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February 27 in history

210 sourced entries recorded on February 27, from 272 CE to 2022 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 380Edict of Thessalonica: Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity, in accordance with the patriarchs of Rome and Alexandria, implicitly rejecting the Arianism of the patriarch of Constantinople as heretical.source
  • 425The University of Constantinople is founded by emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.source
  • 684Wu Zetian replaces Zhong Zong in favor of his younger brother Rui Zong. He becomes a puppet ruler, and Zhong Zong is placed under house arrest.source
  • 906Battle of Fritzlar: The Conradines defeat the Babenberg counts, to establish themselves as dukes of Franconia (modern-day Bavaria). Count Conrad the Elder is killed in the battle; his son Conrad the Younger becomes duke of Franconia.source
  • 907Abaoji, ruler (khagan) of the confederation of Khitans, proclaims himself emperor and establishes the Liao dynasty, killing most of the other Khitan chieftains. He occupies territories along China's northern border including parts of Hebei and Shanxi provinces.source
  • 1331Anthony de Luci appointed justiciersource
  • 1393The Senate of the Republic of Venice secretly directs Paolo Foscari to seek an alliance with Nerio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens and Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea, against the mercenary Navarrese Company.source
  • 1404King Guadarfia of the Canary Islands surrenders to the French explorer Jean de Béthencourt, who declares himself to be the new king, but subservient to the sponsor of the expedition, King Enrique III of Castile (part of modern-day Spain)source
  • 1412Battle of Morvedre: In the Spanish Kingdom of Valencia, supporters of Ferdinand of Antequera defeat those of James II, Count of Urgell.source
  • 142511 days shy of his tenth birthday, Vasily II becomes the new Grand Prince of Moscow upon the death of his father, Vasily I of Moscow. Vasily II's mother, Sophia of Lithuania, serves as his regent.source
  • 1441Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: The second campaign against the Mong Mao state is launched.source
  • 1447Vasily II returns as Grand Prince of Moscow after being recalled from exile by Dmitry Shemyaka, who had blinded him the year before. Shemyaka still attempts to control the Principality of Moscow.source
  • 1458George of Poděbrady is elected king of Bohemia.source
  • 1459Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, proclaims himself to be rightful King of Hungary and prepares to invade the kingdom in order to overthrow King Mathias Corvinus.source
  • 1475At Racibórz (now in Poland, but at the time under the control of the Kingdom of Bohemia), the Bohemian King Matyáš Korvín arrests the Duke of Gliwice, Jan IV of Oświęcim and holds him prisoner until Jan relinquishes half of his lands to Bohemian control.source
  • 1477Uppsala University is founded, becoming the first university in Sweden and all of Scandinavia.source
  • 1510Portuguese conquest of Goa: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal begins a nine month battle to conquer Goa off the coast of India.source
  • 1511In Italy, on "Fat Thursday", a Christian celebration marking the last days of feasting before the period of fasting during the Roman Catholic Lent, discontented citizens of Friuli stage a revolt against their Venetian occupiers and attack the city of Udine and invade the palaces of several members of nobility, murdering the wealthy families and plundering the palace contents. Special troops arrive from Gradisca d'Isonzo on March 1 and suppress the rebellion.source
  • 1522Daniil of Volotsk is appointed by the Grand Duke of Moscow as the new Metropolitan of Moscow, becoming the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.source
  • 1523Captain Antón Mayor formally claims for Spain what is now Nicaragua, after he arrives with Andrés Niño and other Spanish troops on the Central American coast at El Realejo.source
  • 1526The League of Torgau is formed as an alliance of German princes to oppose the 1521 Edict of Worms.source
  • 1531Lutheran princes in the Holy Roman Empire form an alliance known as the Schmalkaldic League.source
  • 1535George Joye publishes his Apologye in Antwerp, to clear his name from the accusations of William Tyndale.source
  • 1545Battle of Ancrum Moor: The Scots are victorious over numerically superior English forces.source
  • 1545Battle of Ancrum Moor, a Scottish victory in the war known as the Rough Wooingsource
  • 1559Queen Elizabeth I establishes the Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558. The Oath of Supremacy is reinstated.source
  • 1560Treaty of Berwick: Terms are agreed upon with the Lords of the Congregation in Scotland, for forces of the Kingdom of England to enter Scotland, to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.source
  • 1560Treaty of Berwick: Terms are agreed upon with the Lords of the Congregation in Scotland for forces of the Kingdom of England to enter Scotland, to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.source
  • 1570The Danes burn Växjö: In the Northern Seven Years' War, the town of Växjö was burned by Danish troops, which resulted in substantial damage to the buildings and infrastructure.source
