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Acontecimientos (44)

  1. 769The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.
  2. 1071Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to the Norman Robert Guiscard.
  3. 1071The sharif of Mecca changes the khutbah from the Shiite Fatimid caliph in Cairo to the Sunni Abbasid Caliph in Bagdhad.
  4. 1191Henry VI, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Celestine III.
  5. 1277The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Mongols in the battle of Elbistan.
  6. 1450Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
  7. 1632Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
  8. 1642Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
  9. 1715The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
  10. 1736Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.
  11. 1738Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  12. 1755Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  13. 1817Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
  14. 1861President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
  15. 1865President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president.
  16. 1892The General Electric Company is formed.
  17. 1896Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  18. 1900Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  19. 1912The British passenger liner sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 712 of 2,207 passengers and crew on board survive.
  20. 1920Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  21. 1922U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
  22. 1923Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  23. 1923Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
  24. 1936First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  25. 1941World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.
  26. 1942World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  27. 1945Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
  28. 1947Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
  29. 1952First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  30. 1955McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
  31. 1960At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
  32. 1969The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
  33. 1970During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
  34. 1986The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
  35. 1989Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
  36. 1989Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
  37. 1994Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
  38. 2002Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
  39. 2013Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others.
  40. 2013A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
  41. 2014In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, more than 400 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
  42. 2019The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
  43. 2021A mass shooting occurs at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing nine and injuring seven.
  44. 2026Twelve people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a school in Onikişubat, Turkey.

Nacimientos (258)

