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Acontecimientos (56)

  1. 1458 a. C.Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings.
  2. 27 a. C.Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
  3. 378General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
  4. 550The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
  5. 929Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Córdoba.
  6. 1120Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
  7. 1275Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.
  8. 1349Basel Massacre: Dozens to hundreds of Jews were burned to death by Christians after being accused of causing the Black Death.
  9. 1362Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
  10. 1537Bigod's Rebellion, an armed insurrection attempting to resist the English Reformation, begins.
  11. 1547Grand Prince Ivan IV is crowned as Tsar of all Russia.
  12. 1556Philip II becomes King of Spain.
  13. 1572Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
  14. 1605The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
  15. 1641Reapers' War: The Junta de Braços (parliamentary assembly) of the Principality of Catalonia accepts the proposal of establishment of the Catalan Republic, under French protection.
  16. 1707The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
  17. 1716King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and its legal system, being replaced by those of Castile, thus putting an end to Catalonia as separate state and becoming a province of the new French-style Kingdom of Spain.
  18. 1757Forces of the Maratha Empire are defeated by the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
  19. 1780American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  20. 1786Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
  21. 1809Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
  22. 1847Westward expansion of the United States: John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
  23. 1862Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
  24. 1878Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
  25. 1883The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  26. 1900The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  27. 1909Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  28. 1913Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan writes his first letter to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, stating without proof various formulae involving integrals, infinite series, and continued fractions, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results.
  29. 1919Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
  30. 1920The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
  31. 1921The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
  32. 1942The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp.
  33. 1942Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
  34. 1945World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
  35. 1959Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport in Mar del Plata, Argentina, killing 51.
  36. 1969Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
  37. 1969Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  38. 1979Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
  39. 1983Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20.
  40. 1984A radiation detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, United States, detects radioactivity after a truck carrying rebar accidentally passed through the laboratory's area, revealing a contamination incident that occurred in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the previous month.
  41. 1991Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  42. 1992El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
  43. 1995An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.
  44. 1998In Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, thirteen American students on a school trip are attacked and robbed at gunpoint; five were raped.
  45. 2001Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.
  46. 2001US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
  47. 2002War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  48. 2003The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
  49. 2006Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
  50. 2011Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.
  51. 2012The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence.
  52. 2016Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
  53. 2017Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.
  54. 2018Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
  55. 2020The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.
  56. 2020The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.

Nacimientos (227)