  • 1587Sir Anthony Cope, a member of the English Parliament, is imprisoned in the Tower of London after presenting a Puritan revision of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir John Puckering. He is released on March 23.source
  • 1594The coronation of Henry IV as King of France takes place at Chartres Cathedral.source
  • 1611Sunspots are observed by telescope, by Frisian astronomers Johannes Fabricius and David Fabricius. Johannes publishes the results of these observations, in De Maculis in Sole observatis in Wittenberg, later this year. Such early discoveries are overlooked, however, and the first sighting is claimed a few months later, by Galileo Galilei and Christoph Scheiner.source
  • 1617The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm.source
  • 1656The first Lindesnes Lighthouse was established on the Lindesnes peninsula, it was the first lighthouse in Norway.source
  • 1660John Thurloe is reinstated as England's Secretary of State, having been deprived of his offices late in the previous year.source
  • 1663Ellen Gundersdatter and Sigrid Jonsdatter were burned to death.source
  • 1667February 27 (February 17 O.S.) – Joasaphus II is elected by the Council of Bishops as the new Patriarch of Moscow, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, after conservative clerics depose Patriarch Nikon for his reformation of the Church.source
  • 1670The royal wedding in Poland, between King Michal Wisniowiecki (who is also the Grand Duke of Lithuania) and Eleonore of Austria (daughter of the late Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor), with ceremonies taking place at the Denhoff Palace in Kruszyna.source
  • 1671The Ortenau meteorite lands in Germany.source
  • 1675Matthew Locke's "semi-opera" Psyche premieres at the Duke's Theatre in London.source
  • 1675Matthew Locke's "semi-opera" Psyche premieres at the Duke's Theatre in London.source
  • 1686Gabriel Milan, the controversial Governor of the Danish West Indies since 1684, is removed from office by order of King Frederick III and placed under arrest for treason. Three years later, after being found guilty in a trial after being brought back to Copenhagen, Milan is beheaded on March 26, 1689.source
  • 1693The publication of the first women's magazine, titled The Ladies' Mercury, takes place in London. It is published by the Athenian Society.source
  • 1700The island of New Britain is discovered by William Dampier, in the western Pacific.source
  • 1700The island of New Britain is discovered by William Dampier in the western Pacific.source
  • 171027 February–21 March – trial of Henry Sacheverell for preaching criticism of the Glorious Revolution which is considered subversive by the Whig government.source
  • 1717February 26–March 6 – What becomes the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region.source
  • 1732Herat Campaign: General Nader Shah of Persia (now Iran) suppresses the rebellion by Zulfiqar Khan in the city of Herat in what is now Afghanistan.source
  • 1737French scientists Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publish the first study correlating past weather conditions with an examination of tree rings.source
  • 1737Scientists Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publish the first study on dendrochronology.source
  • 1744Violent storms frustrate a planned French invasion of Britain.source
  • 1744a planned French invasion of Britain fails when a violent storm partially wrecks the French invasion force attempting to cross from Dunkirk to Maldon.source
  • 1745Pierre Bouguer appears before the French Academy of Sciences to deliver his report of the data gathered in the French Geodesic Mission, including the first precise measurement of the Earth's circumference. His determination that the circumference is 24854.85 mi and that the distance from the pole to equator is roughly 6,214 mi eventually leads to the Academy's calculation of the metre and the metric system.source
  • 1752The Virginia Assembly passes a law making maiming a felony, in response to the practice of gouging.source
  • 1760Seven Years' War: French and Indian War & Anglo-Cherokee War – Cherokee natives attack a North Carolina militia stationed at Fort Dobbs, in the western part of the province. The attack is repelled by the militia, under the command of General Hugh Waddell.source
  • 1767King Carlos III of Spain issues a decree expelling the Jesuits from the dominions of the Spanish Empire worldwide.source
  • 1768The first Secretary of State for the Colonies is appointed in Britain, the Earl of Hillsborough.source
  • 1768the first Secretary of State for the Colonies is appointed, the Earl of Hillsborough.source
  • 1773The construction of Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia), known for being the house of worship for George Washington and the visiting site for subsequent U.S. presidents, is completed.source
  • 1776American Revolution: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – Scottish North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek Bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory ends virtually all British authority in the province.source
  • 1776American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots. Capt. Allan MacDonald (husband of Flora) is among those taken prisoner.source
  • 1776American Revolution: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots.source
