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June 4 in history

228 sourced entries recorded on June 4, from 621 CE to 2024 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 621Wang Shichong, self-declared emperor, surrenders to Li Shimin at Luoyang following Dou Jiande's defeat. Gaozu spares his life, but he is later assassinated.source
  • 824Pope Eugene II is selected by church leaders and the local nobility of the Papal States as the 99th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Paschal I, receiving a majority after the more conservative Zinzinnus is rejected.source
  • 1099June 2–6 – The Crusaders occupy Arsuf and turn inland towards Ramlah, where they reorganise for the march against Jerusalem. A Crusader force under Tancred liberates Bethlehem.source
  • 1137A fire destroys much of the city of York, including 39 churches and York Minster.source
  • 1286The 15-year-old Henry II sails from Cyprus and lands in Acre, but is refused entry into the citadel. There, he stays for six weeks in the palace to negotiate an agreement to take over the city from the Angevins.source
  • 1320King Edward II of England appoints Lord Pembroke as keeper of the realm before traveling to France.source
  • 1352Glarus joins the Old Swiss Confederacy.source
  • 1387Queen Mary of Hungary is rescued from imprisonment after being held captive by Croatian rebels.source
  • 1388The Merciless Parliament ends its session after four months spent primarily in trying officials for treason and further restricting the authority of King Richard II.source
  • 1392Louis de Valois is created first Duke of Orléans of the second creation.source
  • 1393Hook and Cod wars: In Holland, after a revolt in Leiden by the "Hooks", elite members and guild members in the community, Albrecht van Beieren, Count of Holland, revokes promises previously made to the Hooks for more autonomy, appoints a new bench of adlermen from the "Cods" (his supporters), and punishes many of the rebels, either by exiling them or requiring them to go on the next pilgrimage to the Middle East.source
  • 1406The Chinese merchant Chen Yanxiang and his crew of 121 people depart from Java to Korea on the pretext of being Java's ambassador to Korea. His djong ship carries with it with various Southeast Asian products, including parrots, peacocks, agarwood, camphor, and black pepper.source
  • 1411The French city of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon is given exclusive rights by King Charles VI to the ripening and marketing of Roquefort cheese.source
  • 1411Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.source
  • 1442Erik III is deposed as King of Norway and the nobles vote to invite King Christopher of Sweden to become the new monarch.source
  • 1449Erik of Pomerania, formerly the King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, hands over possession of the island of Gotland to the Swedish invaders.source
  • 1472Shah Suwar, formerly the ruler much of southeastern Turkey as prince of the Beylik of Dulkadir, surrenders to the Egyptian Mamluk General Yashbak min Mahdi after an 11-day siege. He is brought out of the Castle of Zamantu, restrained by a robe with a metal collar with chains and his guards are unable to rescue him. Suwar's older brother, Shah Budak, is returned to the throne of Dulkadirsource
  • 1489Squire Francis War: The Battle of the Lek is fought between ships on the Lek river in the Burgundian Netherlands, near Utrecht, between the Hoek rebels (led by Jan van Naaldwijk) and the Cods, the ruling nobility of Burgundian Holland. The 1,400 Hoek warriors suffer 250 deaths, with 400 taken prisoner and van Nalldwijk and the remaining warriors retreating.source
  • 1507Having been denied recognition by Pope Julius II as King of Naples, King Ferdinand II of Aragon departs from Naples to return to his home in Spain.source
  • 1508The coronation of Prince Lajos as the designated successor to his father, King Vladislaus II of Hungary, takes place in Székesfehérvár.source
  • 15251525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.source
  • 1543Fabiano di Monte San Savinov leads 500 infantry men and some cavalry in an attempt to conquer the Republic of San Marino, but the group fails after getting lost in a dense fog on Saint Quirinus' Day.source
  • 1544A combined force of troops from the Holy Roman Empire and from Spain, both commanded by Emperor Charles V, defeat the French in the Battle of Serravalle after three days of fighting.source
  • 1547Maurice, Duke of Saxony is formally raised to the status of the Elector.source
  • 1561The nobility of Harrien-Wierland and the town of Reval (on June 6) of the Livonian Order swear allegiance to Sweden.source
  • 1561The spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London catches fire and crashes through the nave roof, probably as the result of a lightning strike. The spire is not rebuilt.source
  • 1563The Parliament of Scotland passes the Witchcraft Act, making both the practice of witchcraft, and the act of consulting with witches, punishable by burning at the stake.source
  • 1565The Treaty of Cebu is signed between Miguel López de Legazpi, representing Philip II of Spain, and Rajah Tupas of Cebu. This effectively creates Spanish suzerainty over Cebu.source
  • 1584Walter Raleigh sends Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to explore the Outer Banks of Virginia (modern-day North Carolina), with a view to establishing an English colony; they locate Roanoke Island.source
  • 1615Forces under shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan, beginning a period of peace which lasts nearly 250 years. Bands of Christian samurai support Ieyasu's enemies at the Battle of Osaka.source
