 – Thomas de Spens , Scottish statesman and prelate (born c. 1415)1488 – Girolamo Riario , Lord of Imola and Forli (born 1443)1574 – Louis of Nassau (born 1538)1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell , English husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1534)1587 – Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (born 1548)1599 – Henry Wallop , English politician (born 1540)1609 – Gasparo da Salò , Italian violin maker (born 1540)1649 – Tomás Treviño de Sobremonte , crypto-Jewish martyr1662 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele , English politician (born 1582)1682 – Avvakum , Russian priest and saint (born 1620)1721 – Michel Chamillart , French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1652)1740 – Lady Catherine Jones , English philanthropist (born 1672)1759 – George Frideric Handel , German-English organist and composer (born 1685)1785 – William Whitehead , English poet and playwright (born 1715)1792 – Maximilian Hell , Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and priest (born 1720)1843 – Joseph Lanner , Austrian violinist and composer (born 1801)1864 – Charles Lot Church , American-Canadian politician (born 1777)1886 – Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint , Dutch novelist (born 1812)1888 – Emil Czyrniański , Polish chemist (born 1824)1910 – Mikhail Vrubel , Russian painter and sculptor (born 1856)1911 – Addie Joss , American baseball player and journalist (born 1880)1911 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau , Canadian lawyer and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1836)
1912 – Henri Brisson , French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (born 1835)1914 – Hubert Bland , English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (born 1855)1916 – Gina Krog , Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (born 1847)1917 – L. L. Zamenhof , Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (born 1859)1919 – Auguste-Réal Angers , Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1837)1925 – John Singer Sargent , American painter (born 1856)1930 – Vladimir Mayakovsky , Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)1931 – Richard Armstedt , German philologist, historian, and educator (born 1851)1935 – Emmy Noether , German-American mathematician and academic (born 1882)1938 – Gillis Grafström , Swedish figure skater and architect (born 1893)1943 – Yakov Dzhugashvili , Georgian-Russian lieutenant (born 1907)1950 – Ramana Maharshi , Indian guru and philosopher (born 1879)1951 – Al Christie , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881)1962 – M. Visvesvaraya , Indian engineer and scholar (born 1860)1963 – Rahul Sankrityayan , Indian monk and historian (born 1893)1964 – Tatyana Afanasyeva , Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (born 1876)1964 – Rachel Carson , American biologist and author (born 1907)
1968 – Al Benton , American baseball player (born 1911)1969 – Matilde Muñoz Sampedro , Spanish actress (born 1900)1975 – Günter Dyhrenfurth , German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (born 1886)1975 – Fredric March , American actor (born 1897)
1976 – José Revueltas , Mexican author and activist (born 1914)1978 – Joe Gordon , American baseball player and manager (born 1915)1978 – F. R. Leavis , English educator and critic (born 1895)
1983 – Pete Farndon , English bassist (The Pretenders ) (born 1952)1983 – Gianni Rodari , Italian journalist and author (born 1920)
1983 – Ben Dunne , founder of Dunnes Stores (born 1908)
1986 – Simone de Beauvoir , French novelist and philosopher (born 1908)1990 – Thurston Harris , American singer (born 1931)1990 – Olabisi Onabanjo , Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ogun State (born 1927)
1991 – Randolfo Pacciardi , centre-left Italian politician (born 1899)1992 – Irene Greenwood , Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (born 1898)1994 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , Pakistani chemist and scholar (born 1897)1995 – Burl Ives , American actor, folk singer, and writer (born 1909)1999 – Ellen Corby , American actress and screenwriter (born 1911)1999 – Anthony Newley , English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1931)
1999 – Bill Wendell , American television announcer (born 1924)
2000 – Phil Katz , American computer programmer, co-created the zip file format (born 1962)2000 – August R. Lindt , Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1905)
2000 – Wilf Mannion , English footballer (born 1918)
2001 – Jim Baxter , Scottish footballer (born 1939)2001 – Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
2003 – Jyrki Otila , Finnish politician (born 1941)2004 – Micheline Charest , English-Canadian television producer, co-founded the Cookie Jar Group (born 1953)2006 – Mahmut Bakalli , Kosovo politician (born 1936)2007 – June Callwood , Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1924)2007 – Don Ho , American singer and ukulele player (born 1930)
2007 – René Rémond , French historian and economist (born 1918)
2008 – Tommy Holmes , American baseball player and manager (born 1917)2008 – Ollie Johnston , American animator and voice actor (born 1912)
2009 – Maurice Druon , French author (born 1918)2010 – Israr Ahmed , Pakistani theologian and scholar (born 1932)2010 – Alice Miller , Polish-French psychologist and author (born 1923)
2010 – Peter Steele , American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1962)
2011 – Jean Gratton , Canadian Roman Catholic bishop (born 1924)2012 – Émile Bouchard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919)2012 – Jonathan Frid , Canadian actor (born 1924)
2012 – Piermario Morosini , Italian footballer (born 1986)
2013 – Efi Arazi , Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (born 1937)2013 – Colin Davis , English conductor and educator (born 1927)
2013 – R. P. Goenka , Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (born 1930)
2013 – George Jackson , American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
2013 – Armando Villanueva , Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (born 1915)
2013 – Charlie Wilson , American politician (born 1943)
2014 – Nina Cassian , Romanian poet and critic (born 1924)2014 – Crad Kilodney , American-Canadian author (born 1948)
2014 – Wally Olins , English businessman and academic (born 1930)
2014 – Mick Staton , American soldier and politician (born 1940)
2015 – Klaus Bednarz , German journalist and author (born 1942)2015 – Mark Reeds , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1960)
2015 – Percy Sledge , American singer (born 1940)
2015 – Roberto Tucci , Italian cardinal and theologian (born 1921)
2019 – Bibi Andersson , Swedish actress (born 1935)2020 – Carol D'Onofrio , American public health researcher (born 1936)2021 – Bernie Madoff , American mastermind of the world's largest Ponzi scheme (born 1938)2022 – Mike Bossy , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)2022 – Ilkka Kanerva , Finnish politician (born 1948)
2022 – Orlando Julius , Nigerian saxophonist, singer (born 1943)
2023 – Mark Sheehan , Irish guitarist (The Script ) (born 1976)2024 – Ken Holtzman , American baseball player (born 1945)2025 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1939)