August 29 — On This Day

Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

Wadōkaichin · Japanese calendar

Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope.

Pope Urban IV · Pope Alexander IV

Battle 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.

Battle of Montecatini · Republic of Pisa · Uguccione della Faggiuola · Kingdom of Naples · Republic of Florence

Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

Battle of Winchelsea · Les Espagnols sur Mer · Kingdom of England · Naval fleet · Edward III of England

The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.

Treaty of Picquigny · Kingdom of France

Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.

Pope Innocent VIII · Pope Sixtus IV

Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.

Vasco da Gama · Kozhikode · Kingdom of Portugal

The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).

Ottoman Turks · Nándorfehérvár

Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

Battle of Mohács · Ottoman Turks · Suleiman the Magnificent · Jagiellonian · Kingdom of Hungary

The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

Ottoman Turks · Buda · Hungarian Kingdom

The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

Nuuk · Greenland · List of governors of Greenland · Claus Paarss

Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.

Frederick the Great · Electorate of Saxony · Seven Years' War

The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.

Treaty of Easton · Indian reservation · Indian Mills, New Jersey · Lenape

American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

American Revolutionary War · Battle of Rhode Island

Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

Shays' Rebellion · Massachusetts

British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Copenhagen · Battle of Køge

Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

Michael Faraday · Electromagnetic induction

Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

Treaty of Nanking · First Opium War

American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.

American Civil War · Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries · Pamlico Sound

The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.

Mount Washington Cog Railway · Rack railway

Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

Emperor Meiji · Abolition of the han system · Prefectures of Japan · Japanese calendar

Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Gottlieb Daimler · Internal combustion · Motorcycle · Daimler Reitwagen

The Goodyear tire company is founded.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

Russian battleship Slava · Borodino-class battleship · Battleship

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

Quebec Bridge

The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.

Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910 · Korea under Japanese rule

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

Ishi · Native Americans in the United States · California

World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

World War I · Battle of St. Quentin (1914) · Fifth Army (France) · Saint-Quentin, Aisne

US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

USS F-4 (SS-23) · Submarine

The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.

Jones Law (Philippines)

World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.

Bapaume · New Zealand Division · Hundred Days Offensive

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

St Kilda, Scotland

World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.

World War II · Tallinn · Estonia · Nazi Germany · Soviet Union

World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.

Occupation of Denmark · Royal Danish Navy

World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

Slovak National Uprising · Slovaks · Nazism

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

Soviet atomic bomb project · Soviet Union · Atomic bomb · First Lightning · Semipalatinsk Test Site

Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.

Korean War · British people

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

United States Air Force Academy · Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Gemini V · Earth

The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

The Beatles · Candlestick Park · San Francisco

Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Sayyid Qutb · Gamal Abdel Nasser

Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.

Chicano Moratorium · Vietnam War · East Los Angeles, California · Rubén Salazar

The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

Chemical element · Meitnerium · Atomic number · Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung · Darmstadt

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union · Soviet Communist Party

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

Libero Grassi · Palermo · Sicilian Mafia · Extortion

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 · Tupolev Tu-154 · Arctic · Spitsbergen

At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.

Armed Islamic Group · Rais massacre · Algeria

Ayatollah Sayed 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.

Ayatollah · Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim · Shia Muslim · Iraq · Assassination

Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.

Hurricane Katrina · Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans · U.S. Gulf Coast · Louisiana · Florida Panhandle

At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.

Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster · Panzhihua

John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)

John of Artois, Count of Eu

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)

Janus Pannonius

García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)

García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca

Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)

Nicholas Pieck

Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)

Henry Gage (soldier)

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1683)

Jean-Baptiste Colbert · Controller-General of Finances

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1701)

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

John Locke, English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)

John Locke

Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)

Giovanni Battista Casti

Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1767)

Charles Townshend · Chancellor of the Exchequer

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (d. 1797)

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony

Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)

Jan Śniadecki

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde

Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)

Aimé Bonpland

Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (d. 1853)

Hyacinth (Bichurin) · Sinology

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)

Charles Grandison Finney

Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)

Frederick Denison Maurice

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (d. 1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (d. 1888)

Henry Bergh · American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)

Alfred Shaw

David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910)

David B. Hill · Governor of New York

Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)

Edward Carpenter

Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)

Sandford Schultz

Byron G. Harlan, American singer (d. 1936)

Byron G. Harlan

Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)

Andrew Fisher · Prime Minister of Australia

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

Maurice Maeterlinck · Nobel Prize in Literature

Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (d. 1950)

Albert François Lebrun · President of France

Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)

Leonardo De Lorenzo

Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)

Charles F. Kettering · Delco Electronics

Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)

