July 18 — On This Day

Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman-Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.

Battle of the Cremera · Roman-Etruscan Wars · Veii · Roman Republic

Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.

Roman Republic · Gaulish language · Battle of the Allia · Gauls · Ancient Rome

The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.

Great Fire of Rome

Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.

Roman-Persian Wars · Julian (emperor) · Antioch · Sasanian Empire

Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.

Sack of Aquileia · Battle of the Catalaunian Plains · Attila · Aquileia

Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo-Tang War.

Li Shiji · Anshan · Liaoning · Goguryeo-Tang War

Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.

Battle of Alarcos · Almohad Caliphate · Kingdom of Castile · Alfonso VIII of Castile · Toledo, Spain

King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.

Edward I of England · Edict of Expulsion · Tisha B'Av · Hebrew calendar

The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.

Florence · Bell tower · Florence Cathedral · Giotto

France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.

Kingdom of France · Kingdom of England · Truce of Leulinghem · Hundred Years' War

Tokhtamysh-Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.

Tokhtamysh-Timur war · Battle of the Kondurcha River · Timur · Tokhtamysh · Golden Horde

The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.

College of Arms · Royal charter · Mary I of England · Philip II of Spain

A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.

1806 Birgu polverista explosion · Birgu · Malta Protectorate

The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.

Treaty of Orebro · Anglo-Russian War (1807-12) · Anglo-Swedish War (1810-12)

Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

Pedro II of Brazil

Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.

Louis Faidherbe · Governor of Senegal · Kayes · El Hadj Umar Tall

First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

Dent Blanche

American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.

American Civil War · Second Battle of Fort Wagner · African American · 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry · Confederate States of America

The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.

First Vatican Council · Papal infallibility

The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.

Ballot Act 1872

The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.

United States Congress · Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.

Adolf Hitler · Mein Kampf

World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.

World War II · Beisfjord massacre

The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.

Messerschmitt Me 262 · Junkers Jumo 004

World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.

Hideki Tōjō · Prime Minister of Japan

Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

Human spaceflight · Gemini 10 · Cape Canaveral · Agena target vehicle

A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.

Hough riots · Cleveland · Ohio National Guard

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

Intel · Mountain View, California

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal basin at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger, campaign specialist Mary Jo Kopechne.

Ted Kennedy · Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts · Mary Jo Kopechne

Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Nadia Comăneci · Olympic Games · Gymnastics · 1976 Summer Olympics

Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.

Guatemala · Peasant · Plan de Sánchez massacre

McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.

San Ysidro McDonald's massacre · San Ysidro, San Diego

A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.

Les Horribles Cernettes · World Wide Web

The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.

AMIA bombing · Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina · Buenos Aires

Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.

Rwandan genocide · Rwandan Patriotic Front · Gisenyi · Rwanda · Zaire

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.

Montserrat · Soufrière Hills

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

Saguenay flood · Saguenay River · Quebec · Natural disaster

Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.

Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) · Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam · Sri Lanka Army

At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.

2012 Burgas bus bombing · Israelis · Burgas Airport · Bulgaria

The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Government of Detroit · Detroit bankruptcy

John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1507)

John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Isabella of Austria (d. 1526)

Isabella of Austria

Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (d. 1575)

Heinrich Bullinger

Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (d. 1583)

Zacharius Ursinus

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1695)

Johannes Camphuys · Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1747)

Giovanni Bononcini

Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (d. 1735)

Maria Clementina Sobieska

Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1808)

Saverio Bettinelli

Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)

Gilbert White

Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (d. 1780)

Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (d. 1803)

Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden

Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)

Immanuel Hermann Fichte

William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)

William Makepeace Thackeray

Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1896)

Louis Gerhard De Geer · Prime Minister of Sweden

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (d. 1910)

Pauline Viardot

Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (d. 1873)

Vasil Levski

Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)

Tristan Corbière

W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (d. 1915)

W. G. Grace

Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

Hendrik Lorentz · Nobel Prize in Physics

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1937)

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden · Chancellor of the Exchequer

Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1932)

Margaret Brown

Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)

Giacomo Balla

Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (d. 1946)

Sada Yacco

Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1921)

Larry McLean

Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (d. 1979)

Alberto di Jorio

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (d. 1945)

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (d. 1945)

Vidkun Quisling · List of heads of government of Norway

Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (d. 1977)

Kōichi Kido · Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)

Frank Forde · Prime Minister of Australia

Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (d. 1969)

Arthur Friedenreich

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (d. 1968)

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie

Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1991)

Olga Spessivtseva

Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (d. 1954)

Machine Gun Kelly

Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (d. 1935)

Ernest Eldridge

John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (d. 1979)

John Stuart (actor)

Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (d. 1942)

Ernst Scheller · Mayor of Marburg

Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999)

Nathalie Sarraute

Jessamyn West, American author (d. 1984)