  • 1629The Dutch East India Company ship Batavia is wrecked on a reef near Beacon Island, off Western Australia, on her maiden voyage to the Indies. Following mutiny among the survivors, two exiled murderers become the first Europeans to settle in Australia. Their subsequent fate is unknown.source
  • 1630Scottish-born Presbyterian (and former physician) Alexander Leighton is brought before Archbishop William Laud's Star Chamber court in London for publishing the seditious pamphlet An Appeale to the Parliament, or, Sions Plea Against the Prelacy, an attack on Anglican bishops (printed in the Netherlands, 1628). He is sentenced to be pilloried and whipped, have his ears cropped, one side of his nose slit, and his face branded with "SS" (for "sower of sedition"), to be imprisoned, and be degraded from holy orders.source
  • 1661The so-called Demarcation Line around Copenhagen is introduced when it is prohibited to build in the zone between the city's Fortification Ring and The Lakes.source
  • 1662The "Sangley Massacre" is ordered by Sabiniano Manrique de Lara, the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, with the directive for the government to kill all Filipinos of Chinese ancestry — Sangleys — who disobey orders to assemble at Manila for deportation.source
  • 1666Molière's comedy The Misanthrope is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, by the King's Players.source
  • 1666Molière's comedy of manners The Misanthrope is premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris by the King's Players with himself in the title role.source
  • 1668Tangier, a city in Morocco that had come under control of the English colonial empire in 1661, is elevated by the English crown to the status of "free city".source
  • 16734 June (14 June New Style) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: Second Battle of Schooneveld – The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French.source
  • 1678July 23 – Siege of Bohus Fortress.source
  • 1679A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Armenia strikes near Yerevan, at the time part of the Persian Empire.source
  • 1680Tokugawa Tsunayoshi becomes the new Shōgun of Japan upon the death of his older brother, Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had been shōgun for 29 years.source
  • 1696A second Pueblo Revolt occurs in Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Tiwas of Taos and Picuris, the Tewas of San Ildefonso and Nambe, the Tanos of Jemez and San Cristobal, and the Keres of Santo Domingo and Cochiti attack during the full moon and kill 21 Spanish civilians and five priests.source
  • 1707On the island later known as Sri Lanka, Narendra Sinha becomes the monarch of most of the area as the new Kandyan king, succeeding to the throne upon the death of his father, King Vimaladharmasuriya II. Narendra Sinha reigns for almost 32 years until his death on May 13, 1739.source
  • 1719Battle of Ösel Island: A Russian naval force defeats the Swedish fleet.source
  • 1731The English market town of Blandford Forum is destroyed by fire, with the exception of 26 houses. About one-third of the uninsured losses are paid for by the collection of disaster relief money.source
  • 1731great fire destroys much of the centre of Blandford Forum, Dorset.source
  • 1745Second Silesian War: Battle of Hohenfriedberg – In the battle that earns him the descriptor of "Frederick the Great", King Frederick II of Prussia decisively defeats the armies of Austria and Saxony.source
  • 1749A fire in Glasgow leaves 200 families homeless.source
  • 1749A fire in Glasgow leaves 200 families homeless.source
  • 1759After arriving at Canada, the Royal Navy fleet sails out of British-controlled Halifax toward the St. Lawrence River to prepare the invasion of French Quebec.source
  • 1760Expulsion of the Acadians: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia taken from the Acadians.source
  • 1766On the occasion of the 28th birthday of King George III, members of the Sons of Liberty in Manhattan erect a liberty pole as a protest for the first time. The historic symbol, a tall "wooden pole with a Phrygian cap" is placed "on the Fields somewhere between Broadway and Park Row". British soldiers cut down the pole in August.source
  • 17731773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole sets out from Britain.source
  • 17731773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole sets out from the Nore.source
  • 1783June 4 or June 5 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their hot air balloon at Annonay, France.source
  • 1784Élisabeth Thible is the first woman to ascend in a hot-air balloon, at Lyon, France.source
  • 1787Guilds of Brussels assemble to enroll militiamen.source
  • 1788Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, becomes Chief Justice of the King's Bench.source
  • 1789Australia's first theatrical performance The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar staged with convicts acting in the roles.source
  • 1792Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain.source
  • 1792Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.source
  • 1794May 30–June 4 – Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti from the French.source
  • 1796The Siege of Mantua (1796-1797) begins when Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the city of Mantua, Austria's final stronghold in Northern Italy. The siege and Austria's attempts to relieve it will take the majority of the Italian campaign.source
  • 1800War of the Second Coalition: Siege of Genoa: The French army is evacuated from Genoa. Marshal André Masséna is allowed to march out, with all the honours of war. A portion of his force joins General Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and the rest is conveyed in British ships to Antibes.source
