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Acontecimientos
- 887Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.
- 1183Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.
- 1292John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
- 1405Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
- 1494French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
- 1511Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- 1558Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I.
- 1603English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
- 1775The city of Kuopio, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
- 1777Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
- 1796French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
- 1800The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
- 1810Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
- 1811José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
- 1820Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
- 1831Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
- 1837An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
- 1856American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
- 1858Modified Julian Day zero.
- 1858The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.
- 1863American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: During the Knoxville campaign, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet besiege the city of Knoxville, Tennessee and its Union defenders led by General Ambrose Burnside.
- 1869In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
- 1878First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
- 1885Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
- 1894H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1896The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
- 1903The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
- 1939Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
- 1940The Tartu Art Museum is established in Tartu, Estonia.
- 1947The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
- 1947American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
- 1950Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
- 1950United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
- 1953The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
- 1957Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
- 1962President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
- 1967Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
- 1968British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
- 1968Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
- 1969Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
- 1970Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
- 1970Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
- 1973Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
- 1973The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
- 1983The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
- 1986The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.
- 1989Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
- 1990Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
- 1993United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
- 1993In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
- 1997In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
- 2000A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
- 2000Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
- 2003Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California begins.
- 2012At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
- 2013Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
- 2013A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
- 2019The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Nacimientos
- 1019Sima Guang, Chinese politician (died 1086)
- 1412Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (died 1468)
- 1453Alfonso, Asturian prince (died 1468) las demás fuentes: 15 nov 1453
- 1493John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (died 1543)
- 1503Bronzino, Italian painter (died 1572)
- 1576Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and saint (died 1628)
- 1587Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet and playwright (died 1679)
- 1602Agnes of Jesus, French Catholic nun (died 1634)
- 1612Dorgon, Chinese prince and regent (died 1650)
- 1681Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian and author (died 1776)
- 1685Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer (died 1749)
- 1729Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort (died 1785)
- 1749Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (died 1841)
- 1753Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist (died 1815)
- 1755Louis XVIII, king of France (died 1824)
- 1765Jacques MacDonald, French general (died 1840)
- 1769Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1818)
- 1790August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1868)
- 1793Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic (died 1865)
- 1816August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian (died 1876)
- 1827Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet (died 1895)
- 1835Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (died 1915)
- 1854Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1934)
- 1857Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (died 1932)
- 1866Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist (died 1912)
- 1868Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (died 1918)
- 1877Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (died 1943)
- 1878Grace Abbott, American social worker (died 1939)
- 1878Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1963)
- 1886Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (died 1967)
- 1887Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (died 1976)
- 1891Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (died 1949)
- 1896Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (died 1934)
- 1897Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1961) las demás fuentes: 17 nov 1891
- 1897Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (died 1966) las demás fuentes: 17 nov 1895
- 1899Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer (died 1971)
- 1901Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, first President of the European Commission (died 1982)
- 1901Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director (died 1982)
- 1902Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
- 1904Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (died 1988)
- 1905Astrid of Sweden (died 1935)
- 1905Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (died 1967)
