December 16 — On This Day

Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald while his wife Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.

Pepin of Herstal · Merovingian dynasty · Jupille-sur-Meuse · Theudoald · Plectrude

An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.

An Lushan · Chancellor of the Tang dynasty · Yang Guozhong · Yanjing · An Lushan Rebellion

Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.

Hundred Years' War · Henry VI of England · King of France · Notre Dame de Paris

Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

Vasco da Gama · Great Fish River · Bartolomeu Dias

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 strikes Valdivia, Chile.

1575 Valdivia earthquake

Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.

Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98) · Battle of Noryang

English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Interregnum (England) · The Protectorate · Oliver Cromwell · Lord Protector · Commonwealth of England

Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.

Convention Parliament (1689) · Bill of Rights 1689

Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

Seven Years' War · Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War) · Pyotr Rumyantsev · Prussia · Kołobrzeg

American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

American Revolution · Boston Tea Party · Sons of Liberty · Mohawk people · Boston

The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.

1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes · Earthquake · New Madrid Seismic Zone

Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.

Benjamin W. Edwards · Nacogdoches, Texas · Fredonian Rebellion

Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1]

Great Trek · Battle of Blood River · Voortrekkers · Andries Pretorius · Sarel Cilliers

The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Charlotte Jane · Randolph (ship) · Canterbury Association · Lyttelton, New Zealand

American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

American Civil War · Joseph E. Johnston · Braxton Bragg · Confederate States Army · Army of Tennessee

American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Battle of Nashville · George Henry Thomas · Union (American Civil War) · John Bell Hood · Army of Tennessee

Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

First Boer War · Boer · South African Republic · British Empire

Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Tonkin Campaign · French Third Republic · Sơn Tây Campaign · Sơn Tây (Hanoi)

Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel · Mumbai

The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Great White Fleet

First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

First Balkan War · Hellenic Navy · Ottoman Navy · Battle of Elli

World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

World War I · Franz von Hipper · Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas · Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918-19)

The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

1920 Haiyuan earthquake · Gansu

President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

President of Poland · Gabriel Narutowicz · Eligiusz Niewiadomski · Warsaw

Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

Herman Lamm · Clinton, Indiana

Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe · Alcatraz Island · San Francisco Bay

Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Adolf Hitler · Cross of Honour of the German Mother

World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.

World War II · Miri, Malaysia · Sarawak

The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The Holocaust · Schutzstaffel · Heinrich Himmler · Romani people · Auschwitz concentration camp

World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.

Battle of the Bulge · German Army (Wehrmacht) · Ardennes

William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

William Shockley · John Bardeen · Walter Houser Brattain · Point-contact transistor

Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.

Korean War · President of the United States · Harry S. Truman · Communism · North Korea

A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

United Airlines · Trans World Airlines · 1960 New York mid-air collision · Staten Island · New York City

Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

Vietnam War · William Westmoreland · United States Secretary of Defense · Robert McNamara · 1966

Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Second Vatican Council · Alhambra Decree

Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.

Bangladesh Liberation War · Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 · Pakistan Army · Victory Day (Bangladesh) · Vijay Diwas (India)

The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

Bahrain · Independence Day (Bahrain)

Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland Public Power · Great Depression

Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

Libya · OPEC

Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.

Paul Castellano · Thomas Bilotti · John Gotti · Gambino crime family

Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.

Romanian Revolution · Timișoara · Romania · László Tőkés

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Robert Smith Vance

Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Kazakhstan · Soviet Union

A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.

2013 Manila Skyway bus accident · Manila

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 145 people, mostly schoolchildren.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan · 2014 Peshawar school massacre · Peshawar · Pakistan

Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)

Manuel III of Trebizond

Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536)

Catherine of Aragon

Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)

Hans Bol

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey

John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)

John Selden

Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)

Livia della Rovere

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)

Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1630-1715)

George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)

George Whitefield

Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)

Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini

Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)

Elizabeth Carter

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)

Jane Austen

François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)

François-Adrien Boieldieu

Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)

John Ordronaux (privateer)

Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)

Mary Russell Mitford

Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)

Leopold I of Belgium

Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)

Viktor Bunyakovsky

Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)

Léon Walras

Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)

Ernst von Bergmann

Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)

Antonio de La Gándara

George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)

George Santayana

Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)

Olavo Bilac

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)

Wassily Kandinsky

Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)

Amy Carmichael

Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)

Hristo Tatarchev · Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)

Bertha Lamme Feicht

Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)

Anton Denikin

Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)

Jack Hobbs

Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)

Zoltán Kodály

Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)

Walther Meissner

Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)

Károly Kós

Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)

Max Linder

Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)

Seibo Kitamura

Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)

Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)

Alphonse Juin

Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)

Kim Chwa-chin · Guerrilla

Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)

Marie Hall Ets

Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)

Anna Anderson · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)

Noël Coward

Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)

Lucille Lortel

V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)

V. S. Pritchett

Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)

Margaret Mead

Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)

Rafael Alberti

Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)

Hardie Albright

Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)

Harold Whitlock

Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)

Piet Hein (scientist)

Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)

Barbara Kent

Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)

Remedios Varo

Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)

Freddie Brown (cricketer)

George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)

George Ignatieff · List of Canadian ambassadors to the United Nations

Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)

Nabi Bux Khan Baloch

Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)

Pete T. Cenarrusa · Secretary of State of Idaho

Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)

Arthur C. Clarke

Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide

Ruth Johnson Colvin · ProLiteracy Worldwide

Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

Frederick Rotimi Williams

Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Eulalio González

Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)

Cy Leslie · Pickwick Records

Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)

Menahem Pressler · Beaux Arts Trio

Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)

Ernst Florian Winter

Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)

Nicolas Sidjakov

James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)

James McCracken

A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)

A. N. R. Robinson · List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago

Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Jeffrey Stone

Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)

Peter Dickinson

Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)

Randall Garrett

Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer

Terry Carter

Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)

Philip K. Dick

Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)

Nicholas Courtney

Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)

Bill Brittain

Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)

Sam Most

Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)

Bill Young

Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator

Quentin Blake

Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic

Grace Alele-Williams

Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center

Morris Dees · Southern Poverty Law Center

Joyce Bulifant, American actress

Joyce Bulifant

Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer

Edward Ruscha

Frank Deford, American journalist and author

Frank Deford

Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter

Liv Ullmann

Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)

Philip Langridge

Gordon Miller, English high jumper

Gordon Miller (athlete)

Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress

Lesley Stahl

Roger Neil Wheeler, English general

Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)

Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island

Donald Carcieri · Governor of Rhode Island

Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer

Steven Bochco

Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter

Jeff Kanew

Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)

Don Meyer

Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)

Patti Deutsch

Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist

Tony Hicks

Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Benny Andersson

Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Charles Dennis

Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor

Trevor Pinnock · Harpsichord

Tom Stern, American cinematographer

Tom Stern (cinematographer)

Ben Cross, English actor

Ben Cross

Vincent Matthews, American sprinter

Vincent Matthews (athlete)

Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic

Martyn Poliakoff

Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Billy Gibbons

Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge

Heather Hallett

Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)

Claudia Cohen

Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)

Roy Schuiten

Sally Emerson, English author and poet

Sally Emerson

Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)

Mike Flanagan (baseball)

Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter

Robben Ford

Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)

Mark Heard

Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)

Aykut Barka

Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager

Joel Garner

Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager

Francesco Graziani

Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter

Rebecca Forstadt

Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer

Xander Berkeley

Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Carol Browner · Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter

Chiharu Matsuyama

Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka

H. D. Kumaraswamy · Chief Minister of Karnataka

Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

Antonio Vega (singer)

Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer

Bart Oates

Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician

Alexander Lebedev

Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator

Steve Mattsson

Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager

Pat Van Den Hauwe

André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

André Andersen

Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Shane Black

Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)

Bill Hicks

LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer

LaChanze

Jon Tenney, American actor and director

Jon Tenney

Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress

Maruschka Detmers

William Perry, American football player and wrestler

William Perry (American football)

Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer

Benjamin Bratt

Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer

Cathy Johnston-Forbes

James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter

James Mangold

Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper

Heike Drechsler

John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach

John Kirwan (rugby)

Georgie Parker, Australian actress

Georgie Parker

Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster

Billy Ripken

Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager

Chris Jones (1990s outfielder)

Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist

Melanie Sloan

Paul McGinley, Irish golfer

Paul McGinley

Clifford Robinson, American basketball player

Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1966)

Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager

Dennis Wise

Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster

Donovan Bailey

Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete

Indrek Kaseorg

Miranda Otto, Australian actress

Miranda Otto

Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer

Wendy Doolan

Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Lalah Hathaway

Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)

Greg Kovacs

Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager

Simon Grayson

Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate

Adam Riess · Nobel Prize in Physics

Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer

Michelle Smith

Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist

Dmitri Tymoczko

Craig White, English cricketer and coach

Craig White

Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist

Valerie Chow

Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist

Seyhan Kurt

Michael McCary, American R&B singer

Michael McCary

Charles Gipson, American baseball player

Charles Gipson

Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Leyden

Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter

Travis Morrison

Themba Mnguni, South African footballer

Themba Mnguni

Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

Jason Molina

Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company

Scott Storch · Storch Music Company

Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager

Valentin Bădoi

Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer

Kaba Diawara

Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Benjamin Kowalewicz

Paul Maynard, English politician

Paul Maynard

Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic

Jen Golbeck

Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

Éric Bélanger

Sylvain Distin, French footballer

Sylvain Distin

John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter

John Morris (curler)

Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager

Gunter Van Handenhoven

Luke Harper, American wrestler

Luke Harper

Trevor Immelman, South African golfer

Trevor Immelman

Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter

Mihai Trăistariu

Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer

Jessie Ward

Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer

Danish Kaneria

Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model

Krysten Ritter

Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer

Gareth Williams (Scottish footballer)

Antrel Rolle, American football player

Antrel Rolle

Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter

Anna Sedokova

Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer

Stanislav Šesták

Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player

Kelenna Azubuike

Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Frankie Ballard

Theo James, English actor

Theo James

Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer

Stanislav Manolev

James Nash, English race car driver

James Nash (racing driver)

Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

Alcides Escobar

Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)

Zoltán Kovács (footballer, born 1986)

Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor

Pärt Uusberg

Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer

Mame Biram Diouf

Beau Dowler, Australian footballer

Beau Dowler

Hallee Hirsh, American actress

Hallee Hirsh

Mats Hummels, German footballer

Mats Hummels

Anna Popplewell, English actress

Anna Popplewell

Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist

Mirei Kiritani

Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player

Ulrikke Eikeri

Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer

Anamul Haque

Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer (9nine)

Moe Miura · 9nine

Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer

Pietro Perdichizzi

Tom Rogic, Australian footballer

Tom Rogic

Elliot Lee, English footballer

Elliot Lee

Nicola Murru, Italian footballer

Nicola Murru

José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer

José Rodríguez Martínez

Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter

Zara Larsson

Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

Mira Antonitsch

Houzhu, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (b. 553)

Chen Shubao · Chen Dynasty

Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou Dynasty (b. 624)

Wu Zetian · List of rulers of China

Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635)

Pepin of Herstal

Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815)

Eberhard of Friuli

Ado, archbishop of Vienne

Ado (bishop) · Ancient Diocese of Vienne

John VIII, pope of Rome

Pope John VIII · Rome

Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Wei Yifan · Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)

Adelaide of Italy

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (b. c. 1100)

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester

Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)

Haakon IV of Norway

Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)

Öljaitü

Charles, Count of Valois (b. 1270)

Charles, Count of Valois

Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)

Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat

John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)

John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel · Earl Marshal

John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)

John II, Duke of Lorraine

Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)

Ali Qushji

Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)

Afonso de Albuquerque · List of governors of Portuguese India

Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. c. 1485)

Thomas Cheney

Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer

Ivan Fyodorov (printer)

Allison Balfour, alleged Scottish witch

Allison Balfour

Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)

Yi Sun-sin

Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)

Nathaniel Fiennes

William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)

William Petty

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian lieutenant and surveyor (b. 1741)

Peter Frederick Haldimand

François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)

François Quesnay

Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)

Johann Adolph Hasse

Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)

Sir William James, 1st Baronet

Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)

Saverio Cassar

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy

Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)

Wilhelm Grimm

Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

Henry Yesler · Mayor of Seattle

Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)

Alphonse Daudet

Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)

Pavel Tretyakov

American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)

American Horse

Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)

Frank Gotch

Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)

Gabriel Narutowicz · President of the Republic of Poland

Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)

Elinor Wylie

Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

Thelma Todd

Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

Frank Eugene

Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)

Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)

George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)

George Bambridge

Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)

Betsie ten Boom · The Holocaust

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded the Fiat Automobile Company (b. 1866)

Giovanni Agnelli · Fiat

Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)

Fumimaro Konoe · Prime Minister of Japan

Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)

Sidney Olcott

Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)

Robert Henry Best

Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)

Nina Hamnett

Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)

Hans Rebane · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)

W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)

W. Somerset Maugham

Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)

Futabayama Sadaji · Makuuchi

Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)

Muhammad Suheimat

Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)

Alphonse Castex

Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)

Soe Hok Gie

Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)

Oscar Lewis

Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)

Kostas Varnalis

Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)

Réal Caouette

Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

Risto Jarva

Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)

Colonel Sanders · KFC

Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)

Hellmuth Walter

Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)

Colin Chapman · Lotus Cars

Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)

Debs Garms

Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)

Karl Deichgräber

Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)

Thomas Bilotti

Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)

Paul Castellano

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)

Silvana Mangano

Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)

Aileen Pringle

Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)

Lee Van Cleef

Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1896)

Douglas Campbell (aviator)

Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)

Eszter Tamási

Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)

Moses Gunn

Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)

Kakuei Tanaka · Prime Minister of Japan

Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)

Quentin Bell

Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)

Lillian Disney

William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)

William Gaddis

Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

Stuart Adamson

Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)

Stefan Heym

Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)

Robert Stanfield · Premier of Nova Scotia

Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Gary Stewart (singer)

Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)

Ted Abernathy

Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)

Deyda Hydara · The Point (the Gambia)

Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)

Agnes Martin

Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)

Kenneth Bulmer

Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

Ed Hansen

John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)

John Spencer (actor)

Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)

Don Jardine

Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)

Taliep Petersen

Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)

Pnina Salzman

Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (b. 1930)

Stanford J. Shaw

Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)

Dan Fogelberg

Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)

Roy E. Disney

Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)

Yegor Gaidar · Prime Minister of Russia

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang · Minister of Health (South Africa)

Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)

Melvin E. Biddle · Medal of Honor

Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Robert Easton (actor)

Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)

Nicol Williamson

Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)

Elwood V. Jensen

Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972)

Jake Adam York

James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)

James Flint (RAF officer)

Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)

Ray Price (musician)

Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)

Marta Russell

Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)

Martin Brasier

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)

Tim Cochran

Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)

Peter Dickinson

Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)

Lizmark

George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)

George Earl Ortman