  1. 972Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 1031)
  2. 1093Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (died 1152)
  3. 1245Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1296)
  4. 1362Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland (died 1392)
  5. 1409René of Anjou, king of Naples (died 1480)
  6. 1477Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (died 1547)
  7. 1501Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
  8. 1516Bayinnaung, king of Burma (died 1581)
  9. 1558Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage (died 1597)
  10. 1616François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (died 1669)
  11. 1626Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator (died 1699)
  12. 1630Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru (died 1661)
  13. 1634Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (died 1716)
  14. 1653Johann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist (died 1727)
  15. 1675Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat (died 1755)
  16. 1691Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator (died 1781)
  17. 1728Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (died 1800)
  18. 1749Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (died 1803)
  19. 1757Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, third Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (died 1834)
  20. 1807Charles Henry Davis, American admiral (died 1877)
  21. 1815Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (died 1872)
  22. 1821John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (died 1875)
  23. 1834Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1906)
  24. 1836Francis II of the Two Sicilies (died 1894)
  25. 1838Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (died 1917)
  26. 1844Ismail Kemal, Albanian politician and statesman, first prime minister of Albania (died 1919)
  27. 1851William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1936)
  28. 1853Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (died 1937)
  29. 1853Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (died 1947)
  30. 1853André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (died 1931)
  31. 1870Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia (died 1942)
  32. 1872Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor (died 1973)
  33. 1874Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author (died 1958)
  34. 1875Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (died 1949)
  35. 1876Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (died 1937)
  36. 1878Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1947)
  37. 1880Samuel Jones, American high jumper (died 1954)
  38. 1882Margaret Wilson, American author (died 1973)
  39. 1885Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (died 1967)
  40. 1888Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (died 1945)
  41. 1892Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (died 1949)
  42. 1893Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist (died 1981)
  43. 1894Irving Mills, American publisher (died 1985)
  44. 1895Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (died 1947)
  45. 1895T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1966)
  46. 1895Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (died 1955)
  47. 1897Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (died 1977)
  48. 1898Margaret Booth, American producer and editor (died 2002)
  49. 1898Irving Rapper, American film director and producer (died 1999)
  50. 1900Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator (died 1978)
  51. 1900Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (died 1945)
  52. 1901Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (died 1973)
  53. 1901Frank Zamboni, American businessman and inventor (died 1988)
  54. 1902Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (died 1945)
  55. 1903William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver (died 1945)
  56. 1905Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1989)
  57. 1906Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (died 1975)
  58. 1906Diana Wynyard, English actress (died 1964)
  59. 1907Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
  60. 1907Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, tenth United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2004)
  61. 1908Sammy Crooks, English footballer (died 1981)
  62. 1908Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (died 1984)
  63. 1908Günther Prien, German captain (died 1941)
  64. 1909Clement Greenberg, American art critic (died 1994)
  65. 1910Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1974)
  66. 1911Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer (died 1979)
  67. 1911Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (died 1982)
  68. 1911Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (died 1996)
  69. 1914Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (died 1992)
  70. 1915Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
  71. 1916Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (died 1996)
  72. 1917Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (died 2008)
  73. 1918Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (died 2005)
  74. 1918Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (died 2009)
  75. 1918Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (died 2007)
  76. 1918Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
  77. 1919Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (died 2012)
  78. 1920Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
  79. 1921Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (died 2004)
  80. 1923Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (died 2014)
  81. 1923Anthony Hecht, American poet (died 2004)
  82. 1924Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (died 2002)
  83. 1924Allen Swift, American actor, writer, playwright, and magician (died 2010)
  84. 1925Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic (died 2025)
  85. 1925James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (died 2013)
  86. 1928William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
  87. 1928Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (died 1996)
  88. 1929Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (died 2014)
  89. 1930Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (died 2013)
  90. 1930Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author (died 2025)
  91. 1930Paula Tilbrook, English actress (died 2019)
  92. 1931John Enderby, English physicist and academic (died 2021)
  93. 1931Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic (died 2020)
  94. 1931Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany (died 2006)
  95. 1932Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (died 1983)
  96. 1932Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985)
  97. 1933Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (died 2004)
  98. 1934Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player (died 2009)
  99. 1934Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
  100. 1935A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
  101. 1935Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (died 2015)
  102. 1936Michael White, Scottish actor and producer (died 2016)
  103. 1937Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver (died 2011)
  104. 1937Francis George, American cardinal (died 2015)