Jessamyn West (writer)

Chill Wills, American actor (d. 1978)

Chill Wills

S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (d. 1992)

S. I. Hayakawa

Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1963)

Clifford Odets

Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (d. 1981)

Peace Pilgrim

Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944)

Lupe Vélez

Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997)

Beatrice Aitchison

Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1982)

Bishnu Dey

Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)

Andrei Gromyko · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)

Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)

Mohammed Daoud Khan · President of Afghanistan

Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

Harriet Nelson

Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (d. 1989)

Diptendu Pramanick

Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Hume Cronyn

Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)

Red Skelton

Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)

Gino Bartali

Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (d. 2004)

Oscar Heisserer

Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor (d. 2006)

Carequinha

Roxana Cannon Arsht, American judge (d. 2003)

Roxana Cannon Arsht

Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer (d. 2010)

Louis Le Bailly

Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (d. 2008)

Henri Salvador

Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor

Paul Streeten

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

Nelson Mandela · President of South Africa · Nobel Peace Prize

Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1982)

Eric Brandon

Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (d. 2014)

Peter Austin (brewer) · Ringwood Brewery

Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist and academic

Aaron T. Beck

John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)

John Glenn

Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (d. 2011)

Richard Leacock

Heinz Bennent, German actor (d. 2011)

Heinz Bennent

Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1996)

Thomas Kuhn

Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (d. 1997)

Jerome H. Lemelson

Michael Medwin, English actor

Michael Medwin

Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)

Inge Sørensen

Tullio Altamura, Italian actor

Tullio Altamura

Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (d. 2004)

Shirley Strickland

Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 2012)

Friedrich Zimmermann · Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)

Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect

Raymond Jones (architect)

Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher

Windy McCall

Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (d. 1987)

Margaret Laurence

Nita Bieber, American actress

Nita Bieber

Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor

Bernard Pons

Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter

Maunu Kurkvaara

Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator (d. 2015)

Kurt Masur

Antonio García-Trevijano, Spanish republican, political activist, and author

Antonio García-Trevijano

Keith MacDonald, Canadian politician

Keith MacDonald

Andrea Gallo, Italian priest and author (d. 2013)

Andrea Gallo

Baddiewinkle, American internet personality

Baddiewinkle

Dick Button, American figure skater and actor

Dick Button

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 2000)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter

Robert Ellis Miller

Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

Jean Yanne

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright (d. 2017)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter

Edward Bond

Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)

Darlene Conley

Tenley Albright, American figure skater and physician

Tenley Albright

Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya

Jayendra Saraswathi · Shankaracharya

Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Roald Hoffmann · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)

Hunter S. Thompson

John Connelly, English footballer (d. 2012)

John Connelly (footballer)

Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (d. 1985)

Ian Stewart (musician)

Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Verhoeven

Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player

Brian Auger

Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dion DiMucci

Jerry Moore, American football player and coach

Jerry Moore (American football, born 1939)

James Brolin, American actor

James Brolin

Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager

Joe Torre

Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer

Frank Farian

Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

Lonnie Mack

Martha Reeves, American singer and politician

Martha Reeves

Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)

Giacinto Facchetti

Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation

Adolf Ogi · President of the Swiss Confederation

Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author

Joseph J. Ellis

David Hemery, English hurdler and author

David Hemery

Pat Doherty, Irish republican politician

Pat Doherty

Kalpana Mohan, Indian actress

Kalpana Mohan

John Naughton, Scottish-Irish journalist, author, and academic

John Naughton

Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician

Steve Forbes

Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter

Carlos Colón Sr.

Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (d. 2016)

Jeanne Córdova

Graham Spanier, 16th President of Pennsylvania State University

Graham Spanier · Pennsylvania State University

Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Hartmut Michel · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach

Dennis Lillee

Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group

Richard Branson · Virgin Group

Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic

Jack Dongarra

Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer

Kostas Eleftherakis

Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (Village People) and actor (d. 2001)

Glenn Hughes (Village People) · Village People

Jack Layton, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (d. 2011)

Jack Layton

Mark Udall, American educator and politician

Mark Udall

Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium

Elio Di Rupo · Prime Minister of Belgium

Margo Martindale, American actress

Margo Martindale

Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer

Ricky Skaggs

Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor

Bernd Fasching

Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster

Nick Faldo

Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Keith Levene

Simon Heffer, English journalist and author

Simon Heffer

Elizabeth McGovern, American actress

Elizabeth McGovern

Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager

Alan Pardew

Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager

Pasi Rautiainen

Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Shaun Micallef

Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier

Marc Girardelli

Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama

Martín Torrijos · President of Panama

Wendy Williams, American talk show host

Wendy Williams

Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano

Vesselina Kasarova

Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach

Dan O'Brien

Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Vin Diesel

Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor

Grant Bowler

Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player

Scott Gourley

Elizabeth Gilbert, American author

Elizabeth Gilbert

The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician

The Great Sasuke

Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach

Penny Hardaway

Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor

Sukhwinder Singh

Alan Morrison, British poet

Alan Morrison (poet)