  • 1782The British House of Commons votes against further war in America, paving the way for the Second Rockingham ministry and the Peace of Paris.source
  • 1785The Confederation Congress votes an $80,000 expense to establish diplomatic relations with Morocco.source
  • 1787Royal British Bowmen, an archery society, formed in Wrexham.source
  • 1793The Giles Resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives, asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.source
  • 1796John Stuart is created Marquess of Bute.source
  • 1801Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Congress.source
  • 1812Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina (which he designed) in the city of Rosario, for the first time.source
  • 1812English poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the British House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against industrialism, in his home county of Nottinghamshire.source
  • 1814War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Orthez: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean-de-Dieu Soult.source
  • 1820Samuel Marsden arrives on his third visit to New Zealand aboard HMS Dromedary. He unsuccessfully attempts to dissuade Thomas Kendall from his impending visit to England. The Dromedary spends 5-month getting timber in Whangaroa Harbour.source
  • 1829Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw.source
  • 1841Battle of First Bar, Nemesis sank Cambridge, an old, but re-armed East Indiaman that the Chinese had purchased.source
  • 1844The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.source
  • 1846February 20–March 3 – Kraków uprising: Polish nationalists stage an uprising in the Free City of Kraków; it is suppressed by forces of the Austrian Empire, supported by peasants.source
  • 1854Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from two Romanian provinces it has conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia.source
  • 1854Commercial treaty with France on tariffs, transit and navigation for five years.source
  • 1859United States Congressman Daniel Sickles shoots Philip Barton Key (U.S. District Attorney) for having an affair with his wife.source
  • 1860Abraham Lincoln makes his Cooper Union speech in New York, which is largely responsible for his election to the presidency.source
  • 1869King Louis signs a decree of the government, chaired by the Marquis Sá da Bandeira, abolishing slavery in all Portuguese territories.source
  • 1870The Nisshoki 'circle of the sun' flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships, by proclamation of the Daijō-kan.source
  • 1873The Santiago Severín Library is founded.source
  • 1874four crew of Stonehaven life-boat lost on service.source
  • 1875Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California, resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin.source
  • 1883Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majoritysource
  • 1888In West Orange, New Jersey, Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge, who proposes a scheme for sound film.source
  • 1892Rudolf Diesel applies for a patent in Germany, on his compression ignition engine (the Diesel engine).source
  • 1897The French military governor of Madagascar, Joseph Gallieni, exiles Queen Ranavalona III to Réunion, abolishing the monarchy the next day.source
  • 1898To annihilate the Sicilian Mafia, Italian troops arrest 64 people of Palermo. In a series of reports between 1898 and 1900, Ermanno Sangiorgi, the police chief of Palermo, identified 670 mafiosi belonging to eight Mafia clans that went through alternating phases of cooperation and conflict.source
  • 1899Japanese immigration to South America, primarily Peru, begins as the ship Sakura Maru departs from Yokohama with 790 men employed by the Morioka-shokai Sugar Company. The group arrives in Callao on April 3.source
  • 1900Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé.source
  • 1900Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia.source
  • 1900The British Labour Party is officially established, at a meeting in the Congregational Memorial Hall in London, and Ramsay MacDonald is appointed as its first secretary.source
  • 1900FC Bayern, Germany's most successful football club, is founded in Munich.source
  • 1901The Sultan of Turkey orders 50,000 troops to the Bulgarian frontier because of unrest in Macedonia.source
  • 1907The Old Bailey criminal court opens in London.source
  • 1919Robert Harris, Canadian painter (born 1848)source
  • 1921A Socialist congress at Vienna ends with the International Working Union of Socialist Parties founded.source
  • 1932The Mäntsälä rebellion occurs in Finland.source
  • 1933Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag building, is set on fire under controversial circumstances. The following day, the Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.source
  • 1933The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, is set on fire under controversial circumstances.source
  • 193938 Arab Palestinians killed and 44 injured when a number of bombs set by the Irgun exploded across the country during the morning.source
  • 1940The radioactive isotope carbon-14 is discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California, Berkeley.source
  • 1941WWII: The New Zealand Division cruiser HMS Leander (1931) sinks Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I off the Maldives.source