  105. 1938Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
  106. 1939Ralph Gibson, American photographer
  107. 1941Claire Gordon, English actress and comedian (died 2015)
  108. 1941Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
  109. 1941Hyun Ki-young, South Korean writer
  110. 1942René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (died 2016)
  111. 1942Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  112. 1943Michael Attwell, English actor (died 2006)
  113. 1943Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
  114. 1943Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
  115. 1943Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist
  116. 1944Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (died 2015)
  117. 1944Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
  118. 1944Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist
  119. 1944Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (died 2014)
  120. 1945Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2020)
  121. 1946Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
  122. 1946Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
  123. 1947Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
  124. 1947Harvey Proctor, English politician
  125. 1947Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
  126. 1948John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
  127. 1948Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
  128. 1948Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
  129. 1948Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
  130. 1949Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
  131. 1949R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
  132. 1949Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
  133. 1950Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
  134. 1950Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (died 2010)
  135. 1952Fuad II, King of Egypt
  136. 1952Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian racing driver and manager
  137. 1953Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (died 1984)
  138. 1954Robin Davies, Welsh actor (died 2010)
  139. 1954Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
  140. 1954Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2015)
  141. 1955Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
  142. 1956Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
  143. 1956Gerald Henderson, American basketball player
  144. 1956Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager
  145. 1956Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (died 2019)
  146. 1957Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
  147. 1957Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
  148. 1958Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (died 1997)
  149. 1958Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth Swedish Minister for the Environment
  150. 1958Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Latvia
  151. 1959Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
  152. 1959Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
  153. 1961Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (died 2006)
  154. 1962Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
  155. 1962Maxine Jones, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
  156. 1963James May, English journalist and television presenter
  157. 1964Gail Graham, Canadian golfer
  158. 1966Jack McDowell, American baseball player
  159. 1968David Chokachi, American actor
  160. 1968Rebecca Stead, American author
  161. 1969Marinus Bester, German footballer
  162. 1969Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
  163. 1969Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
  164. 1970Don MacLean, American basketball player and sportscaster
  165. 1971Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
  166. 1971Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
  167. 1971Jonathan Mangum, American actor
  168. 1972Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
  169. 1972Ang Christou, Australian footballer
  170. 1972Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
  171. 1972Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
  172. 1972Joe Horn, American football player and coach
  173. 1972Richard T. Jones, American actor
  174. 1973Josie Davis, American actress
  175. 1974Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
  176. 1975Marc Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
  177. 1976Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
  178. 1976Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
  179. 1977Jeff Foster, American basketball player
  180. 1978Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
  181. 1979Aaliyah, American singer and actress (died 2001)
  182. 1979Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
  183. 1979Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  184. 1980Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
  185. 1980Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
  186. 1980Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
  187. 1981Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
  188. 1981Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer
  189. 1981Nick Valensi, American musician and songwriter
  190. 1981Bobby Zamora, English footballer
  191. 1982Preston, English singer-songwriter
  192. 1982Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
  193. 1982Tuncay, Turkish footballer
  194. 1983Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
  195. 1983Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
  196. 1984Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
  197. 1984Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
  198. 1985Joe Flacco, American football player
  199. 1985Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
  200. 1985Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
  201. 1985Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
  202. 1985Jonathan Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer
  203. 1985Simon Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer
  204. 1985Renée Felice Smith, American actress
  205. 1986Johannes Rahn, German footballer
  206. 1986Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
  207. 1986Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
  208. 1987Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
  209. 1987Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
  210. 1987Greivis Vásquez, Venezuelan basketball player
  211. 1988Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
  212. 1988Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
  213. 1988FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress
  214. 1990Dennis Kelly, American football player
  215. 1991Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
  216. 1992Jason Zucker, American ice hockey player
  217. 1993Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
  218. 1993Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
  219. 1993Sungjin, South Korean musician
  220. 1994Mikko Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
  221. 1995Jonathan Allen, American football player
  222. 1995Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
  223. 1995Tre'Davious White, American football player
  224. 1996Jennie, South Korean singer
  225. 1996Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player
  226. 1998Boo Seung-kwan, South Korean singer
  227. 2000Andrew Nembhard, Canadian basketball player