  1. 68 a. C.Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (died 8 BC)
  2. 1282Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1329)
  3. 1442John Paston, English noble (died 1479)
  4. 1452Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)
  5. 1469Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (died 1539)
  6. 1552Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1626)
  7. 1563Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (died 1606)
  8. 1588Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (died 1653)
  9. 1592Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (died 1675)
  10. 1641Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (died 1722)
  11. 1642Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (died 1691)
  12. 1646Christian V of Denmark (died 1699)
  13. 1684Catherine I of Russia (died 1727)
  14. 1688Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (died 1758)
  15. 1707Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)
  16. 1710William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)
  17. 1731William B. Whiting, New York politician (died 1796)
  18. 1741Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (died 1827)
  19. 1771Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (died 1844)
  20. 1772Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (died 1844)
  21. 1793Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (died 1864)
  22. 1795Maria Schicklgruber, mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (died 1847)
  23. 1800James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (died 1862)
  24. 1808William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (died 1892)
  25. 1809Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (died 1877)
  26. 1817William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (died 1885)
  27. 1828Jean Danjou, French captain (died 1863)
  28. 1829Mary Harris Thompson, Mary Harris Thompson, American physician and surgeon (died 1895)
  29. 1832Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (died 1908)
  30. 1841Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (died 1921)
  31. 1841Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (died 1919)
  32. 1843Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1916)
  33. 1856Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (died 1910)
  34. 1858Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (died 1917)
  35. 1861Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (died 1929)
  36. 1863Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (died 1914)
  37. 1874George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (died 1954)
  38. 1874Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
  39. 1875James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (died 1953)
  40. 1877Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (died 1947)
  41. 1877William David Ross, Scottish philosopher (died 1971)
  42. 1878Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (died 1956)
  43. 1879Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (died 1980)
  44. 1883Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)
  45. 1885Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (died 1947)
  46. 1886Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (died 1921)
  47. 1887Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (died 1983)
  48. 1887William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (died 1953)
  49. 1888Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (died 1904)
  50. 1889Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (died 1975)
  51. 1889A. Philip Randolph, American activist (died 1979)
  52. 1890Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (died 1976)
  53. 1892Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (died 1975)
  54. 1892Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (died 1983)
  55. 1894Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1971)
  56. 1894Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (died 1937)
  57. 1895Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (died 1980)
  58. 1895Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (died 1941)
  59. 1896Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
  60. 1898Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (died 1973)
  61. 1900Ramón Iribarren, Spanish civil engineer (died 1967)
  62. 1901Joe Davis, English snooker player (died 1978)
  63. 1901Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)
  64. 1901René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1993)
  65. 1902Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (died 2002)
  66. 1903John Williams, English-American actor (died 1983)
  67. 1904Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (died 1948)
  68. 1907Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
  69. 1908Eden ahbez, American songwriter and recording artist (died 1995)
  70. 1908Lita Grey, American actress (died 1995)
  71. 1909Robert Edison Fulton Jr., American inventor and adventurer (died 2004)
  72. 1910Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (died 1986)
  73. 1910Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (died 1997)
  74. 1912William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1998)
  75. 1912Kim Il Sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 1994)
  76. 1915Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012)
  77. 1916Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (died 1982)
  78. 1916Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
  79. 1917Hans Conried, American actor (died 1982)
  80. 1917Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot (died 1944)
  81. 1917James Kee, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)
  82. 1918Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (died 2007)
  83. 1919Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (died 1993)
  84. 1920Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013)
  85. 1920Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)
  86. 1920Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (died 2015)
  87. 1921Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
  88. 1921Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009)
  89. 1922Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (died 2013)
  90. 1922Donn F. Draeger, American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)
  91. 1922Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999)
  92. 1922Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (died 1987)
  93. 1922Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (died 1981)
  94. 1923Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (died 1966)
  95. 1923Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (died 2009)
  96. 1924M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (died 1980)
  97. 1924Rikki Fulton, Scottish comedian (died 2004)
  98. 1924Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (died 2016)
  99. 1926Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (died 1990)
  100. 1927Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (died 1999)
  101. 1929Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2008)
  102. 1929Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (died 2015)
  103. 1930Georges Descrières, French actor (died 2013)
  104. 1930Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
  105. 1931Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant (died 2025)
  106. 1931Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
  107. 1933Roy Clark, American musician and television personality (died 2018)
  108. 1933David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (died 2016)
  109. 1933Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (died 1995)
  110. 1935Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (died 2008)
  111. 1936Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist (died 2019)
  112. 1937Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
  113. 1937Robert W. Gore, American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of Gore-Tex (died 2020)
  114. 1938Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress (died 2025)
  115. 1938Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (died 2016)
  116. 1939Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
  117. 1939Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (died 2009)
  118. 1940Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician (died 2026)
  119. 1940Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
  120. 1940Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (died 2010)
  121. 1940Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