  • 1801Soldiers of the Ross and Cromarty Rangers fire on a mob in Aberdeen celebrating the King's birthday, killing two.source
  • 1805The First Barbary War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.source
  • 1805The first Trooping the Colour ceremony is held at the Horse Guards Parade in London.source
  • 1810The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is founded in Dedham, Massachusetts.source
  • 1812Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory previously known by that name is renamed the Missouri Territory.source
  • 1814Charter of 1814: Louis XVIII of France issues the Charter of 1814, a written constitution that retains royal supremacy and will remain in force from 1814 to 1815 and again from 1815 to 1830.source
  • 1816June 4 (N.S.) (May 23 O.S.) – The Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire emancipates its peasants from serfdom.source
  • 1827French inventor Joseph Niépce sends a package to Louis Daguerre revealing the existence of his invention, "heliography", where an image can be reproduced onto a pewter plate and then reprinted. In 1829, the two will begin a partnership, and Daguerre will perfect Niépce's photographic process to reproduce images more quickly.source
  • 1840Botanical Garden of Mechelen opens, with Joseph Van Hoorde as head gardener.source
  • 1842In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into a British military base in Grahamstown, to warn that the Boers have besieged Durban (he had left 11 days earlier). The British army dispatches a relief force.source
  • 1842In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into the British military base in Grahamstown to warn that Boers have besieged Durban. He had set out eleven days earlier. The British Army dispatches a relief force.source
  • 1844Start of the Silesian weavers' uprising. It is crushed by Prussian military on June 6, with 11 weavers killed and numerous arrested.source
  • 1848June 2–12 – The Prague Slavic Congress brings together members of the Pan-Slavism movement.source
  • 1859Austro-Sardinian War: Battle of Magenta – The French and Sardinians defeat the Austrians.source
  • 1865the lyrics of the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers", written by Sabine Baring-Gould as "Hymn for Procession with Cross and Banners", are first sung by children processing to St Peter's Church, Horbury, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.source
  • 1871Frederik Holst, medical doctor (born 1791).source
  • 1873American Indian Wars: The Modoc War ends with the capture of Kintpuash (Captain Jack).source
  • 1873Indian Wars: The Modoc War ends with the capture of Kintpuash ("Captain Jack").source
  • 1875Two American colleges play each other in arguably the first game of college football: Tufts University and Harvard University at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts.source
  • 1876The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.source
  • 1876The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California via the First Transcontinental Railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.source
  • 1878Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom, but retains the nominal title.source
  • 1879Yasukuni Shrine is officially renamed from Tokyo Shokonsha Shrine in Japan.source
  • 1884June 4 (N.S.) (May 23 O.S.) – The future flag of Estonia is consecrated as the flag of the Estonian Students' Society.source
  • 1891United States Navy admiral George Brown convinces the Congressionalist Junta to give up the Itata.source
  • 1893The Anti-Saloon League is incorporated, originally as a state organization, in Oberlin, Ohio. On December 18, 1895, it becomes a nationwide organization. The same year, the American Council on Alcohol Problems is established, along with the Committee of Fifty for the Study of the Liquor Problem.source
  • 1895Stadionul Tineretului is opened in Oradea.source
  • 1896The Ford Quadricycle, the first vehicle developed by Henry Ford, is completed, eventually leading Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".source
  • 1903The Indian Opinion is started by Mahatma Gandhi with Mansukhlal Nazar as editor.source
  • 1911On the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy, a crowd of one million people turned out in Rome to watch the unveiling of Il Vittoriano, a 250-foot-high monument in honor of King Victor Emmanuel II.source
  • 1912The Socialist Workers' Party (Chile) is founded.source
  • 1913Emily Davison, a British suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby. She is trampled and dies four days later in hospital, never having regained consciousness.source
  • 1913Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies four days later on 8 June, never having regained consciousness.source
  • 1917The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography, (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history, for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert Bayard Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism, for his work for the New York World.source
  • 1918The First Republic of Armenia signed its first treaty, the Treaty of Batum. The other signatories are the Ottoman Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Georgia.source
  • 1918RMS Kenilworth Castle, one of the Union-Castle Line steamships, collides with her escort destroyer HMS Rival while trying to avoid her other escort, the cruiser HMS Kent.source
  • 1919Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the states for ratification.source
  • 1920Treaty of Trianon: Peace is restored between the Allied Powers and Hungary, which loses 72% of its territory.source