  • 1942The USS Langley, first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, is attacked by 9 Japanese bombers while ferrying a cargo of USAAF P-40 fighters to Java. Langley is so badly damaged that she has to be scuttled to avoid falling into Japanese hands.source
  • 1945Aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order as HMS Powerful.source
  • 1946The opening of Central Library of Dornod Province.source
  • 1947United Nations Security Council Resolution 19 is passed. It creates a three-member subcommittee to examine the dispute over the Straits of Corfu between the United Kingdom and Albania and to make a report on these facts.source
  • 1951The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.source
  • 1957Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957source
  • 1959Tore Sagvolden, orienteering competitor.source
  • 1961The border between Romania and the Soviet Union is agreed, including passing Snake Island to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.source
  • 1963Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.source
  • 1964The Italian government asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.source
  • 1965Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965source
  • 1971Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortions.source
  • 1972February 21–28 – U.S. President Richard Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.source
  • 1975The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.source
  • 1976The Polisario Front, Western Sahara's national liberation movement, declares independence of the territory under the name "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic".source
  • 1977The Upper Peirce Reservoir is officially opened as Singapore's fourth reservoir. On the same day, a 10-year plan to clean up the Singapore River is announced by the late Lee Kuan Yew.source
  • 1978The first global positioning satellite, the Rockwell International-built Navstar 1, is launched by the United States.source
  • 1979The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is cancelled due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department.source
  • 1979The Soviet oil tanker Antonio Gramsci suffers a minor shipwreck in shallow waters shortly after leaving shore in Ventspils, resulting in a 5,000 ton oil spill, the largest that has ever occurred on the Baltic Sea.source
  • 1980M-19 guerrillas begin the Dominican embassy siege in Colombia, holding 60 people hostage, including 14 ambassadors.source
  • 1985Colombia officially recognizes the Shawari Arab Democratic Republic.source
  • 1986The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.source
  • 1988February 27–29 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Sumgait pogrom of Armenians occurs in Sumqayit.source
  • 1988Zoe Tay was crowned the winner in the finals of the inaugural season of the long-running Singaporean reality television programme Star Search on SBC 8.source
  • 1990Line Kloster, sprinter.source
  • 1990Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.source
  • 1991Gulf War: U.S. President Bush declares victory over Iraq and orders a cease-fire. U.S. troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf on March 10.source
  • 1995The Union Bank of Finland opened a branch in Estonia, being the first foreign bank to open a branch in Estonia.source
  • 1996Pokémon Red & Green Versions release in Japan for the Game Boy.source
  • 1998Party political films are banned after amendments to the Films Act are passed. The amended law also toughens penalties for distribution of pornography, protects minors from pornography and expands 'films' to cover digital films. Censorship procedures will be streamlined into Films and Publications Department in MITA from 1 April.source
  • 1999While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.source
  • 2000February 23–March 7 – Mayon volcano in Albay erupts, with the most violent occurred, February 28 – March 1; its status is raised to the highest, Alert Level 5, on February 24 due to its hazardous explosions with pyroclastic and lahar flows that affected parts of the province, with several thousands evacuated even outside identified danger zones.source
  • 2002A mob attacks a train near Godhra, India, killing approximately 59 people. The state of Gujarat breaks out into riots, including the Gulbarg Society massacre on February 28 that kills approximately 69 people.source
  • 2003Rowan Williams becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.source
  • 2003Archbishop of Santa Fe, Edgardo Gabriel Storni, is accused of sexual abuse on a seminarist, and absolved from two previous similar accusations.source
  • 2003Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavšić is sentenced by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to 11 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War.source
  • 2010An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history.source
  • 2011Police clash with anti-government protesters in Sohar, leaving two people dead.source
  • 2012Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh formally transfers power to Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, after a year of mass protests, ending his 33-year-long reign.source
  • 2019February 27–28 – The 2019 North Korea–United States summit is held in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.source
