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Acontecimientos (73)

  1. 708Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
  2. 870The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
  3. 1009Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.
  4. 1167King Amalric of Jerusalem marries Byzantine princess Maria Komnene in the cathedral of Tyre.
  5. 1219The Battle of Fariskur occurs during the Fifth Crusade.
  6. 1261Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope.
  7. 1315Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
  8. 1350Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
  9. 1393Timur takes Baghdad from Sultan Ahmad Jalayir for the first time.
  10. 1475Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England.
  11. 1484Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
  12. 1498Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to the Kingdom of Portugal.
  13. 1521The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
  14. 1526Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
  15. 1541The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
  16. 1588Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.
  17. 1604The Guru Granth Sahib is fully compiled and completed by Guru Arjan.
  18. 1728The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
  19. 1741The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
  20. 1756Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
  21. 1758The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
  22. 1778American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
  23. 1779American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.
  24. 1786Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
  25. 1807British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
  26. 1825Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian War of Independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later.
  27. 1831Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
  28. 1842Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
  29. 1861American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
  30. 1869The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
  31. 1871Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
  32. 1885Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.
  33. 1898The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio.
  34. 1903The , the last of the five s, is launched.
  35. 1907The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  36. 1910The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  37. 1911Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  38. 1911The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  39. 1912A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people.
  40. 1914World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  41. 1915US Navy salvage divers raise , the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  42. 1916The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
  43. 1918World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
  44. 1930The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
  45. 1941World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
  46. 1943World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
  47. 1944World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
  48. 1948Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard.
  49. 1949Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
  50. 1950Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence.
  51. 1952American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor.
  52. 1958United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  53. 1960Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard.
  54. 1965The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
  55. 1966The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
  56. 1966Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
  57. 1970Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
  58. 1975El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
  59. 1982Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
  60. 1987Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder–suicide pact.
  61. 1991Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
  62. 1991Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
  63. 1996Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
  64. 1997Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
  65. 1997At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
  66. 1998Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
  67. 2001Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.
  68. 2003Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
  69. 2005Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
  70. 2012At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
  71. 2012The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
  72. 20202020 Women's FA Community Shield.
  73. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.

Nacimientos (220)

