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March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.[1]
- 986 – Louis V becomes the last Carolingian king of West Francia after the death of his father, Lothaire.[2]
- 1331 – Fall of Nicaea to the Ottoman Turks after a siege.[3]
- 1444 – Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.[4]
- 1458 – George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.[5]
- 1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.[6]
- 1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.[7]
- 1498 – Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.[8]
1601–1900
- 1657 – The Great Fire of Meireki begins in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, causing more than 100,000 deaths before it exhausts itself three days later.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in and around the Savannah River by a small fleet of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Rice Boats.[9]
- 1791 – Claude Chappe demonstrates the first semaphore line near Paris.
- 1796 – Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed to command the Army of Italy.[10]
- 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
- 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
- 1811 – Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
- 1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
- 1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, once thought to be the largest such auction in United States history, begins.
- 1864 – Ulysses S. Grant is promoted to lieutenant general, giving him command of all Union Armies.[11]
- 1865 – East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
- 1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- 1877 – Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
- 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick Maclean in Windsor.
1901–present
- 1901 – United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
- 1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
- 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
- 1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- 1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.[12]
- 1932 – Finnish president P. E. Svinhufvud gives a radio speech, which four days later finally ends the Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right Lapua Movement that started it.[13][14]
- 1933 – The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City.[15]
- 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.[16]
- 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.[17]
- 1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
- 1943 – World War II: During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
- 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.[18]
- 1955 – Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.[19]
- 1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.[20]
- 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.[21]
- 1965 – The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.[22]
- 1968 – Baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.[23]
- 1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.[24]
- 1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.[25]
- 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.[26]
- 1977 – Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".[27]
- 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.[28]
- 1978 – The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.[29]
- 1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets.[30] They had previously been available only in Japan.[31]
- 1986 – Aeroflot Flight F-77 crashes near Bugulma Airport, killing all 38 people aboard.[32]
- 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.[33]
- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy president of the African National Congress.[34]
- 1991 – Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait.[35]
- 1991 – Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
- 1992 – Start of the war in Transnistria.
- 1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
- 1995 – Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.[36]
- 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
- 2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
- 2006 – In Monterrey, Mexico, a man identified as Diego Santoy Riveroll commits a double murder against two children, followed by an attempted murder of his ex-partner, Erika. The incident is popularly known as the Cumbres case.[37]
- 2012 – A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
- 2014 – The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.[38][39]
- 2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
- 2022 – Russian forces capture the city of Kherson during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson.[40] Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.
- 2026 – The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launches several projectiles into northern Israel as a response to the assassination of Ali Khamenei, formally initiating the 2026 Lebanon War.[41]
Births
Pre-1600
- 480 – Benedict of Nursia, Italian Christian saint (died 543 or 547)
- 1316 – Robert II of Scotland (died 1390)
- 1409 – Jean II, Duke of Alençon (died 1476)
- 1432 – Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (died 1457)
- 1453 – Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (died 1512)[42]
- 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (died 1523)[43]
- 1481 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (died 1523)
- 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (died 1613)
- 1577 – George Sandys, English traveller, colonist and poet (died 1644)
1601–1900
- 1628 – Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1684)
- 1651 – Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (died 1730)
- 1705 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1793)
- 1740 – Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (died 1821)
- 1760 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (died 1794)
- 1769 – DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York (died 1828)
- 1770 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (died 1826)
- 1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War (died 1851)
- 1793 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (died 1863)
- 1800 – Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher (died 1844)
- 1810 – Pope Leo XIII (died 1903)
- 1816 – Alexander Bullock, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1882)
