July 22
July 22 this yearin various calendars Akan Fowukuo Armenian 2 Nawasardi 1476 Aztec Quecholli 13, 12 Cipactli Babylonian 7 Du'uzu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Jaya, Keliwon, Tungleh, Buda of Pahang, Guru, Urungan, Manuh Bengali 7 Shrabon , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Fire Rooster ・Chariot Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 6 , Day 9Xiaoshu , 1 day until Dashu )Common Era 22 July 2026 CE Coptic 15 Epip , AM 1742Egyptian 7 Choiak , 2775 NE Ethiopian 15 Ḥamlē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Quartidi de Thermidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 22 July , AD 2026 Hebrew 8 Av , AM 5786 Hindu Svātī ・Sādhya Śrāvaṇa , 1948 SE Aṣṭamī , Śukla pakṣa of Āṣāḍha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,778 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 1 Aukanætur 2026 Islamic 6 Safar , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W30-3 Japanese 9 Minazuki , Reiwa 8Shōsho , 1 day until Taisho ) Julian 9 July , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461244 Korean 9 Yangdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.14.1 14 Xul , 12 Imix Roman ante diem VII Idus Iulias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 31 Tir , SH 1405 Tibetan 8 chu stod, me pho rta
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Day of the year
July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 162 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
259 – Election of Pope Dionysius after the death of Pope Sixtus II in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian in the previous year.838 – Battle of Anzen : The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids .1099 – First Crusade : Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem .1209 – Massacre at Béziers : The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade .1227 – A coalition of north-east German towns, counts and princes defeats King Valdemar II of Denmark in the Battle of Bornhöved .1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence : Battle of Falkirk : King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk .1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War .1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe : Siege of Belgrade : John Hunyadi , Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary , defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire .1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair : A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland ; Douglas is captured.1499 – Battle of Dornach : The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor .1587 – Roanoke Colony : A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.1594 – The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange , capitulates.1598 – William Shakespeare 's play, The Merchant of Venice Stationers' Register Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.1686 – Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan .1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland , which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain .1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland " after Gen. Moses Cleaveland , the superintendent of the surveying party.1797 – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife : Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars . During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.1802 – Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam , which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.1805 – Napoleonic Wars : War of the Third Coalition : Battle of Cape Finisterre : An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder .1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War : Battle of Salamanca : British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca , Spain.1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons , initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire .1864 – American Civil War : In the Battle of Atlanta , Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta .1880 – Abdur Rahman is proclaimed emir of Afghanistan after having been accepted as ruler by the British .1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful " after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado .1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen . The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion , but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot .1916 – Preparedness Day Bombing : In San Francisco , a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.1921 – Rif War : The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco .1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.1936 – Spanish Civil War : The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community .1937 – New Deal : The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States .1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.1942 – Grossaktion Warsaw
1943 – World War II : Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily .1943 – World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens , killing 22.