  1. 979Otto (or Eudes), French nobleman (died 1045)
  2. 1321John of Artois, French nobleman (died 1387)
  3. 1347John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (died 1375)
  4. 1434Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (died 1472)
  5. 1514García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (died 1577)
  6. 1534Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)
  7. 1597Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (died 1645)
  8. 1619Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1683)
  9. 1628John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1701)
  10. 1632John Locke, English physician and philosopher (died 1704)
  11. 1724Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (died 1803)
  12. 1725Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1767)
  13. 1728Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria (died 1797)
  14. 1756Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (died 1830)
  15. 1756Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (died 1845)
  16. 1772James Finlayson, Scottish Quaker (died 1852)
  17. 1777Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (died 1853)
  18. 1780Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (died 1867)
  19. 1792Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (died 1875)
  20. 1805Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (died 1872)
  21. 1809Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (died 1894)
  22. 1810Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine theorist and diplomat (died 1884)
  23. 1813Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (died 1888)
  24. 1842Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (died 1907)
  25. 1843David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (died 1910)
  26. 1844Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (died 1929)
  27. 1854William C. White, American Seventh-day Adventist Church minister (died 1937)
  28. 1857Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (died 1937)
  29. 1861Byron G. Harlan, American singer (died 1936)
  30. 1862Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1928)
  31. 1862Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
  32. 1871Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (died 1950)
  33. 1875Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (died 1962)
  34. 1876Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (died 1958)
  35. 1876Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)
  36. 1879Han Yong-un, Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (died 1944)
  37. 1887Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 1978)
  38. 1888Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (died 1964)
  39. 1890Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (died 1975)
  40. 1891Marquis James, American journalist and author (died 1955)
  41. 1898Preston Sturges, American director and producer (died 1959)
  42. 1901Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1986)
  43. 1904Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
  44. 1905Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (died 1979)
  45. 1905Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (died 1941)
  46. 1910Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (died 1985)
  47. 1911John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (died 1982)
  48. 1912Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (died 2002)
  49. 1912Barry Sullivan, American actor (died 1994)
  50. 1912Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (died 2016)
  51. 1913Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)
  52. 1913Jackie Mitchell, American baseball pitcher (died 1987)
  53. 1915Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (died 1982)
  54. 1915Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (died 1985)
  55. 1916Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2008)
  56. 1917Isabel Sanford, American actress (died 2004)
  57. 1920Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer (died 1982)
  58. 1920Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (died 1955)
  59. 1920Herb Simpson, American baseball player (died 2015)
  60. 1921Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (died 2024)
  61. 1922Arthur Anderson, American actor (died 2016)
  62. 1922Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (died 2008)
  63. 1922John Edward Williams, American author and educator (died 1994)
  64. 1923Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
  65. 1924Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)
  66. 1925Annette Saint-Pierre, Canadian educator, writer and publisher (died 2026)
  67. 1926Hélène Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic (died 2026)
  68. 1926René Depestre, Haitian writer
  69. 1926Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (died 2016)
  70. 1926Betty Lynn, American actress (died 2021)
  71. 1927Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
  72. 1927Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith) (died 1994)
  73. 1928Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator (died 2018)
  74. 1929Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (died 2004)
  75. 1930Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (died 2006)
  76. 1930Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
  77. 1931Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (died 2001)
  78. 1931Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2018)
  79. 1933Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (died 2014)
  80. 1933Arnold Koller, Swiss politician
  81. 1934Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (died 2004)
  82. 1935Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (died 2014)
  83. 1935William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
  84. 1935László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar (died 2019)
  85. 1936John McCain, American captain and politician (died 2018)
  86. 1937James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey (died 2022)
  87. 1938Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
  88. 1938Angela Huth, English journalist and author
  89. 1938Christian Müller, German footballer and manager
  90. 1938Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  91. 1939Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter (died 2022)
  92. 1939Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
  93. 1940James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (died 2014)
  94. 1940Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (died 1984)
  95. 1941Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (died 2018)
  96. 1942James Glennon, American cinematographer (died 2006)
  97. 1942Gottfried John, German actor (died 2014)
  98. 1942Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (died 1995)
  99. 1943Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (died 1996)
  100. 1943Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer (died 2022)
  101. 1943Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  102. 1945Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  103. 1945Wyomia Tyus, American sprinter
  104. 1946Bob Beamon, American long jumper
  105. 1946Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
