August 19
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August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 134 days remain until the end of the year.
- 295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.[1]
- 43 BC – In the wake of the murder of Julius Caesar, his nephew and heir, Octavian, uses the threat of military force to compel the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.[2]
- 797 – Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI is seized by supporters of his mother Irene, deposed and blinded.[3]
- 947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.[4]
- 1153 – After a six month siege, Baldwin III of Jerusalem captures Ascalon, obtaining a vast amount of plunder and securing the southern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.[5]
- 1274 – Coronation of Edward I of England.[6]
- 1458 – Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope.[7]
- 1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.[8]
- 1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.[9]
- 1604 – Eighty Years War: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison of Sluis to capitulate.[10]
- 1659 – Parliamentarian forces under John Lambert defeat Royalist forces under George Booth in the battle of Winnington Bridge, ending Booth's Uprising.[11]
- 1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 116 to 160 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".[12]
- 1691 – An Imperial army under Ludwig of Baden defeats the Ottomans in the battle of Slankamen.[13]
- 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John Willard, and clergyman George Burroughs are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.[14]
- 1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.[15]
- 1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
- 1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
- 1759 – Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
- 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.[16]
- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1787 – Sultan Abdul Hamid I declares war against the Russian Empire in an effort to regain territories lost in previous conflicts, starting the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.[17]
- 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
- 1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
- 1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
- 1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
- 1862 – Dakota War: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
- 1903 – The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.[18]
- 1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events.[19]
- 1920 – The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.[20]
- 1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1934 – The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
- 1936 – The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
- 1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
- 1941 – Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter.[21]
- 1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails.
- 1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
- 1945 – August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 1960 – Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960 – Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
- 1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- 1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
- 1978 – In Iran, the Cinema Rex fire causes more than 300 deaths.
- 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at Riyadh International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- 1980 – Otłoczyn railway accident: In Poland's worst post-war railway accident, 67 people lose their lives and a further 62 are injured.[22]
- 1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1987 – Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
- 1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
- 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
- 1991 – Crown Heights riot in New York City begins.[23]
- 1999 – In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
- 2002 – Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2003 – A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.[24]
- 2003 – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children.[25]
- 2004 – Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.[26]
- 2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
- 2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
- 2013 – The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
- 2017 – Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
- 232 – Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (died 282)[27]
- 1342 – Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (died 1395)
- 1398 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (died 1458)[28]
- 1570 – Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (probable;[29] (died 1630)
- 1583 – Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman (died 1648)
- 1590 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1649)
- 1596 – Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (died 1662)[30]
- 1609 – Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (died 1661)[31]
- 1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet (died 1674)
- 1631 – John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700)
- 1646 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (died 1719)
- 1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (died 1766)[32]
- 1686 – Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (died 1737)
- 1689 (baptized) – Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher (died 1761)[33]
- 1711 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (died 1761)
- 1719 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (died 1781)
- 1743 – Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV (died 1793)[34]
- 1777 – Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (died 1830)[35]
- 1815 – Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (died 1893)[36]
- 1819 – Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1894)
- 1830 – Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (died 1895)
- 1835 – Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (died 1880)
- 1843 – C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (died 1921)
- 1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1906)
- 1848 – Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (died 1894)
- 1849 – Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat (died 1910)
- 1858 – Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934)[37]
- 1870 – Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1965)
- 1871 – Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948)[38]
- 1873 – Fred Stone, American actor and producer (died 1959)
- 1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (died 1944)
- 1881 – George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1955)[39]
- 1881 – George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (died 1954)
- 1883 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971)[40]
- 1883 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (died 1965)
- 1885 – Grace Hutchins, American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969)[41]
- 1887 – S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1943)
- 1895 – C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985)
- 1899 – Colleen Moore, American actress (died 1988)
- 1900 – Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (died 1962)
- 1900 – Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (died 1976)
- 1900 – Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)
- 1902 – Ogden Nash, American poet (died 1971)[42]
- 1903 – James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (died 1978)[43]
- 1904 – Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (died 1963)
- 1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor, key figure in the invention of television (died 1971)[44]
- 1907 – Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar (died 1979)
- 1909 – Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player (died 1988)
- 1910 – Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (died 1946)[45]
- 1911 – Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
- 1912 – Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (died 1958)[46]
- 1913 – John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (died 2004)