1944 – The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto , starting the period of Communist rule in Poland .1946 – King David Hotel bombing : A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun , bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem , site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine , resulting in 91 deaths.1951 – Soviet space dogs : Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.1962 – Mariner program : Mariner 1 1963 – Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance .1973 – Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete , French Polynesia, killing 78.1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War .1977 – Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.1981 – The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand.1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.1990 – Greg LeMond , an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.1992 – Near Medellín , Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.1993 – Great Flood of 1993 : Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers .1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario .2003 – Iraq War : Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq , killing Saddam Hussein 's sons Uday and Qusay , along with Mustapha Hussein , Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings .2011 – Norway attacks : A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo , followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya .2012 – Syrian civil war : The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê , during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah .2013 – Dingxi earthquakes : A series of earthquakes in Dingxi , China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.2019 – Chandrayaan-2 , the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander , and the Pragyan lunar rover.Births
Pre-1600
1210 – Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (died 1238)1437 – John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton , English Baron (died 1498)1476 – Zhu Youyuan , Ming Dynasty politician (died 1519)1478 – Philip I of Castile (died 1506)1531 – Leonhard Thurneysser , scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (died 1595)1535 – Katarina Stenbock , queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1621)1552 – Anthony Browne , Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (died 1592)1552 – Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton , Lady of English peer and others (died 1607)
1559 – Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian priest and saint (died 1619)1615 – Marguerite of Lorraine , princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (died 1672)1618 – Johan Nieuhof , Dutch traveler (died 1672)1621 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1683)1630 – Madame de Brinvilliers , French aristocrat (died 1676)1647 – Margaret Mary Alacoque , French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690)1651 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter , Austrian organist and composer (died 1711)1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann , German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)1713 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect, designed the Panthéon (died 1780)1733 – Mikhail Shcherbatov , Russian philosopher and historian (died 1790)1755 – Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)1784 – Friedrich Bessel , German mathematician and astronomer (died 1846)1820 – Oliver Mowat , Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario , 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1903)1839 – Jakob Hurt , Estonian theologist and linguist (died 1907)1844 – William Archibald Spooner , English priest and scholar (died 1930)1848 – Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1914)1849 – Emma Lazarus , American poet and educator (died 1887)1856 – Octave Hamelin , French philosopher (died 1907)1857 – Jack Glasscock , American baseball player (died 1947)1862 – Cosmo Duff-Gordon , Scottish fencer (died 1931)1863 – Alec Hearne , English cricketer (died 1952)1878 – Janusz Korczak , Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)1881 – Augusta Fox Bronner , American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (died 1966)1882 – Edward Hopper , American painter and etcher (died 1967)1884 – Odell Shepard , American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (died 1967)1886 – Hella Wuolijoki , Estonian-Finnish author (died 1954)1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)1888 – Kirk Bryan , American geologist and academic (died 1950)1888 – Selman Waksman , Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1889 – James Whale , English director (died 1957)1890 – Rose Kennedy , American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch (died 1995)1892 – Jack MacBryan , English cricketer and field hockey player (died 1983)1893 – Jesse Haines , American baseball player and coach (died 1978)1893 – Karl Menninger , American psychiatrist and author (died 1990)
1895 – León de Greiff , Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1976)1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét , American poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1943)1898 – Alexander Calder , American sculptor, known for his kinetic sculptures (died 1976)
1899 – Sobhuza II of Swaziland (died 1982)1905 – Doc Cramer , American baseball player (died 1990)
1908 – Amy Vanderbilt , American author (died 1974)1908 – Terris McDuffie , American baseball player (died 1968)
1909 – Licia Albanese , Italian-American soprano and actress (died 2014)1909 – Dorino Serafini , Italian racing driver (died 2000)
1910 – Ruthie Tompson , American animator and artist (died 2021)1913 – Gorni Kramer , Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995)1915 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah , Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (died 2000)1916 – Gino Bianco , Brazilian racing driver (died 1984)1916 – Marcel Cerdan , French boxer (died 1949)