  106. 1946Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (died 2019)
  107. 1946Warren Jabali, American basketball player (died 2012)
  108. 1946Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
  109. 1947Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
  110. 1947James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (died 1993)
  111. 1948Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
  112. 1949Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor
  113. 1949Darnell Hillman, American basketball player
  114. 1950Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
  115. 1950Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter
  116. 1950Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician
  117. 1950Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (died 2023)
  118. 1951Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  119. 1952Karen Hesse, American author and poet
  120. 1952Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  121. 1952Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter (died 2026)
  122. 1952Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
  123. 1953David Boaz, American businessman and author
  124. 1953Richard Harding, English rugby union player
  125. 1953James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
  126. 1954Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic
  127. 1955Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  128. 1955Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff
  129. 1956Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
  130. 1956Eddie Murray, American football player
  131. 1956Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
  132. 1956Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer
  133. 1957Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster
  134. 1957Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (died 2001)
  135. 1958Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  136. 1958Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (died 2009)
  137. 1959Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
  138. 1959Ramón Díaz, Argentine footballer and manager
  139. 1959Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
  140. 1959Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  141. 1959Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  142. 1959Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
  143. 1959Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
  144. 1959Nagarjuna, Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman
  145. 1960Todd English, American chef and author
  146. 1960Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  147. 1961Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
  148. 1961Rodney McCray, American basketball player
  149. 1962Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster
  150. 1962Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer
  151. 1962Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer, and author
  152. 1962Simon Thurley, English historian and academic
  153. 1962Richard Angelo, American serial killer and poisoner
  154. 1963Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter
  155. 1964Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter
  156. 1964Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer
  157. 1965Me'Shell Ndegéocello, American singer-songwriter
  158. 1965Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster
  159. 1965Geir-Inge Sivertsen, Norwegian politician and engineer, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood
  160. 1966Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager
  161. 1967Neil Gorsuch, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  162. 1967Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  163. 1968Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter
  164. 1969Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
  165. 1969Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer
  166. 1969Lucero, Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host
  167. 1971Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
  168. 1971Alex Griffin, English bass player
  169. 1971Carla Gugino, American actress
  170. 1972Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter
  171. 1972Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor
  172. 1973Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist
  173. 1973Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer
  174. 1974Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer
  175. 1975Dante Basco, American actor
  176. 1975Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  177. 1976Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
  178. 1976Phil Harvey, English manager
  179. 1976Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
  180. 1976Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
  181. 1976Pablo Mastroeni, Argentine-American soccer player and manager
  182. 1976Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager
  183. 1977Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer
  184. 1977Devean George, American basketball player
  185. 1977John Hensley, American actor
  186. 1977John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player
  187. 1977Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
  188. 1977Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host
  189. 1977Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster
  190. 1978Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer
  191. 1978Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
  192. 1979Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
  193. 1979Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete
  194. 1979Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
  195. 1980Chris Simms, American football player
  196. 1980David West, American basketball player
  197. 1981Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player
  198. 1981Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist
  199. 1982Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (died 2013)
  200. 1982Carlos Delfino, Argentine–Italian basketball player
  201. 1982Yakhouba Diawara, French basketball player
  202. 1982Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
  203. 1983Jennifer Landon, American actress
  204. 1983Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
  205. 1983Anthony Recker, American baseball player
  206. 1986Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
  207. 1986Lea Michele, American actress and singer
  208. 1987Tony Kane, Northern Irish footballer
  209. 1989Charlotte Ritchie, English actress
  210. 1990Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
  211. 1990Chris Taylor, American baseball player
  212. 1990Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
  213. 1991Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
  214. 1991Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
  215. 1992Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
  216. 1993Lucas Cruikshank, American YouTuber and actor
  217. 1993Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (died 2024)
  218. 1994Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player
  219. 1996Daryll Neita, British sprinter
  220. 2008Rio Ngumoha, English footballer