  122. 1940Robert Walker, American actor (died 2019)
  123. 1941Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
  124. 1942Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop (died 2017)
  125. 1942Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
  126. 1942Kenneth Lay, American businessman and criminal (died 2006)
  127. 1942Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
  128. 1943Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic (died 2025)
  129. 1943Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  130. 1943Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician (died 2022)
  131. 1943Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (died 2006)
  132. 1944Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  133. 1946John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
  134. 1946Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
  135. 1947Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
  136. 1947Martin Broughton, English businessman
  137. 1947Lois Chiles, American model and actress
  138. 1947David Omand, English civil servant and academic
  139. 1947Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
  140. 1948Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
  141. 1948Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (died 2003)
  142. 1948Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician
  143. 1949Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress
  144. 1949Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
  145. 1950Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  146. 1950Amy Wright, American actress
  147. 1950Karel Kroupa, Czech football player
  148. 1951Heloise, American journalist and author
  149. 1951John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut
  150. 1951Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer
  151. 1951Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut
  152. 1952Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
  153. 1952Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
  154. 1952Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
  155. 1952Glenn Shadix, American actor, (died 2010)
  156. 1955Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (died 1997)
  157. 1955Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
  158. 1956Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
  159. 1957Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
  160. 1958Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  161. 1958John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
  162. 1958Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
  163. 1958Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright (died 2023)
  164. 1959Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
  165. 1959Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  166. 1959Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
  167. 1960Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
  168. 1960Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
  169. 1960Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
  170. 1960Tony Jones, English snooker player
  171. 1961Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
  172. 1961Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
  173. 1961Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer
  174. 1962Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician
  175. 1962Tom Kane, American voice actor (died 2026)
  176. 1963Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
  177. 1963Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
  178. 1963Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
  179. 1964Andre Joubert, South African rugby player
  180. 1964Lee Kernaghan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  181. 1965Soichi Noguchi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
  182. 1965Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
  183. 1965Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player
  184. 1966Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress
  185. 1966Mott Green, American businessman (died 2013)
  186. 1967Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter
  187. 1967Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist
  188. 1968Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach
  189. 1968Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner
  190. 1968Ed O'Brien, English guitarist
  191. 1969Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
  192. 1969Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
  193. 1969Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
  194. 1970Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach
  195. 1971Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player
  196. 1971Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
  197. 1971Jason Sehorn, American football player
  198. 1971Josia Thugwane, South African runner
  199. 1971Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician
  200. 1972Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009)
  201. 1972Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
  202. 1974Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
  203. 1974Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
  204. 1974Mike Quinn, American football player
  205. 1974Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
  206. 1974Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player
  207. 1975Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist
  208. 1976Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  209. 1976Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
  210. 1976Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player
  211. 1976Steve Williams, English rower
  212. 1977Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor
  213. 1977Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
  214. 1978Milton Bradley, American baseball player
  215. 1978Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
  216. 1978Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
  217. 1978Chris Stapleton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
  218. 1979Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
  219. 1980Patrick Carney, American drummer, musician, and producer
  220. 1980James Foster, English cricketer
  221. 1980Raül López, Spanish basketball player
  222. 1980Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
  223. 1980Billy Yates, American football player
  224. 1981Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer
  225. 1982Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
  226. 1982Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter
  227. 1982Albert Riera, Spanish footballer and manager
  228. 1982Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  229. 1983Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
  230. 1983Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  231. 1983Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
  232. 1983Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (died 2014)
  233. 1983Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
  234. 1983Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
  235. 1984Antonio Cromartie, American football player
  236. 1984Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
  237. 1984Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player
  238. 1985Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player
  239. 1986Tom Heaton, English footballer
  240. 1986Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer
  241. 1988Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player
  242. 1988Steven Defour, Belgian footballer
  243. 1988Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher
  244. 1989Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
  245. 1990Emma Watson, English actress
  246. 1991Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
  247. 1991Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
  248. 1992Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer
  249. 1992John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
  250. 1992Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
  251. 1993Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer
  252. 1994Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
  253. 1994Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
  254. 1995Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
  255. 1997Ashleigh Gardner, Australian cricketer
  256. 1997Maisie Williams, English actress
  257. 1998Sexyy Red, American rapper
  258. 2001Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