- 1905Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (died 1987)
- 1906Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (died 1991)
- 1906Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (died 2007)
- 1907Israel Regardie, English occultist and author (died 1985)
- 1911Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1974)
- 1916Shelby Foote, American historian and author (died 2005)
- 1917Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (died 2005)
- 1919Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator (died 2014)
- 1920Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (died 2005)
- 1920Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director (died 2002)
- 1921Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator (died 2019)
- 1922Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
- 1922Jack Froggatt, English footballer (died 1993)
- 1923Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (died 2009)
- 1923Mike Garcia, American baseball player (died 1986)
- 1923Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician, first President of Cape Verde (died 2011)
- 1923Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2001)
- 1925Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler (died 2023) las demás fuentes: 17 ene 1925
- 1925Rock Hudson, American actor (died 1985)
- 1925Charles Mackerras, American-Australian oboe player and conductor (died 2010)
- 1927Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (died 2015)
- 1927Fenella Fielding, English actress (died 2018)
- 1927Nicholas Taylor, Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician (died 2020)
- 1928Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (died 2005)
- 1928Rance Howard, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
- 1928Colin McDonald, Australian cricketer (died 2021)
- 1929Gorō Naya, Japanese actor and director (died 2013)
- 1929Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (died 1999)
- 1930Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (died 2006)
- 1932Jeremy Black, English admiral (died 2015)
- 1933Dan Osinski, American baseball player (died 2013)
- 1933Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout
- 1934Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma (died 2024)
- 1934Anthony King, Canadian-English Psephologist and academic (died 2017)
- 1934Terry Rand, American basketball player (died 2014)
- 1935Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
- 1935Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor (died 2009)
- 1935Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer (died 2021)
- 1936Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
- 1937Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 1995)
- 1938Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general (died 2025)
- 1938Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
- 1939Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (died 2001)
- 1940Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor (died 1984)
- 1942Derek Clayton, English-Australian runner
- 1942Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic
- 1942Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1942Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic
- 1942István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (died 1993)
- 1942Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1943Lauren Hutton, American model and actress
- 1944Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach
- 1944Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician
- 1944Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1991)
- 1944Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
- 1944Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library
- 1944Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live
- 1944Tom Seaver, American baseball pitcher (died 2020)
- 1944Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (died 1966)
- 1945Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist
- 1945Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- 1945Elvin Hayes, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1945Roland Joffé, English-French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1945Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algerian politician, 8th President of Algeria
- 1946Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1946Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa and U.S. Ambassador to China (2017-2020)
- 1946Petra Burka, Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1947Rod Clements, British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist
- 1948Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont
- 1948East Bay Ray, American guitarist las demás fuentes: 17 nov 1958
- 1948Howard Fineman, American journalist and television commentator (died 2024)
- 1949John Boehner, American businessman and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1949Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam
- 1949Michael Wenden, Australian swimmer
- 1950Roland Matthes, German swimmer (died 2019)
- 1951Butch Davis, American football player and coach
- 1951Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician
- 1951Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot (died 1987)
- 1951Stephen Root, American actor
- 1951Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist (died 2025)
- 1952David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer
- 1952Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
- 1952Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer
- 1952Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa
- 1953Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager
- 1954Chopper Read, Australian criminal and author (died 2013)
- 1955Peter Cox, English singer-songwriter
- 1955Yolanda King, American actress and activist (died 2007)
- 1955Dennis Maruk, Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (died 2006)
- 1956Jim McGovern, Scottish politician
- 1957Jim Babjak, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1958Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
- 1959Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager
- 1959William R. Moses, American actor and producer
- 1959Jaanus Tamkivi, Estonian politician
- 1960Michael Hertwig, German footballer and manager
- 1960Jonathan Ross, English actor and talk show host
- 1960RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
- 1960Steve Stipanovich, American basketball player
- 1961Robert Stethem, American soldier (died 1985)
- 1961Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician
- 1962Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
- 1963Adrian Branch, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1963Daniel Scott, American novelist and short story writer