1921 – William Roth , American lawyer and politician (died 2003)1922 – Dan Rowan , American comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) (died 1987)1923 – Bob Dole , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2021)1923 – César Fernández Ardavín , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1923 – The Fabulous Moolah , American wrestler (died 2007)
1924 – Margaret Whiting , American singer (died 2011)1925 – Jack Matthews , American author, playwright, and academic (died 2013)1925 – Joseph Sargent , American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
1926 – Bryan Forbes , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)1926 – Wolfgang Iser , German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007)
1927 – Johan Ferner , Norwegian sailor (died 2015)1928 – Orson Bean , American actor (died 2020)1928 – Jimmy Hill , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015)
1928 – Per Højholt , Danish poet (died 2004)
1929 – John Barber , English racing driver (died 2015)1929 – Leonid Stolovich , Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (died 2013)
1929 – Neil Welliver , American painter (died 2005)
1929 – Baselios Thomas I , Indian bishop (died 2024)
1931 – Leo Labine , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)1932 – Oscar de la Renta , Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)1932 – Tom Robbins , American novelist (died 2025)
1934 – Junior Cook , American saxophonist (died 1992)1934 – Louise Fletcher , American actress (died 2022)
1934 – Leon Rotman , Romanian canoeist
1935 – Tom Cartwright , English-Welsh cricketer and coach (died 2007)1936 – Don Patterson , American organist (died 1988)1936 – Harold Rhodes , English cricketer
1936 – Geraldine Claudette Darden , American mathematician
1937 – Chuck Jackson , American R&B singer and songwriter (died 2023)1937 – Yasuhiro Kojima , Japanese-American wrestler and manager (died 1999)
1937 – John Price , English cricketer
1937 – Vasant Ranjane , Indian cricketer (died 2011)
1938 – Terence Stamp , English actor (died 2025)1940 – Judith Walzer Leavitt , American historian and academic1940 – Alex Trebek , Canadian-American game show host and producer (died 2020)
1941 – Estelle Bennett , American singer (died 2009)1941 – Vaughn Bodē , American illustrator (died 1975)
1941 – George Clinton , American singer-songwriter and producer
1941 – David M. Kennedy , American historian and author
1942 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun , English-Australian politician (died 2012)1942 – Peter Habeler , Austrian mountaineer and skier
1942 – Les Johns , Australian rugby league player and coach
1943 – Masaru Emoto , Japanese author and activist (died 2014)1943 – Kay Bailey Hutchison , American lawyer and politician
1943 – Bobby Sherman , American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
1944 – Rick Davies , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025)1944 – Peter Jason , American actor (died 2025)
1944 – Sparky Lyle , American baseball player and manager
1944 – Anand Satyanand , New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand
1945 – Philip Cohen , English biochemist and academic1946 – Jim Edgar , American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)1946 – Danny Glover , American actor, director, and producer
1946 – Paul Schrader , American director and screenwriter
1946 – Rolando Joven Tria Tirona , Filipino archbishop
1946 – Johnson Toribiong , Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau
1947 – Albert Brooks , American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter1947 – Gilles Duceppe , Canadian politician
1947 – Don Henley , American singer-songwriter and drummer
1948 – Neil Hardwick , British–Finnish theatre and television director1948 – S. E. Hinton , American author
1949 – Alan Menken , American pianist and composer1949 – Ann Godoff , American book editor, publisher and founder of Penguin Press
1949 – Lasse Virén , Finnish runner and police officer
1951 – Richard Bennett , American guitarist and producer1951 – J. V. Cain , American football player (died 1979)
1951 – Patriarch Daniel of Romania
1951 – Tisa Farrow , American actress and model (died 2024)
1951 – Slick Watts , American basketball player (died 2025)
1953 – Brian Howe , English singer-songwriter (died 2020)1954 – Al Di Meola , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer1954 – Steve LaTourette , American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
1954 – Lonette McKee , American actress and singer
1955 – Richard J. Corman , American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (died 2013)1955 – Willem Dafoe , American actor
1956 – Mick Pointer , English neo-progressive rock drummer1956 – Scott Sanderson , American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)
1957 – Dave Stieb , American baseball player1958 – Tatsunori Hara , Japanese baseball player and coach1958 – David Von Erich , American wrestler (died 1984)
1960 – Jon Oliva , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player1960 – John Leguizamo , Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Calvin Fish , English racing driver and sportscaster1961 – Keith Sweat , American singer-songwriter and producer
1962 – Steve Albini , American record producer and musician (died 2024)1962 – Alvin Robertson , American basketball player
1962 – Martine St. Clair , Canadian singer and actress
1963 – Emilio Butragueño , Spanish footballer1963 – Emily Saliers , American singer-songwriter and musician
1964 – Will Calhoun , American drummer1964 – Bonnie Langford , English actress and dancer