Fallecimientos (114)

  1. 628Suiko, emperor of Japan (born 554)
  2. 943Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (born 920)
  3. 956Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch
  4. 1053Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born 1001)
  5. 1136Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (born 1094)
  6. 1220Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (born 1157)
  7. 1237Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic
  8. 1415Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (born 1355)
  9. 1446Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377)
  10. 1502John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (born 1443)
  11. 1558Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Haseki sultan of Ottoman Empire (born 1505)
  12. 1578Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (born 1509)
  13. 1610Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (born 1546)
  14. 1632George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (born 1580)
  15. 1652Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
  16. 1659Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (born 1605)
  17. 1719Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV (born 1635)
  18. 1754Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1676)
  19. 1757Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (born 1673)
  20. 1761Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (born 1682)
  21. 1761William Oldys, English historian and author (born 1696)
  22. 1764Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1679)
  23. 1764Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (born 1721)
  24. 1765Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (born 1711)
  25. 1788Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (born 1711)
  26. 1793Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1718)
  27. 1854Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (born 1773)
  28. 1861Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (born 1792)
  29. 1865Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (born 1809)
  30. 1888Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (born 1822)
  31. 1889Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (born 1840)
  32. 1898Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
  33. 1912Victims of the Titanic disaster:
  34. 1912Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (born 1873)
  35. 1912John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (born 1864)
  36. 1912Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (born 1865)
  37. 1912Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (born 1875)
  38. 1912Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (born 1865)
  39. 1912Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (born 1866)
  40. 1912Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (born 1878)
  41. 1912Charles Melville Hays, American businessman (born 1856)
  42. 1912James Paul Moody, English Sixth Officer (born 1887)
  43. 1912William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish First Officer (born 1873)
  44. 1912Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (born 1887)
  45. 1912Edward Smith, English Captain (born 1850)
  46. 1912William Thomas Stead, English journalist (born 1849)
  47. 1912Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (born 1849)
  48. 1912Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (born 1845)
  49. 1912John B. Thayer, American business and sportsman (born 1862)
  50. 1912Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (born 1872)
  51. 1917János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (born 1839)
  52. 1925Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (born 1879)
  53. 1927Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (born 1868)
  54. 1938César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1892)
  55. 1942Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (born 1880)
  56. 1943Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (born 1882)
  57. 1944Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (born 1901)
  58. 1945Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (born 1895)
  59. 1948Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (born 1892)
  60. 1949Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885)
  61. 1962Clara Blandick, American actress (born 1880)
  62. 1962Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912)
  63. 1963Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (born 1903)
  64. 1966Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan (born 1906)
  65. 1967Totò, Italian comedian (born 1898)
  66. 1971Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (born 1915)
  67. 1971Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (born 1886)
  68. 1979David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (born 1912)
  69. 1980Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (born 1904)
  70. 1980Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
  71. 1982Arthur Lowe, English actor (born 1915)
  72. 1984Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (born 1921)
  73. 1986Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1910)
  74. 1988Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
  75. 1989Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1915)
  76. 1990Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (born 1905)
  77. 1993Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (born 1907)
  78. 1993John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (born 1908)
  79. 1998William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1912)
  80. 1998Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)
  81. 1999Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (born 1944)
  82. 2000Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (born 1925)
  83. 2001Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
  84. 2002Damon Knight, American author and critic (born 1922)
  85. 2002Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1917)
  86. 2004Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (born 1934)
  87. 2007Brant Parker, American illustrator (born 1920)
  88. 2008Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (born 1921)
  89. 2009Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (born 1924)
  90. 2009László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1907)
  91. 2009Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (born 1947)
  92. 2010Jack Herer, American author and activist (born 1939)
  93. 2010Michael Pataki, American actor and director (born 1938)
  94. 2011Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (born 1975)
  95. 2012Paul Bogart, American director and producer (born 1919)
  96. 2012Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968)
  97. 2013Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1930)
  98. 2013Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (born 1946)
  99. 2013Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (born 1928)
  100. 2014John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (born 1919)
  101. 2014Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (born 1935)
  102. 2015Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)
  103. 2015Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1928)
  104. 2017Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)
  105. 2017Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)
  106. 2018R. Lee Ermey, American actor (born 1944)
  107. 2018Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929)
  108. 2022Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (born 1947)
  109. 2022Henry Plumb, British politician and farmer (born 1925)
  110. 2022Liz Sheridan, American actress (born 1929)
  111. 2024Whitey Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931)
  112. 2024Josip Manolić, Croatian politician, prime minister, and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (born 1920)
  113. 2025Wink Martindale, American DJ, radio personality, and TV personality (born 1933)
  114. 2026José Santamaría, Uruguayan-Spanish footballer and manager (born 1929)

Celebraciones (8)

  1. Day of the Sun (North Korea)
  2. Father Damien Day (Hawaii)
  3. Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England)
  4. Jackie Robinson Day (United States)
  5. National American Sign Language Day (United States)
  6. Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year; India)
  7. Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines)
  8. Universal Day of Culture

Santoral (6)

  1. Abbo II of Metz
  2. Blessed César de Bus
  3. Father Damien (Catholic and Episcopal Church)
  4. Hunna
  5. Paternus of Avranches
  6. April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)