- 1963Dylan Walsh, American actor
- 1964Susan Rice, American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor
- 1964Mitch Williams, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1965Darren Beadman, Australian jockey
- 1965Pam Bondi, American politician and attorney, 87th U.S. Attorney General
- 1965Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer
- 1966Ben Allison, American bassist and composer
- 1966Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)
- 1966Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1966Richard Fortus, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1966Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress
- 1966Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1966Alvin Patrimonio, Filipino basketball player and manager
- 1967Tab Benoit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967Ronnie DeVoe, American singer, producer, and actor
- 1968Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach
- 1969Ryōtarō Okiayu, Japanese voice actor and singer
- 1969Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
- 1969Rebecca Walker, American author
- 1970Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1970Tania Zaetta, Australian actress
- 1971David Ramsey, American actor
- 1971Tonje Sagstuen, Norwegian handball player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive
- 1972Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972Joanne Goode, English badminton player
- 1972Lorraine Pascale, English model and chef
- 1972Leonard Roberts, American actor
- 1973Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1973Eli Marrero, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1973Bernd Schneider, German footballer
- 1973Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1973Leslie Bibb, American actress and producer
- 1974Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper
- 1974Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor
- 1975Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer
- 1975Lee Carseldine, Australian cricketer
- 1975Jerome James, American basketball player
- 1976Brandon Call, American actor
- 1976Diane Neal, American actress and director
- 1977Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
- 1978Glen Air, Australian rugby league player
- 1978Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
- 1978Tom Ellis, Welsh actor
- 1978Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
- 1978Reggie Wayne, American football player
- 1979Matthew Spring, English footballer
- 1980Jay Bradley, American wrestler
- 1981Sarah Harding, English singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)
- 1981Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker
- 1982Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player
- 1982Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
- 1982Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1983Viva Bianca, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1983Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
- 1983Ryan Bradley, American figure skater
- 1983Ryan Braun, American baseball player
- 1983Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
- 1983Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer
- 1983Harry Lloyd, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1983Nick Markakis, American baseball player
- 1983Scott Moore, American baseball player
- 1983Christopher Paolini, American author
- 1984Amanda Evora, American figure skater
- 1984Park Han-byul, South Korean model and actress
- 1985Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985Sékou Camara, Malian footballer (died 2013)
- 1985Carolina Neurath, Swedish journalist
- 1986Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player
- 1986Fabio Concas, Italian footballer
- 1986Aaron Finch, Australian cricketer
- 1986Nani, Portuguese footballer
- 1986Greg Rutherford, English long jumper
- 1987Justine Michelle Cain, English actress
- 1987Craig Noone, English footballer
- 1987Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
- 1988Justin Cooper, American actor
- 1989Ryan Griffin, American football player
- 1989Seth Lugo, American baseball player
- 1989Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian footballer
- 1990Elías Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1992Damiris Dantas, Brazilian basketball player
- 1992Katarzyna Kawa, Polish tennis player
- 1992Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer
- 1993Taylor Gold, American snowboarder
- 1994Raquel Castro, American actress and singer
- 1994Rose Ayling-Ellis, British actress
- 1995Elise Mertens, Belgian tennis player
- 1995Panashe Muzambe, Scottish rugby union player
- 1996Minkah Fitzpatrick, American football player
- 1996Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, Australian rugby league player
- 1996Roope Hintz, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1997Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player
- 1997Julian Ryerson, Norwegian footballer
- 1997Yugyeom, South Korean singer
- 1999Gabi Gonçalves, Brazilian politician
- 2000Joanne Züger, Swiss tennis player
- 2001Kate Douglass, American swimmer
- 2004Linda Nosková, Czech tennis player
- 2005Anna Tanaka, Japanese singer and model
Fallecimientos
- 375Valentinian I, Roman emperor (born 321)
- 594Gregory of Tours, Roman bishop and saint (born 538)
- 641Emperor Jomei of Japan (born 593)
- 885Liutgard of Saxony (born 845) juliano y gregoriano
- 935Chen Jinfeng, empress of Min (born 893)
- 935Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
- 1104Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (born 1045)
- 1188Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (born 1095) fecha discutida
- 1231Elizabeth of Hungary (born 1207)
- 1307Hethum II, King of Armenia (born 1266)
- 1307Leo III, King of Armenia (born 1289)
- 1326Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1285)
- 1417Gazi Evrenos, Ottoman general (born 1288)
- 1492Jami, Persian poet and saint (born 1414) las demás fuentes: 9 nov 1492
- 1494Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher and author (born 1463)
- 1525Eleanor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal (born 1458)
- 1558Mary I of England (born 1516)
- 1558Reginald Pole, English cardinal and academic (born 1500)
- 1558Hugh Aston, English composer (born 1485)
- 1562Antoine of Navarre (born 1518)
- 1592John III of Sweden (born 1537)
- 1600Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese commander (born 1542)
- 1624Jakob Böhme, German mystic (born 1575)
- 1632Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (born 1594)
- 1643Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, French general (born 1602) las demás fuentes: 24 nov 1643
- 1648Thomas Ford, English viol player, composer, and poet (born 1580)
- 1665John Earle, English bishop (born 1601)