- 1913 – Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1993)
- 1913 – Richard Simmons, American actor (died 2003)
- 1914 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2005)
- 1914 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (died 1955)[47]
- 1914 – Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (died 2005)[48]
- 1915 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (died 2000)
- 1915 – Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (died 1985)
- 1915 – Peter Kemp, British soldier, mercenary, and writer (died 1993)[49]
- 1916 – Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (died 1987)
- 1918 – Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1996)
- 1919 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died 1990)[50]
- 1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (died 1991)[50]
- 1922 – Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)[51]
- 1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (died 2003)[52]
- 1924 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
- 1924 – William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (died 2003)[53]
- 1925 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (died 1971)
- 1926 – Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (died 2016)
- 1928 – Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer (died 1998)
- 1928 – Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (died 2004)
- 1929 – Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
- 1929 – Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic (died 2021)
- 1930 – Frank McCourt, American author and educator (died 2009)[50]
- 1931 – Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (died 2003)[54]
- 1932 – Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
- 1932 – Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (died 2016)
- 1933 – Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer
- 1933 – David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist
- 1933 – Debra Paget, American actress[55]
- 1934 – David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2023)
- 1934 – Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist
- 1935 – Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach
- 1936 – Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (died 2015)
- 1937 – Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie
- 1937 – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
- 1938 – Diana Muldaur, American actress[55]
- 1938 – Nelly Vuksic, Argentine conductor and musician
- 1939 – Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter (died 2019)[56]
- 1940 – Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer
- 1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (died 2020)[50]
- 1940 – Jill St. John, American model and actress[55]
- 1941 – John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman[57]
- 1941 – Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (died 2009)
- 1942 – Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (died 2015)[50]
- 1943 – Don Fardon, English pop singer
- 1943 – Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player (died 2024)[58]
- 1943 – Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer[55]
- 1944 – Jack Canfield, American author
- 1944 – Stew Johnson, American basketball player[59]
- 1944 – Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet (died 2016)
- 1944 – Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter[55]
- 1944 – Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (died 2018)
- 1945 – Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
- 1945 – Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, English politician
- 1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter[55]
- 1946 – Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
- 1946 – Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States[60]
- 1946 – Dawn Steel, American film producer (died 1997)
- 1947 – Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter
- 1947 – Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (died 2007)
- 1947 – Gerald McRaney, American actor[55]
- 1947 – Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director
- 1947 – Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician
- 1948 – Jim Carter, English actor[55]
- 1948 – Tipper Gore, American activist and author, former Second Lady of the United States[50]
- 1948 – Robert Hughes, Australian actor
- 1948 – Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (died 2016)
- 1949 – Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop
- 1950 – Jennie Bond, English journalist and author
- 1950 – Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation[61]
- 1951 – John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter[55]
- 1951 – Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1952 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director[55]
- 1952 – Gabriela Grillo, German equestrian (died 2024)[62][63]
- 1952 – Jimmy Watson, Canadian ice hockey player[64]
- 1954 – Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian racing driver
- 1955 – Mary-Anne Fahey, Australian actress
- 1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor[55]
- 1955 – Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominica-born English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
- 1955 – Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 – Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer[55]
- 1956 – José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist
- 1957 – Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer
- 1957 – Gary Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[55]
- 1957 – Martin Donovan, American actor and director[55]
- 1957 – Ian Gould, English cricketer and umpire
- 1957 – Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and manager
- 1957 – Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
- 1957 – Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture
- 1958 – Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1958 – Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster
- 1958 – Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia
- 1958 – Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan
- 1958 – Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[65]
- 1959 – Chris Mortimer, Australian rugby league player[66]
- 1959 – Ivan Neville, American singer-songwriter[55]
- 1959 – Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
- 1960 – Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player
- 1960 – Ron Darling, American baseball player and commentator[67]
- 1961 – Jonathan Coe, English author and academic[68]
- 1963 – John Stamos, American actor[69]
- 1965 – Kevin Dillon, American actor[55]
- 1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress and producer[55]
- 1965 – James Tomkins, Australian rower[70]
- 1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter[55]
- 1967 – Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft[71]
- 1969 – Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr., American professional wrestler and politician[72]
- 1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (died 2011)
- 1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)[73]
- 1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1969 – Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[74]
- 1970 – Fat Joe, American rapper[55]
- 1971 – Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach
- 1971 – João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
- 1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1972 – Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager
- 1973 – Roy Rogers, American basketball player and coach[75]
- 1973 – Tasma Walton, Australian actress[76]
- 1975 – Tracie Thoms, American actress[55]
- 1976 – Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1977 – Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- 1978 – Chris Capuano, American baseball player
- 1978 – Jakub Dvorský, Czech game designer[77]
- 1978 – Thomas Jones, American football player[78]
- 1979 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
- 1980 – Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2022)
- 1980 – Craig Frawley, Australian rugby league player[79]
- 1980 – Jun Jin, South Korean singer
- 1980 – Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
- 1980 – Michael Todd, American bass player
- 1981 – Nick Kennedy, English rugby player
- 1981 – Taylor Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player[80]