- 1817 – János Arany, Hungarian journalist and poet (died 1882)
- 1820 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (died 1887)
- 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech pianist and composer (died 1884)
- 1829 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1906)
- 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, American lawyer and judge (died 1913)
- 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist (died 1914)
- 1846 – Marie Roze, French soprano (died 1926)
- 1849 – Robert Means Thompson, American commander, lawyer, and businessman (died 1930)
- 1859 – Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (died 1916)
- 1860 – Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (died 1961)
- 1862 – John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1933)
- 1866 – Margaret Sibella Brown, Canadian bryologist (died 1961)[44]
- 1869 – Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (died 1914)[45]
- 1876 – James A. Gilmore, American businessman and baseball executive (died 1947)[46]
- 1876 – Pope Pius XII (died 1958)
- 1880 – René Vallon, French aviator (died 1911)[47]
- 1886 – Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director (died 1962)
- 1886 – Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher (died 1942)
- 1900 – Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (died 1950)
1901–present
- 1901 – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1984)
- 1902 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (died 1972)[48]
- 1902 – Edward Condon, American physicist and academic (died 1974)
- 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (died 1991)[48]
- 1905 – Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
- 1905 – Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (died 1985)
- 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer (died 1990)
- 1909 – Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (died 1958)
- 1912 – Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (died 2001)
- 1913 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author (died 1971)
- 1913 – Mort Cooper, American baseball player (died 1958)
- 1914 – Martin Ritt, American actor and film director (died 1990)
- 1915 – John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (died 2010)
- 1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (died 1986)[48]
- 1917 – David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (died 1967)
- 1917 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach (died 1976)
- 1919 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (died 2009)[48]
- 1919 – Eddie Lawrence, American actor, singer, and playwright (died 2014)
- 1919 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian-American ballerina and actress (died 1996)
- 1921 – Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (died 2006)
- 1921 – Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photographer and journalist (died 1986)
- 1922 – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American saxophonist (died 1986)
- 1922 – Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1999)
- 1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (died 2012)
- 1923 – Basil Hume, English cardinal (died 1999)
- 1923 – Robert H. Michel, American soldier and politician (died 2017)
- 1923 – Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
- 1924 – Cal Abrams, American baseball player (died 1997)
- 1924 – Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (died 2004)
- 1926 – Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (died 2014)
- 1926 – Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian (died 1995)
- 1927 – Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist (died 2017)[49]
- 1930 – John Cullum, American actor and singer[50]
- 1930 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (died 2007)
- 1930 – Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author (died 2018)
- 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
- 1932 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist and translator (died 2011)
- 1933 – Leo Dillon, American illustrator (died 2012)[51]
- 1934 – Howard Cassady, American football player (died 2019)[52]
- 1934 – Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter (died 2008)
- 1935 – Gene Stallings, American football player and coach
- 1936 – Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic
- 1936 – John Tusa, Czech-English journalist and academic
- 1937 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian soldier and politician, 5th President of Algeria (died 2021)
- 1938 – Clark Gesner, American author and composer (died 2002)
- 1938 – Ricardo Lagos, Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd President of Chile
- 1938 – Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1997)
- 1939 – Jan Howard Finder, American author and academic (died 2013)
- 1940 – Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer (died 2019)
- 1941 – John Cornell, Australian actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
- 1941 – David Satcher, American admiral and physician, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1942 – John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter[50]
- 1942 – Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1942 – Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian architect and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
- 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2013)[48]
- 1942 – Derek Woodley, English footballer (died 2002)
- 1943 – George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1943 – Peter Straub, American author and poet (died 2022)
- 1943 – Robert Williams, American painter and cartoonist
- 1944 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (died 2024)[53]
- 1945 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
- 1947 – John Dawkins, Australian politician[54]
- 1947 – Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager
- 1948 – Larry Carlton, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1948 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1995)[48]
- 1948 – Jeff Kennett, Australian journalist and politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
- 1948 – Carmen Lawrence, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Western Australia
- 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer (died 1983)[48]
- 1952 – Mark Evanier, American author and screenwriter
- 1952 – Laraine Newman, American actress and comedian[50]