Torii Hunter, American baseball player

Torii Hunter

Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Daron Malakian

M.I.A., English rapper and producer

M.I.A. (rapper)

Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress

Elsa Pataky

Go Soo-hee, South Korean actress

Go Soo-hee

Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player and author

Alexander Morozevich

Adabel Guerrero, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer

Adabel Guerrero

Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player and sportscaster

Shane Horgan

Ben Sheets, American baseball player and coach

Ben Sheets

Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist

Mélissa Theuriau

Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor

Joo Sang-wook

Deion Branch, American football player

Deion Branch

Joey Mercury, American wrestler and producer

Joey Mercury

Kristen Bell, American actress

Kristen Bell

Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player

Dennis Seidenberg

Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ryan Cabrera

Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer

Priyanka Chopra

Dominika Luzarová, Czech tennis player

Dominika Luzarová

Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer

Carlos Diogo

Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Aaron Gillespie

Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete

Mikk Pahapill

Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer

Jan Schlaudraff

Chace Crawford, American actor

Chace Crawford

Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer

Panagiotis Lagos

Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer

Natalia Mikhailova

Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player

Tontowi Ahmad

Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer

Änis Ben-Hatira

Yannick Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player

Yannick Riendeau

César Villaluz, Mexican footballer

César Villaluz

Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

Jamie Benn

Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer

Sebastian Mielitz

Yohan Mollo, French footballer

Yohan Mollo

Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player

Michael Lichaa

Emperor Monmu of Japan (b. 683)

Emperor Monmu

Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (b. 695)

Muhammad bin Qasim

Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (b. 852)

Zhu Wen

Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (b. 855)

Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat

Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinople

Stephen II of Constantinople · Constantinople

Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (b. 1016)

Godfrey of Bouillon

Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala (b. before 1143)

Stefan (Archbishop of Uppsala) · Archbishop of Uppsala · 1143

Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (b. c. 1150)

Guy of Lusignan

John de Braose, Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower

John de Braose

Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury

Boniface of Savoy (bishop)

Gerard Segarelli, Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (b. 1240)

Gerard Segarelli · Apostolic Brethren

Francis I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1414)

Francis I, Duke of Brittany

Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)

Alvise Cadamosto

Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish bishop and historian (b. 1484)

Bartolomé de las Casas

Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)

Jacobus Gallus

Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)

Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

Caravaggio, Italian painter (b. 1571)

Caravaggio

Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (b. 1604)

Bernard of Saxe-Weimar

Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)

Johannes Camphuys · Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1633)

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)

Jean-Antoine Watteau

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy

Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1683)

Pieter Langendijk

John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (b. 1747)

John Paul Jones

Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)

Jane Austen

Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)

Vincenzo Borg

Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)

Robert Gould Shaw

Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)

Benito Juárez · President of Mexico

Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)

Lydia Becker · Women's Suffrage Journal

Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)

Thomas Cook · Thomas Cook Group

Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)

Horatio Alger

Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)

Benjamin C. Truman

Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)

Louis-Nazaire Bégin

Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)

Jean Jules Jusserand · List of French ambassadors to the United States

Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)

Julian Bell

Marie of Romania (b. 1875)

Marie of Romania

Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)

Thomas Sturge Moore

Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)

Evald Tipner

Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)

Herman Gummerus

Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)

Vítězslav Novák

Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)

Francisco Javier Arana

Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)

Carl Clinton Van Doren

Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)

Paul Saintenoy

Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)

Machine Gun Kelly

Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

Bobby Fuller

Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

Corneille Heymans · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (b. 1940)

Mary Jo Kopechne

Jack Hawkins, English actor (b. 1910)

Jack Hawkins

Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (b. 1941)

Vaughn Bodē

Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (b. 1896)

Roman Jakobson

Lally Bowers English actress (b. 1914)

Lally Bowers

Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Grigori Kromanov

Louisa Ghijs, Belgian-German actress (b. 1902)

Louisa Ghijs

Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (b. 1907)

Gilberto Freyre

Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1938)

Nico

Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)

Joly Braga Santos

Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)

Donnie Moore

Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1896)

Karl Menninger

Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (b. 1897)

Yun Posun · President of South Korea

Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

Mimi Fariña

Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1924)

Metin Toker

André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (b. 1911)

André Castelot

Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (b. 1912)

Émile Peynaud

Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (b. 1976)

Amy Gillett

William Westmoreland, American general (b. 1914)

William Westmoreland

Jerry Hadley, American tenor (b. 1952)

Jerry Hadley

Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)

Kenji Miyamoto (politician)

Henry Allingham, English soldier (b. 1896)

Henry Allingham

Jill Balcon, English actress (b. 1925)

Jill Balcon

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1910)

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv

Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)

Jean François-Poncet · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)

Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (b. 1947)

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