Fallecimientos (119)

  1. 654Gao Jifu, Chinese politician and chancellor (born 596)
  2. 957Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (born 871)
  3. 970Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (born 956)
  4. 1263Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism (born 1173)
  5. 1289Buqa, Mongol minister
  6. 1327Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (born 1250)
  7. 1354Joanna of Châtillon, duchess of Athens (born c.1285)
  8. 1373Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (born 1342)
  9. 1391Muhammad V of Granada, Nasrid emir (born 1338)
  10. 1400John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1352)
  11. 1443Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (born 1370)
  12. 1545George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (born 1484)
  13. 1547Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (born 1477)
  14. 1554Christiern Pedersen, Danish publisher and scholar (born 1480)
  15. 1585Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician (born 1512)
  16. 1595Murad III, Ottoman sultan (born 1546)
  17. 1635Mariana de Jesús Torres, Spanish nun and mystic (born 1563)
  18. 1659Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (born 1580)
  19. 1710Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (born 1675)
  20. 1711Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (born 1651)
  21. 1747Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (born 1680)
  22. 1748Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (born 1684)
  23. 1750Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (born 1667)
  24. 1752Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (born 1705)
  25. 1794Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (born 1737)
  26. 1809John Moore, Scottish general and politician (born 1761)
  27. 1817Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1759)
  28. 1834Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (born 1769)
  29. 1856Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (born 1795)
  30. 1864Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (born 1795)
  31. 1865Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (born 1828)
  32. 1879Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (born 1827)
  33. 1886Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (born 1834)
  34. 1891Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (born 1836)
  35. 1898Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (born 1802)
  36. 1901Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (born 1825)
  37. 1901Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (born 1827)
  38. 1901Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (born 1822)
  39. 1901Mahadev Govind Ranade, Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author (born 1842)
  40. 1906Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (born 1834)
  41. 1917George Dewey, American admiral (born 1837)
  42. 1919Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth President of Brazil (born 1848)
  43. 1933Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (born 1867)
  44. 1936Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (born 1870)
  45. 1938Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (born 1876)
  46. 1942Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (born 1850)
  47. 1942Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (born 1885)
  48. 1942Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (born 1908)
  49. 1942Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1899)
  50. 1957Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (born 1874)
  51. 1957Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867)
  52. 1959Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (born 1887)
  53. 1961Max Schöne, German swimmer (born 1880)
  54. 1962Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1885)
  55. 1962Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero (born 1883)
  56. 1967Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (born 1901)
  57. 1968Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (born 1883)
  58. 1968Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (born 1881)
  59. 1969Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (born 1903)
  60. 1971Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (born 1890)
  61. 1972Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (born 1895)
  62. 1972Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (born 1919)
  63. 1973Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (born 1907)
  64. 1975Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (born 1888)
  65. 1978A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1890)
  66. 1981Bernard Lee, English actor (born 1908)
  67. 1983Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
  68. 1986Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (born 1892)
  69. 1987Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (born 1928)
  70. 1988Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (born 1899)
  71. 1990Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (born 1898)
  72. 1995Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (born 1924)
  73. 1996Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (born 1903)
  74. 1996Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (born 1914)
  75. 1999Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (born 1915)
  76. 2000Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (born 1914)
  77. 2001Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (born 1939)
  78. 2002Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (born 1916)
  79. 2003Richard Wainwright, English politician (born 1918)
  80. 2004Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (born 1930)
  81. 2005Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (born 1958)
  82. 2006Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (born 1923)
  83. 2009Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (born 1930)
  84. 2009John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (born 1923)
  85. 2009Andrew Wyeth, American painter (born 1917)
  86. 2010Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (born 1923)
  87. 2010Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (born 1926)
  88. 2012Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer (born 1931)
  89. 2012Jimmy Castor, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1940)
  90. 2012Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager (born 1968)
  91. 2012Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician (born 1925)
  92. 2012Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (born 1928)
  93. 2013Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (born 1930)
  94. 2013André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (born 1926)
  95. 2013Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1923)
  96. 2013Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (born 1918)
  97. 2013Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (born 1923)
  98. 2014Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (born 1938)
  99. 2014Ruth Duccini, American actress (born 1918)
  100. 2014Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (born 1931)
  101. 2014Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922)
  102. 2015Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (born 1927)
  103. 2015Yao Beina, Chinese singer (born 1981)
  104. 2016Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (born 1922)
  105. 2016Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (born 1931)
  106. 2017Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
  107. 2018Ed Doolan, British radio presenter (born 1941)
  108. 2018Oliver Ivanović, Kosovo Serb politician (born 1953)
  109. 2019John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1929)
  110. 2019Lorna Doom, American musician (born 1958)
  111. 2019Chris Wilson, Australian musician (born 1956)
  112. 2020Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor (born 1924)
  113. 2021Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (born 1929)
  114. 2021Chris Cramer, British journalist (born 1948)
  115. 2021Phil Spector, American record producer, songwriter (born 1939)
  116. 2022Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Former Malian President (born 1945)
  117. 2025David Lynch, American filmmaker and actor (born 1946)
  118. 2025Dame Joan Plowright, English actress (born 1929)
  119. 2025Bob Uecker, American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster (born 1934)

Celebraciones (2)

  1. National Religious Freedom Day (United States)
  2. Teachers' Day in Thailand and Myanmar

Santoral (11)

  1. Pope Benjamin (Coptic)
  2. Berard of Carbio
  3. Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)
  4. Fursey
  5. Joseph Vaz
  6. Honoratus of Arles
  7. Pope Marcellus I
  8. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)
  9. Titian of Oderzo
  10. Eve of Saint Anthony observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares
  11. January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)