- 1953 – Russ Feingold, American lawyer and politician
- 1953 – Kazuo Kitagawa, Japanese politician[55]
- 1954 – Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1955 – Dale Bozzio, American pop-rock singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Jay Osmond, American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer[50]
- 1955 – Ken Salazar, American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1955 – Steve Small, Australian cricketer
- 1956 – John Cowsill, American musician, songwriter, and producer[50]
- 1956 – Mark Evans, Australian rock bass player
- 1957 – Mark Dean, American inventor and computer engineer
- 1957 – Hossein Dehghan, Iranian general and politician, Iranian Minister of Defense
- 1957 – Dito Tsintsadze, Georgian film director and screenwriter
- 1958 – Kevin Curren, South African-American tennis player
- 1958 – Ian Woosnam, English-Welsh golfer
- 1959 – Larry Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[50]
- 1961 – Simone Young, Australian conductor, director, and composer
- 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor[50]
- 1962 – Paul Farrelly, English journalist and politician
- 1962 – Tom Nordlie, Norwegian footballer and coach
- 1962 – Brendan O'Connor, Australian politician, Australian Minister for Employment
- 1962 – Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Gabriele Tarquini, Italian race car driver
- 1963 – Anthony Albanese, Australian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Australia[48]
- 1963 – Alvin Youngblood Hart, American singer and guitarist[50]
- 1964 – Laird Hamilton, American surfer and actor
- 1964 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (died 1987)
- 1965 – Ron Gant, American baseball player and journalist
- 1965 – Lembit Öpik, Northern Irish politician
- 1966 – Ann Leckie, American author
- 1966 – Simon Reevell, English lawyer and politician
- 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor and producer[50]
- 1970 – James Purnell, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- 1970 – Ciriaco Sforza, Swiss footballer and manager
- 1970 – Wibi Soerjadi, Dutch pianist and composer
- 1971 – Roman Čechmánek, Czech ice hockey player (died 2023)[56]
- 1971 – Dave Gorman, English comedian, author and television presenter
- 1971 – Method Man, American rapper, record producer and actor[48]
- 1972 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1973 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
- 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer and manager
- 1974 – Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer and television host
- 1975 – Daryl Gibson, New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 – Dominique Canty, American basketball player and coach
- 1977 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter (Coldplay)[57]
- 1977 – Heather McComb, American actress[50]
- 1977 – Stephen Parry, English swimmer and sportscaster
- 1977 – Andrew Strauss, South African-English cricketer
- 1978 – Jim Chalmers, Australian politician[58]
- 1978 – Gabby Eigenmann, Filipino actor and singer
- 1978 – Lee Hodges, English footballer and manager
- 1978 – Sebastian Janikowski, Polish gridiron football player[59]
- 1978 – Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
- 1979 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer[60]
- 1979 – Jim Troughton, English cricketer
- 1979 – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
- 1980 – Chris Barker, English footballer and manager (died 2020)
- 1980 – Rebel Wilson, Australian actress and screenwriter[50]
- 1981 – Lance Cade, American wrestler (died 2010)
- 1981 – Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress[50]
- 1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
- 1982 – Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1982 – Joel Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player[61]
- 1982 – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player[48]
- 1982 – Corey Webster, American football player
- 1983 – Deuce, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1983 – Lisandro López, Argentine footballer
- 1983 – Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Glen Perkins, American baseball player
- 1983 – Ryan Shannon, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – Jonathan Ericsson, Swedish ice hockey player[62]
- 1985 – Reggie Bush, American football player
- 1985 – Robert Iler, American actor[50]
- 1985 – Suso Santana, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Jonathan D'Aversa, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Jason Smith, American basketball player[63]
- 1987 – Jonas Jerebko, Swedish basketball player
- 1988 – Édgar Andrade, Mexican footballer
- 1988 – James Arthur, English singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Laura Kaeppeler, American beauty queen, Miss America 2012
- 1988 – Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
- 1988 – Dexter Pittman, American basketball player[64]
- 1988 – Geert Arend Roorda, Dutch footballer
- 1989 – Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer[65]
- 1989 – Alemão, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 – Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress[66]
- 1989 – Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier
- 1989 – André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1989 – Shane Vereen, American football player
- 1989 – Chris Woakes, English cricketer
- 1990 – Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer
- 1990 – Malcolm Butler, American football player
- 1990 – Luke Combs, American singer-songwriter[67]
- 1990 – Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
- 1991 – Nick Franklin, American baseball player
- 1992 – Charlie Coyle, American ice hockey player[68]
- 1993 – Nicolás Brussino, Argentine-Italian basketball player[69]
- 1993 – Adolis García, Cuban baseball player[70]
- 1995 – Miguel Andújar, Dominican baseball player[71]
- 1995 – Max Domi, Canadian ice hockey player[72]
- 1995 – Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer
- 1996 – Jin Longguo, Chinese singer based in South Korea[73]
- 1997 – Arike Ogunbowale, American basketball player[74]
- 1997 – Becky G, American singer and actress[50]
- 1998 – Tua Tagovailoa, American football player[75]
- 1999 – Isiah Pacheco, American football player[76]
- 1999 – Iñaki Peña, Spanish footballer[77]
- 2000 – Bárbara Domingos, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast[78]
- 2000 – Illan Meslier, French footballer[79]