Kim Koo · Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978)

Jivraj Narayan Mehta · Chief Minister of Gujarat

Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)

Salme Dutt

Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)

Marquis James

Preston Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1959)

Preston Sturges

Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986)

Aurèle Joliat

Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

Werner Forssmann · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)

Dhyan Chand

Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941)

Arndt Pekurinen

Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)

Vivien Thomas

John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)

John Charnley

Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002)

Sohn Kee-chung

Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)

Barry Sullivan (actor)

Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016)

Wolfgang Suschitzky

Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)

Len Butterfield

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

Ingrid Bergman

Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)

Nathan Pritikin

Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)

Luther Davis

George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer (d. 2000)

George Montgomery (actor)

Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)

Isabel Sanford

Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)

Charlie Parker

Herb Simpson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

Herb Simpson

Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)

Otis Boykin

Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)

Richard Blackwell

John Edward Williams, American author and educator (d. 1994)

John Edward Williams

Arthur Anderson, American actor (d. 2016)

Arthur Anderson (actor)

Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)

Richard Attenborough

Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)

Dinah Washington

Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic

Helene Ahrweiler

Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016)

Donn Fendler

Betty Lynn, American actress

Betty Lynn

Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

Jimmy C. Newman

Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)

Charles Gray (actor)

Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator

Herbert Meier

Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)

Thom Gunn

Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)

Jacques Bouchard

Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

Carlos Loyzaga

Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)

Stelios Kazantzidis

Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician

Lise Payette

Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)

Sorel Etrog

Arnold Koller, Swiss politician

Arnold Koller

Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

Dimitris Papamichael

Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)

Hugo Brandt Corstius

William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter

William Friedkin

László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar

László Garai

John McCain, American captain and politician

John McCain

James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey

James Florio · Governor of New Jersey

Elliott Gould, American actor and producer

Elliott Gould

Angela Huth, English journalist and author

Angela Huth

Christian Müller, German footballer and manager

Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)

Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Robert Rubin · United States Secretary of the Treasury

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek

Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Joel Schumacher

James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)

James Brady · White House Press Secretary

Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)

Gary Gabelich

Robin Leach, English journalist and television host

Robin Leach

James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)

James Glennon

Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)

Gottfried John

Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)

Mohamed Amin

Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer

Dick Halligan

Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Arthur B. McDonald · Nobel Prize in Physics

Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chris Copping

Wyomia Tyus, American runner

Wyomia Tyus

Bob Beamon, American long jumper

Bob Beamon

Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic

Francine D. Blau

Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus

Demetris Christofias · President of Cyprus

Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice

Giorgio Orsoni · Mayor of Venice

Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author

Temple Grandin

James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993)

James Hunt

Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic

Robert S. Langer

Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor

Stan Hansen

Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

Doug DeCinces

Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

Frank Henenlotter

Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician

Dave Reichert

Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Geoff Whitehorn

Karen Hesse, American author and poet

Karen Hesse

Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dave Malone

Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter

Don Schlitz · Country Music Hall of Fame

David Boaz, American businessman and author

David Boaz

Richard Harding, English rugby player

Richard Harding (rugby player)

James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic

James Quesada

Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic

Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Diamanda Galás

Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

Jack Lew · White House Chief of Staff

Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer

Mark Morris (choreographer)

Eddie Murray, American football player

Eddie Murray (American football)

Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer

Charalambos Xanthopoulos

Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer

Steve Yarbrough (writer)

Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster

Jerry D. Bailey

Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)

Grzegorz Ciechowski

Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Lenny Henry

Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)

Michael Jackson

Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

Rebecca De Mornay

Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager

Ramón Díaz

Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player

Ray Elgaard

Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Chris Hadfield

Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Eddi Reader

Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist

Timothy Shriver

Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician

Stephen Wolfram

Todd English, American chef and author

Todd English

Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Tony MacAlpine

Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player

Carsten Fischer

Rodney McCray, American basketball player

Rodney McCray (basketball)

Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster

Carl Banks

Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer

Hiroki Kikuta

Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author

Ian James Corlett

Simon Thurley, English historian and academic

Simon Thurley

Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter

Elizabeth Fraser

Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter

Perri "Pebbles" Reid

Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer

Zisis Tsekos

Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster

Will Perdue

Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager

Jörn Großkopf

Neil Gorsuch, American judge

Neil Gorsuch

Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Anton Newcombe

Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter

Meshell Ndegeocello

Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

Joe Swail

Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer

Jennifer Crittenden

Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

Henry Blanco

Alex Griffin, English bass player

Alex Griffin

Carla Gugino, American actress

Carla Gugino

Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter

Amanda Marshall

Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor

Bae Yong-joon

Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist

Vincent Cavanagh

Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer

Olivier Jacque

Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer

Kumi Tanioka

Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kyle Cook

Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

Stephen Carr

Phil Harvey, English businessman

Phil Harvey (manager)

Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

Kevin Kaesviharn

Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player

Georgios Kalaitzis

Pablo Mastroeni, Argentine-American soccer player and manager

Pablo Mastroeni

Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer

Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)

Devean George, American basketball player

Devean George

John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player

John O'Brien (soccer)

Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

Roy Oswalt

Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host

Charlie Pickering

Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster

Aaron Rowand

Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer

Volkan Arslan

Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer

Celestine Babayaro

Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

Stijn Devolder

Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete

Kristjan Rahnu

Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

Ryan Shealy

Chris Simms, American football player

Chris Simms

David West, American basketball player

David West (basketball)

Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist

Geneviève Jeanson

Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor and producer

Jay Ryan (actor)

Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)

Ruhila Adatia-Sood

Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player

Carlos Delfino

Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer

Vincent Enyeama

Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player

Antti Niemi (ice hockey)

Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator

Hajime Isayama

Lea Michele, American actress and singer

Lea Michele

Tony Kane, Irish footballer

Tony Kane

Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer

Jakub Kosecki

Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer

Patrick van Aanholt

Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer

Néstor Araujo

Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player

Deshaun Thomas

Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Mallu Magalhães

Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player

Noah Syndergaard

Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

Liam Payne

Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)

Basil I

Wang Jipeng, emperor of Min

Wang Jipeng

Li Chunyan, empress of Min (Ten Kingdoms)

Empress Li Chunyan · Min (Ten Kingdoms) · Ten Kingdoms

Empress Fu the Elder, Chinese empress consort

Empress Fu the Elder

Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid ruler

Abu Taghlib

Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)

Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy

Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088)

Eystein I of Norway

Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad

Al-Mustarshid

Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)

Bertha of Sulzbach

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (b. 1269)

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar

Peter Tempesta (b. 1261)

Peter Tempesta

Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)

Charles of Taranto

Albert III, Duke of Austria (b. 1349)

Albert III, Duke of Austria

John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)

John VI, Duke of Brittany

Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)

Alesso Baldovinetti

Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)

Ulrich von Hutten

Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506)

Louis II of Hungary

Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)

Pál Tomori

Atahualpa, Inca emperor (b. 1497)

Atahualpa

Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)

Cristóvão da Gama

Hamida Banu Begum, wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun (b. 1527)

Hamida Banu Begum

John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)

John Lilburne

Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)

Gregory King

Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)

Matthias Bel

Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)

Edmond Hoyle

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)

Jacques-Germain Soufflot · Panthéon, Paris

Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)

Pope Pius VI

Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)

Edmund Ignatius Rice · Congregation of Christian Brothers · Presentation Brothers

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck

Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)

Tokugawa Iemochi

Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)

Brigham Young · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

Stefan Dunjov

Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)

Pierre Lallement · Bicycle

William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)

William Forbes Skene

Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)

Murad V

George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

George Huntington Hartford

William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)

William Archibald Spooner

David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

David T. Abercrombie · Abercrombie & Fitch

Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)

Attik

Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)

Adolphus Busch III

John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)

John Steuart Curry

Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)

Sydney Chapman (economist)

Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

Anton Piëch

Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

Marjorie Flack

Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)

Sayyid Qutb

Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)

Ulysses S. Grant III

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)

Leopold and Loeb

Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)

Lale Andersen

Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)

Éamon de Valera · President of Ireland

Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)

Jean Hagen

Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)

Brian McGuire

Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

Lowell Thomas

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)

Ingrid Bergman

Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

Lehman Engel

Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)

Evelyn Ankers

Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)

Archie Campbell

Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)

Lee Marvin

Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (b. 1909)

Peter Scott

Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)

Manly Palmer Hall

Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)

Libero Grassi

Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)

Félix Guattari

Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Frank Perry

Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)

Shelagh Fraser

Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)

Willie Maddren

Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)

Conrad Marca-Relli

Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

Graeme Strachan

Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Francisco Rabal

Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)

Lance Macklin

Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)

Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim

Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)

Patrick Procktor

Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)

Hans Vonk (conductor)

James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)

James Muir Cameron Fletcher

Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)

Richard Jewell

Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)

Pierre Messmer · Prime Minister of France

Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)

Alfred Peet · Peet's Coffee & Tea

Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

Geoffrey Perkins

Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)

Michael Schoenberg

Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)

Junpei Takiguchi

Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)

Ruth Goldbloom · Pier 21

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

Shoshichi Kobayashi

Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)

Anne McKnight

Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)

Les Moss

Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)

Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)

Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

Joan L. Krajewski

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)

Bruce C. Murray · The Planetary Society

Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

Octavio Brunetti

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)

Björn Waldegård

Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)

Gene Wilder