  • 2019February 26–27 – The Indian Air Force launches airstrikes on purported militant camps in Balakot, Pakistan. It precedes a series of events that lead to the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff.source
  • 20202020 stock market crash: Triggered by fears of the spreading of COVID-19, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since the 2008 financial crisis.source
  • 2021The government says it will fence the border between the DR and Haiti in order to curb migration and other illegal activities.source
  • 2022European nations ban Russian flights in their airspace.source

Births

  • 272Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (died 337)source
  • 1234Abaqa Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (died 1282)source
  • 1347Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (died 1393)source
  • 1427Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480)source
  • 1500João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)source
  • 1535Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (died 1593)source
  • 1539Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch printer (died 1597)source
  • 1572Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)source
  • 1575John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1590–1616) (died 1616)source
  • 1622Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1654)source
  • 1661Johannes Møller, educator and writer (died 1725)source
  • 1709Timothy Woodbridge American missionary, deacon, schoolteacher, judge, Superintendent of Indian Affairs (died 1774)source
  • 1807Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (died 1882)source
  • 1848Sir Hubert Parry, English composer (died 1918)source
  • 1855Roberto Silva Renard (died 1920)source
  • 1861Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher, social reformer and author (died 1925)source
  • 1869Alice Hamilton, American physician (died 1970)source
  • 1886Hugo Black, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1971)source
  • 1897Marian Anderson, African-American contralto (died 1993)source
  • 1902John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)source
  • 1932Dame Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (died 2011)source
  • 1944Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020)source

Deaths

  • 381Peter II, Patriarch of Alexandriasource
  • 640Pepin the Elder, Mayor of the Palacesource
  • 640Pepin the Elder, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, dies and is succeeded by his son Grimoald. He becomes the head of the Frankish household, and the most powerful man in the Frankish Kingdom (approximate date).source
  • 906Conrad the Elder, Frankish noblemansource
  • 956Theophylact, Byzantine patriarch (born 917)source
  • 1007Ælfwaru, English noblewomansource
  • 1167Robert of Melun, bishop of Hereford (born 1100)source
  • 1416Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363)source
  • 1425Prince Vasily I of Moscow (born 1371)source
  • 1462Władysław II of Płock, Polish noble (born 1448)source
  • 1508James, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (born 1507)source
  • 1584Yi I of Joseon, Korean Confucian scholar (born 1536)source
  • 1608Henri, Duke of Montpensier, French noble (born 1573)source
  • 1608Henri, Duke of Montpensier, noble (born 1573)source
  • 1618Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne, Scottish countess (born 1579)source
  • 1641Pau Claris i Casademunt, Catalan ecclesiastic (born 1586)source
  • 1653Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona, Spanish noble (born 1599)source
  • 1666Luisa de Guzmán, Duchess of Braganza and Queen consort of Portugal (born 1613)source
  • 1666Gustav Evertsson Horn, military and politician (born 1614)source
  • 1676Hans Schack, noble and commander-in-chief of the Danish army (born 1608)source
  • 1691Luo Wenzao, First Chinese bishop (born 1615)source
  • 1706John Evelyn, English writer, gardener and diarist (born 1620)source
  • 1712Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1643)source
  • 1735John Arbuthnot, British physician and author (born 1667)source
  • 1735John Arbuthnot, physician and author (born 1667)source
  • 1738Henry Grove, English nonconformist minister (born 1684)source
  • 1759Jacob Theodor Klein, German scholar (born 1685)source
  • 1778Alexander Murray of Elibank, fourth son of Alexander Murray (born 1712)source
  • 1784Count of St. Germain, French philosopher, adventurer (born 1710)source
  • 1800Adélaïde of France, French princess (b.1732)source
  • 1844Nicholas Biddle, president of the Second Bank of the United States (born 1786)source
  • 1846María Trinidad Sánchez, heroine of the Dominican War of Independence (born 1794)source
  • 1887Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (born 1833)source
  • 1902Breaker Morant, Australian soldier (executed) (born 1864)source
  • 1902Australian officers Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock are executed for the murder of Boer prisoners of war near Louis Trichardt.source
  • 1920Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, historian and philosopher (born 1847).source
  • 1939Nadezhda Krupskaya, revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin (born 1869)source
  • 2003Fred Rogers, 74, American television (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), stomach cancer.source
  • 2008William F. Buckley Jr., 82, American author, conservative political commentator, founder of National Review magazine, emphysema.source