1964 – David Spade , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Derrick Dalley , Canadian educator and politician1965 – Shawn Michaels , American wrestler, trainer, and actor
1965 – Richard B. Poore , New Zealand humanitarian
1965 – Doug Riesenberg , American football player and coach
1966 – Tim Brown , American football player and manager1967 – Lauren Booth , English journalist and activist1967 – Rhys Ifans , Welsh actor
1969 – Rebecca Kiessling , American attorney and anti-abortion activist1969 – Despina Vandi , German-Greek singer and actress
1970 – Jason Becker , American guitarist and songwriter1970 – Steve Carter , Australian rugby league player
1970 – Sergei Zubov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Franco Battaini , Italian motorcycle racer1972 – Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor, director, and producer
1972 – Seth Fisher , American illustrator (died 2006)
1972 – Keyshawn Johnson , American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Brian Chippendale , American singer and drummer1973 – Mike Sweeney , American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 – Daniel Jones , Australian musician and songwriter
1973 – Ece Temelkuran , Turkish journalist and author
1973 – Rufus Wainwright , American-Canadian singer-songwriter
1973 – Jaime Camil , Mexican actor and singer
1974 – Franka Potente , German actress1977 – Ezio Galon , Italian rugby player1977 – Ingo Hertzsch , German footballer
1977 – Gustavo Nery , Brazilian footballer
1978 – Runako Morton , Nevisian cricketer (died 2012)1978 – Dennis Rommedahl , Danish footballer
1978 – A.J. Cook , Canadian actress
1979 – Lucas Luhr , German racing driver1979 – Yadel Martí , Cuban baseball player
1980 – Dirk Kuyt , Dutch footballer1980 – Scott Dixon , New Zealand racing driver
1980 – Kate Ryan , Belgian singer-songwriter
1980 – Tablo , South Korean-Canadian rapper
1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara , Sri Lankan cricketer1983 – Aldo de Nigris , Mexican footballer1983 – Dries Devenyns , Belgian cyclist
1983 – Steven Jackson , American football player
1983 – Andreas Ulvo , Norwegian pianist
1984 – Stewart Downing , English footballer1985 – Jessica Abbott , Australian swimmer1985 – Takudzwa Ngwenya , Zimbabwean-American rugby player
1985 – Akira Tozawa , Japanese wrestler
1986 – Colin de Grandhomme , Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer1986 – Stevie Johnson , American football player
1987 – Denis Gargaud Chanut , French slalom canoeist1987 – Charlotte Kalla , Swedish skier
1988 – William Buick , Norwegian-British flat jockey1988 – Paul Coutts , Scottish footballer
1988 – George Santos , American politician
1988 – Thomas Kraft , German footballer
1988 – Sercan Temizyürek , Turkish footballer
1989 – Israel Adesanya , New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer1989 – Keegan Allen , American actor, photographer and musician
1991 – Taylor Lewan , American football player1991 – Matty James , English footballer
1991 – Tomi Juric , Australian footballer
1992 – Anja Aguilar , Filipino actress and singer1992 – Selena Gomez , American singer and actress
1992 – Carolin Schnarre , German Paralympic equestrian
1993 – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist1995 – Ezekiel Elliott , American football player1995 – Armaan Malik , Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
1995 – Jonathan Owens , American football player
1996 – Kevin Fiala , Swiss ice hockey player1996 – Skyler Gisondo , American actor
1998 – Marc Cucurella , Spanish footballer1998 – Larray , American YouTuber
1998 – Madison Pettis , American actress
1998 – Federico Valverde , Uruguayan footballer
1998 – Sahaphap Wongratch , Thai actor, model, and singer
1999 – Sidney Chu , Hong Kong skater1999 – Jason Robertson , American ice hockey player
2000 – Garrett Wilson , American football player2002 – Konstanse Marie Alvær , Norwegian politician2002 – Prince Felix of Denmark
2003 – Solveig Vik , Norwegian politician2006 – Javon Walton , American actor and boxer2013 – Prince George of Wales Deaths
Pre-1600
698 – Wu Chengsi , nephew of Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian 1258 – Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (born c. 1200)1274 – Henry I of Navarre , Count of Champagne and Brie and King of Navarre 1298 – Sir John de Graham , Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk1362 – Louis, Count of Gravina (born 1324)1376 – Simon Langham , Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1310)1387 – Frans Ackerman , Flemish politician (born 1330)1461 – Charles VII of France (born 1403)1525 – Richard Wingfield , English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1426)1540 – John Zápolya , Hungarian king (born 1487)1550 – Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (born 1481)1581 – Richard Cox , English bishop (born 1500)1619 – Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian priest and saint (born 1559)1645 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares , Spanish statesman (born 1587)1676 – Pope Clement X (born 1590)1726 – Hugh Drysdale , English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia 1734 – Peter King, 1st Baron King , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1669)1789 – Joseph Foullon de Doué , French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1715)1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771)1824 – Thomas Macnamara Russell , English admiral1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi , Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)1832 – Napoleon