- 1668Joseph Alleine, English pastor and author (born 1634)
- 1690Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general and politician (born 1610)
- 1708Ludolf Bakhuizen, German-Dutch painter (born 1631) juliano y gregoriano
- 1713Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1653)
- 1747Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (born 1668)
- 1768Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1693)
- 1776James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1710)
- 1780Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1720) las demás fuentes: 17 oct 1780
- 1796Catherine the Great, of Russia (born 1729)
- 1808David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (born 1721)
- 1812John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (born 1738/1739) las demás fuentes: 16 nov 1812
- 1818Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain and Ireland, Electress/Queen of Hanover (born 1744)
- 1835Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (born 1758) las demás fuentes: 27 nov 1836
- 1865James McCune Smith, American physician and author (born 1813)
- 1897George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (born 1820)
- 1902Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (born 1847)
- 1905Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (born 1817)
- 1910Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (born 1886)
- 1917Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1840)
- 1922Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1847)
- 1923Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (born 1862)
- 1924Gregory VII of Constantinople (born 1850)
- 1928Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (born 1865)
- 1929Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (born 1860)
- 1936Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (born 1861)
- 1937Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (born 1860)
- 1938Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (born 1864)
- 1940Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (born 1882)
- 1940Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (born 1879)
- 1947Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (born 1890)
- 1954Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (born 1899)
- 1955James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (born 1894)
- 1958Mort Cooper, American baseball player (born 1913)
- 1959Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1887)
- 1962Olivia Dahl (born 1955), daughter of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal
- 1968Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (born 1911)
- 1968Abdul Wahed Bokainagari, Bengali politician (born 1876)
- 1971Gladys Cooper, English actress (born 1888)
- 1973Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (born 1878)
- 1976Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (born 1880)
- 1979John Glascock, English singer and bass player (born 1951)
- 1982Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1905)
- 1986Georges Besse, French businessman (born 1927)
- 1987Paul Derringer, American baseball player (born 1906)
- 1988Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (born 1904)
- 1989Costabile Farace, American criminal (born 1960)
- 1990Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
- 1992Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)
- 1993Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, fifth Deputy Premier of Quebec (born 1926)
- 1995Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
- 1998Kea Bouman, Dutch tennis player (born 1903)
- 1998Esther Rolle, American actress (born 1920)
- 2000Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
- 2001Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (born 1948)
- 2001Harrison A. Williams, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)
- 2002Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, third Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1915)
- 2002Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (born 1924)
- 2003Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (born 1962)
- 2003Arthur Conley, American-Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2004Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (born 1970)
- 2004Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (born 1941)
- 2005Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (born 1942)
- 2006Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1928)
- 2006Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1927)
- 2006Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (born 1929)
- 2007Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (born 1940)
- 2008George Stephen Morrison, American admiral (born 1919)
- 2008Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)
- 2011Kurt Budke, American basketball player and coach (born 1961)
- 2012Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1957)
- 2012Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (born 1931)
- 2012Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (born 1918)
- 2012Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (born 1916)
- 2012Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
- 2012Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)
- 2012Margaret Yorke, English author (born 1924)
- 2013Zeke Bella, American baseball player (born 1930)
- 2013Alfred Blake, English colonel and lawyer (born 1915)
- 2013Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (born 1935)
- 2013Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
- 2013Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
- 2013Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (born 1925)
- 2014John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (born 1930)
- 2014Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (born 1928)
- 2014Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (born 1940)
- 2014Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1922)
- 2015John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (born 1928)
- 2015Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1926)
- 2019Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (born 1982)
- 2021Young Dolph, American rapper (born 1985)
- 2024Macoto Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (born 1934)
Celebraciones
- Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)
- International Students' Day
- Martyrs' Day (Odisha, India)
- Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)
Santoral
- Acisclus
- Aignan of Orleans
- Elizabeth of Hungary
- Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)
- Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
- Gregory Thaumaturgus
- Hilda of Whitby
- Hugh of Lincoln
- November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)