- 1981 – Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler
- 1982 – Erika Christensen, American actress[55]
- 1982 – Melissa Fumero, American actress[55]
- 1982 – J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
- 1982 – Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
- 1982 – Stipe Miocic, American professional mixed martial artist
- 1982 – Steve Ott, Canadian ice hockey player[81]
- 1983 – Mike Conway, English racing driver
- 1983 – Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Tammin Sursok, South African-Australian actress and singer[55]
- 1984 – Simon Bird, English actor and screenwriter
- 1984 – Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Ryan Taylor, English footballer
- 1985 – Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder
- 1986 – Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
- 1986 – Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter[50]
- 1987 – Patrick Chung, Jamaican-American football player[82]
- 1987 – Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer
- 1987 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
- 1988 – Kirk Cousins, American football player[83]
- 1988 – Veronica Roth, American author[84]
- 1989 – Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor[85]
- 1990 – Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer
- 1991 – Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian footballer[86]
- 1992 – David Rittich, Czech ice hockey player[87]
- 1993 – Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player[88]
- 1994 – Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete[89]
- 1994 – Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist[90]
- 1996 – Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress[91]
- 1996 – Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player[92]
- 1999 – Ethan Cutkosky, American actor and musician[55]
- 1999 – Thomas Flegler, Australian rugby league player[93]
- 1999 – Florentino Luís, Portuguese footballer[94]
- 2000 – Keegan Murray, American basketball player[95]
- 2001 – Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player[96][97]
- 2004 – Chae Hyun-woo, South Korean football player[98]
- 2004 – Nguyễn Đình Bắc, Vietnamese football player[99]
- 607 BC – Duke Ling of Jin, Chinese monarch[100]
- AD 14 – Augustus, Roman emperor (born 63 BC)[101]
- 780 – Credan, English abbot and saint
- 947 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (born 873)
- 998 – Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher (born 944)
- 1072 – Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (born 1037)
- 1085 – Al-Juwayni, Muslim scholar and imam (born 1028)
- 1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (born 1158)
- 1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (born 1195)
- 1284 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (born 1273)
- 1297 – Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (born 1274)
- 1457 – Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (born 1421)
- 1470 – Richard Olivier de Longueil, French cardinal (born 1406)
- 1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1415)
- 1506 – King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (born 1461)
- 1541 – Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (born 1469)[102]
- 1580 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508)
- 1646 – Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1583)
- 1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (born 1579)
- 1662 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1623)
- 1680 – Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (born 1601)
- 1691 – Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1637)
- 1702 – Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1645)
- 1753 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (born 1687)
- 1808 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (born 1721)
- 1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1749)
- 1883 – Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (born 1810)
- 1889 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1838)
- 1895 – John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (born 1853)[103]
- 1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1833)
- 1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1844)
- 1915 – Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (born 1867)
- 1923 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)
- 1928 – Stefanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1838)
- 1929 – Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (born 1872)
- 1932 – Louis Anquetin, French painter (born 1861)
- 1936 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)
- 1942 – Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (born 1901)
- 1942 – Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (born 1858)[104]
- 1944 – Henry Wood, English conductor (born 1869)[105]
- 1945 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (born 1875)
- 1950 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1871)
- 1954 – Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1881)
- 1957 – David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (born 1890)
- 1967 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (born 1884)
- 1967 – Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (born 1907)
- 1968 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (born 1904)
- 1970 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (born 1909)
- 1975 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (born 1937)
- 1976 – Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (born 1900)
- 1976 – Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (born 1946)
- 1977 – Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (born 1914)
- 1977 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (born 1890)
- 1980 – Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (born 1889)
- 1981 – Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1907)
- 1982 – August Neo, Estonian wrestler (born 1908)
- 1986 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (born 1906)
- 1986 – Viv Thicknesse, Australian rugby player (born 1910)[106]
- 1993 – Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (born 1929)
- 1994 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
- 1995 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (born 1910)
- 2000 – Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet, author, and educator (born 1948)
- 2001 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (born 1933)
- 2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926)
- 2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (born 1948)
- 2005 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1949)
- 2008 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (born 1948)
- 2009 – Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (born 1922)
- 2011 – Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (born 1941)
- 2012 – Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921)
- 2012 – Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914)[107]
- 2012 – Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944)
- 2012 – Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (born 1932)
- 2013 – Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1923)
- 2013 – Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (born 1927)
- 2013 – Abdul Rahim Hatif, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (born 1926)
- 2013 – Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
- 2014 – Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939)
- 2014 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927)
- 2014 – James Foley, American photographer and journalist (born 1973)
- 2014 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942)
- 2015 – George Houser, American minister and activist (born 1916)
- 2015 – Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (born 1935)
- 2016 – Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (born 1935)
- 2017 – Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (born 1932)[108]
- 2019 – Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (born 1948)[109]
- 2021 – Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (born 1939)[110]
- 2022 – Tekla Juniewicz, Polish supercentenarian (born 1906)[111]
- 2023 – Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (born 1954)[112]
- 2024 – Maria Branyas, American-Spanish supercentenarian (born 1907)[113]
Holidays and observances
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