- 2002 – Brooks Barnhizer, American basketball player[80]
- 2006 – Windy Zhan, Hong Kong singer and actress[81]
- 2016 – Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 274 – Mani, Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism (born 216)
- 672 – Chad of Mercia, English bishop and saint (born 634)
- 968 – William, archbishop of Mainz (born 929)
- 986 – Lothair, king of West Francia (born 941)
- 1009 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (born 980)
- 1127 – Charles the Good, Count of Flanders (born 1084)[82]
- 1316 – Marjorie Bruce, Scottish daughter of Robert the Bruce (born 1296)
- 1333 – Wladyslaw I, king of Poland (born 1261)
- 1589 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (born 1520)
1601–1900
- 1619 – Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1574)
- 1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (born 1662)
- 1755 – Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (born 1675)
- 1791 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (born 1703)
- 1793 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (born 1711)
- 1797 – Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (born 1717)
- 1829 – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (born ca. 1773)[83]
- 1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (born 1755)
- 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1768)
- 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (born 1758)
- 1855 – Nicholas I, Russian emperor (born 1796)
- 1864 – Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (born 1842)
- 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (born 1819)
- 1880 – John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (born 1790)
- 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (born 1841)[84]
- 1895 – Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (born 1830)
- 1896 – Jubal Early, American general (born 1816)
1901–present
- 1921 – Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1850)
- 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885)
- 1938 – Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (born 1871)
- 1939 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (born 1874)
- 1943 – Gisela Januszewska, Austrian physician (born 1867)[85]
- 1944 – Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (born 1877)[86]
- 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (born 1871)
- 1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (born 1895)
- 1946 – George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)
- 1947 – Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (born 1882)
- 1949 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (born 1879)
- 1953 – James Lightbody, American runner (born 1882)
- 1957 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (born 1874)
- 1958 – Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (born 1888)
- 1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (born 1866)
- 1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (born 1873)
- 1972 – Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (born 1877)[87]
- 1977 – Eugénie Brazier, French chef (born 1895)[88]
- 1979 – Christy Ring, Irish hurler (born 1920)
- 1982 – Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (born 1928)
- 1987 – Randolph Scott, American actor and director (born 1898)
- 1987 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (born 1935)
- 1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (born 1928)
- 1992 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (born 1937)
- 1994 – Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1943)
- 1999 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (born 1939)
- 2000 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (born 1963)
- 2003 – Hank Ballard, American singer-songwriter (born 1927)
- 2003 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (born 1931)
- 2004 – Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (born 1980)
- 2004 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (born 1916)[89]
- 2004 – Marge Schott, American businesswoman (born 1928)
- 2005 – Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (born 1911)
- 2007 – Thomas S. Kleppe, American soldier and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
- 2007 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (born 1926)
- 2007 – Ivan Safronov, Russian colonel and journalist (born 1956)
- 2007 – Henri Troyat, Russian-French historian and author (born 1911)
- 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1966)
- 2009 – João Bernardo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1939)
- 2009 – Shigeru Morita, Japanese painter (born 1907)[90]
- 2010 – Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (born 1940)
- 2012 – Lawrence Anthony, South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (born 1950)
- 2012 – Van T. Barfoot, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1919)
- 2012 – Norman St John-Stevas, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1929)
- 2012 – James Q. Wilson, American political scientist and academic (born 1931)
- 2013 – Peter Harvey, Australian journalist (born 1944)
- 2013 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (born 1945)
- 2013 – Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (born 1942)
- 2014 – Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (born 1935)
- 2015 – Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (born 1917)
- 2015 – Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1934)
- 2015 – Mal Peet, English author and illustrator (born 1947)
- 2016 – Benoît Lacroix, Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (born 1915)
- 2016 – Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (born 1959)
- 2018 – Billy Herrington, American actor (born 1969)
- 2018 – Lin Hu, Chinese lieutenant general (born 1927)
- 2019 – Mike Oliver, British sociologist, disability rights activist (born 1945)[91]
- 2024 – Janice Burgess, American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (born 1952)[92]
- 2024 – Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress (born 1963)[93]
Holidays and observances
- Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)
- Baloch Culture Day (Balochistan)
- Christian feast day:
- Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast
- National Read Across America Day (United States)[94][95]
- Peasants' Day (Myanmar)
- Texas Independence Day
- Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)
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