II , French emperor (born 1811)1833 – Joseph Forlenze , Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (born 1757)1864 – James B. McPherson , American general (born 1828)1869 – John A. Roebling , German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (born 1806)1902 – Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski , Polish cardinal (born 1822)1903 – Cassius Marcellus Clay , American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1810)1904 – Wilson Barrett , English actor and playwright (born 1846)1906 – William Snodgrass , Canadian minister and academic (born 1827)1908 – Randal Cremer , English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)1915 – Sandford Fleming , Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (born 1827)1916 – James Whitcomb Riley , American poet and author (born 1849)1918 – Indra Lal Roy , Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (born 1898)1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt , American businessman and horse breeder (born 1849)1922 – Jōkichi Takamine , Japanese-American chemist and academic (born 1854)1932 – J. Meade Falkner , English author and poet (born 1858)1932 – Reginald Fessenden , Canadian inventor and academic (born 1866)
1932 – Errico Malatesta , Italian activist and author (born 1853)
1932 – Flo Ziegfeld , American actor and producer (born 1867)
1934 – John Dillinger , American gangster (born 1903)1937 – Ted McDonald , Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1891)1940 – George Fuller , Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1861)1940 – Albert Young , American boxer and promoter (born 1877)
1948 – Rūdolfs Jurciņš , Latvian basketball player (born 1909)1950 – William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)1958 – Mikhail Zoshchenko , Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (born 1895)1967 – Carl Sandburg , American poet and historian (born 1878)1968 – Giovannino Guareschi , Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908)1970 – George Johnston , Australian journalist and author (born 1912)1974 – Wayne Morse , American lawyer and politician (born 1900)1979 – J. V. Cain , American football player (born 1951)1979 – Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1929)
1986 – Floyd Gottfredson , American author and illustrator (born 1905)1986 – Ede Staal , Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1987 – Fahrettin Kerim Gökay , Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900)1990 – Manuel Puig , Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1932)1990 – Eduard Streltsov , Soviet footballer (born 1937)
1992 – David Wojnarowicz , American painter, photographer, and activist (born 1954)1995 – Harold Larwood , English-Australian cricketer (born 1904)1996 – Rob Collins , English keyboard player (born 1956)1998 – Fritz Buchloh , German footballer and coach (born 1909)2000 – Eric Christmas , English-born Canadian actor (born 1916)2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite , Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1925)
2000 – Raymond Lemieux , Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920)
2000 – Claude Sautet , French director and screenwriter (born 1924)
2001 – Indro Montanelli , Italian journalist and historian (born 1909)2004 – Sacha Distel , French singer and guitarist (born 1933)2004 – Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer (born 1922)
2005 – Eugene Record , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)2006 – Dika Newlin , American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (born 1923)2006 – José Antonio Delgado , Venezuelan mountaineer (born 1965)
2007 – Mike Coolbaugh , American baseball player and coach (born 1972)2007 – László Kovács , Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (born 1933)
2007 – Rollie Stiles , American baseball player (born 1906)
2008 – Estelle Getty , American actress (born 1923)2009 – Richard M. Givan , American lawyer and judge (born 1921)2009 – Peter Krieg , German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
2010 – Kenny Guinn , American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936)2011 – Linda Christian , Mexican-American actress (born 1923)2011 – Cees de Wolf , Dutch footballer (born 1945)
2012 – Ding Guangen , Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)2012 – George Armitage Miller , American psychologist and academic (born 1920)
2012 – Frank Pierson , American director and screenwriter (born 1925)
2013 – Natalie de Blois , American architect, co-designed the Lever House (born 1921)2013 – Dennis Farina , American policeman and actor (born 1944)
2013 – Lawrie Reilly , Scottish footballer (born 1928)
2013 – Rosalie E. Wahl , American lawyer and judge (born 1924)
2014 – Johann Breyer , German SS officer (born 1925)2014 – Louis Lentin , Irish director and producer (born 1933)
2014 – Nitzan Shirazi , Israeli footballer and manager (born 1971)
2018 – Frank Havens , American canoeist (born 1924)2022 – Maria Petri , English association football supporter (born 1939)2024 – Mark Carnevale , American golfer and radio commentator (born 1960)2024 – Duke Fakir , American singer (born 1935)
2024 – John Mayall , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1933)
2025 – John Fallon , Scottish footballer (born 1940)2025 – George Kooymans , Dutch musician (born 1948)
2025 – Ozzy Osbourne , English musician and media personality (born 1948)
2025 – Chuck Mangione , American musician (born 1940)
2025 – Shelly Zegart , American quilt collector, historian, and advocate (born 1941)
2026 – Chuck Russell , American film director and producer (born 1958)