Fallecimientos (104)

  1. 886Basil I, Byzantine emperor (born 811)
  2. 892Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (born 812)
  3. 939Wang Jipeng, Chinese emperor of Min
  4. 939Li Chunyan, Chinese empress
  5. 956Fu the Elder, Chinese empress
  6. 979Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid emir
  7. 1021Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (born 948)
  8. 1046Gerard of Csanád Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (born980)
  9. 1093Hugh I, duke of Burgundy (born 1057)
  10. 1123Eystein I, king of Norway (born 1088)
  11. 1135Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph (born 1092)
  12. 1159Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress
  13. 1298Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, English princess (born 1269)
  14. 1315Peter Tempesta, Italian nobleman (born 1291)
  15. 1315Charles of Taranto, Italian nobleman (born 1296)
  16. 1395Albert III, duke of Austria (born 1349)
  17. 1442John V, duke of Brittany (born 1389)
  18. 1499Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (born 1427)
  19. 1523Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (born 1488)
  20. 1526Louis II, king of Hungary and Croatia (born 1506)
  21. 1526Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (born 1475)
  22. 1533Atahualpa, Inca emperor (born 1497)
  23. 1542Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (born 1516)
  24. 1604Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (born 1527)
  25. 1657John Lilburne, English activist (born 1614)
  26. 1712Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (born 1648)
  27. 1749Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (born 1684)
  28. 1769Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (born 1672)
  29. 1780Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (born 1713)
  30. 1799Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1717)
  31. 1844Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (born 1762)
  32. 1856Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (born 1778)
  33. 1866Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1846)
  34. 1877Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1801)
  35. 1889Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (born 1815)
  36. 1891Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (born 1843)
  37. 1892William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (born 1809)
  38. 1904Murad V, Ottoman sultan (born 1840)
  39. 1911Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1866)
  40. 1917George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (born 1833)
  41. 1930William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (born 1844)
  42. 1931David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (born 1867)
  43. 1932Raymond Knister, Canadian poet and author (born 1899)
  44. 1944Attik, Greek pianist and composer (born 1885)
  45. 1946Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (born 1891)
  46. 1946John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (born 1897)
  47. 1951Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (born 1871)
  48. 1952Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (born 1894)
  49. 1958Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (born 1897)
  50. 1966Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (born 1906)
  51. 1968Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (born 1881)
  52. 1971Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (born 1904)
  53. 1972Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (born 1905)
  54. 1975Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (born 1882)
  55. 1977Jean Hagen, American actress (born 1923)
  56. 1977Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (born 1945)
  57. 1979Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (born 1890)
  58. 1981Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (born 1892)
  59. 1982Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (born 1915)
  60. 1982Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (born 1910)
  61. 1985Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (born 1918)
  62. 1987Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (born 1914)
  63. 1987Lee Marvin, American actor (born 1924)
  64. 1989Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (born 1909)
  65. 1990Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (born 1901)
  66. 1991Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (born 1924)
  67. 1992Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (born 1930)
  68. 1995Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
  69. 2000Shelagh Fraser, English actress (born 1922)
  70. 2000Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (born 1951)
  71. 2000Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (born 1913)
  72. 2001Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (born 1952)
  73. 2001Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
  74. 2002Lance Macklin, English race car driver (born 1919)
  75. 2003Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (born 1939)
  76. 2003Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (born 1936)
  77. 2004Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born 1942)
  78. 2007James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (born 1914)
  79. 2007Richard Jewell, American police officer (born 1962)
  80. 2007Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (born 1916)
  81. 2007Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (born 1920)
  82. 2008Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1953)
  83. 2008Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (born 1939)
  84. 2011Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1915)
  85. 2011Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (born 1931)
  86. 2012Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (born 1923)
  87. 2012Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (born 1953)
  88. 2012Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (born 1932)
  89. 2012Anne McKnight, American soprano (born 1924)
  90. 2012Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)
  91. 2012Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1969)
  92. 2013Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (born 1934)
  93. 2013Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (born 1931)
  94. 2013Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (born 1931)
  95. 2014Octavio Brunetti, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1975)
  96. 2014Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (born 1943)
  97. 2016Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (born 1933)
  98. 2018James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
  99. 2018Paul Taylor, American choreographer (born 1930)
  100. 2021Ed Asner, American actor (born 1929)
  101. 2021Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae producer (born 1936)
  102. 2021Jacques Rogge, Belgian orthopedic surgeon, Olympic sailor and the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1942)
  103. 2023Mike Enriquez, Filipino broadcaster (born 1951)
  104. 2024Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (born 1993)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. International Day against Nuclear Tests
  2. Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)
  3. National Sports Day (India)
  4. Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)

Santoral (12)

  1. Adelphus of Metz
  2. Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  3. Bronislava of Poland
  4. Eadwold of Cerne
  5. Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
  6. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
  7. Jeanne Jugan
  8. John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
  9. Sabina
  10. Blessed Teresa Bracco
  11. Vitalis, Sator and Repositus
  12. August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)