  • 1920The Treaty of Trianon is signed. Transylvania and most of Banat become part of Romania.source
  • 1922The British Army recaptures Belleek, County Fermanagh, from the Irish Republican Army.source
  • 1926Ignacy Mościcki becomes president of Poland.source
  • 1927Yugoslavia severs diplomatic relations with Albania.source
  • 1927June 4–6 – Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Albert Levine take off from Roosevelt Field, New York, and fly to Eisleben, Germany, in the Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia aircraft Miss Columbia, two weeks after Charles Lindbergh's historic solo flight.source
  • 1932The Papen government in Germany dissolves the Reichstag for elections on July 31 in the full expectation that the Nazis will win the largest number of seats.source
  • 1932A military coup occurs in Chile.source
  • 1934USS Ranger is commissioned.source
  • 1939The St. Louis, a ship carrying 907 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida; only a few passengers have been allowed to enter Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, many of its passengers later die in Nazi death camps during The Holocaust.source
  • 1939The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying a cargo of 907 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, many of the passengers later die in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust.source
  • 1940The Dunkirk evacuation ends: The British and French navies, together with large numbers of civilian vessels from various nations, complete evacuating 300,000 troops from Dunkirk, France to England.source
  • 1941Premiere of the Los martes, orquídeas film, first film featuring Mirtha Legrandsource
  • 1942June 4–7 – WWII: Battle of Midway – An American naval victory halts the Japanese advance in the Pacific.source
  • 1944End of Ottoman Public Debt Administration (after 90 years)source
  • 1944A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the GS U-505, marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel has captured an enemy vessel at sea since the War of 1812. Some significant intelligence data is acquired.source
  • 1950The Diocese of Toluca is erected.source
  • 1950Butter rationing, introduced in October 1943, is abolished.source
  • 1956Montgomery bus boycott: The related civil suit is heard in federal district court; the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the ruling in November.source
  • 1961Vienna summit: John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev meet during two days in Vienna. They discuss nuclear tests, disarmament and Germany.source
  • 1961June 3–4: The Vienna summit, a meeting between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, is held.source
  • 1963President of the United States John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing silver certificates.source
  • 1965Sigmund Mowinckel, theologian (born 1884).source
  • 1967Stockport air disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.source
  • 1968The Standard & Poor's 500 index in the United States closes above 100 for the first time, at 100.38.source
  • 1971Israel announces the exposure of a Syrian espionage network in the Golan Heights.source
  • 1976The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns 128–126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the National Basketball Association Finals at the Boston Garden. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.source
  • 1979Following the "Muldergate" Information Scandal, John Vorster resigns as State President of South Africa.source
  • 1979Joe Clark becomes Canada's 16th and youngest Prime Minister.source
  • 1979Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.source
  • 1980Patrick Makau, Umkhonto weSizwe member, and his child die in a bomb attack in Manzini, Swaziland.source
  • 1985Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble Formedsource
  • 1986Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.source
  • 1987State President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha visits Sharpeville.source
  • 19891989 Polish legislative election: Solidarity's victory in the first round is the first of many anti-communist revolutions of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe.source
  • 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre: A violent military crackdown takes place on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.source
  • 1989June 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.source
  • 1989Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.source
  • 1991A large solar flare triggers an unusually large aurora as far south as Pennsylvania.source
  • 1992June 3–14 – The Earth Summit is held in Rio de Janeiro.source
  • 1996The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds in its maiden flight, after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.source
  • 1997June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres (1997)source
  • 2000The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.source
  • 2000The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). One-hundred and three people were killed and 2,174–2,585 were injured.source
  • 2001Gyanendra ascends the throne of Nepal on the death of his nephew, Dipendra.source
  • 2001Prince Gyanendra is crowned King.source
  • 2002The Zeyzoun Dam in Zayzun, Syria, fails.source
  • 2002The ringed dwarf planet Quaoar is discovered by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory.source
  • 2005The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.source
  • 2011Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand and Australia, and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.source
  • 2014When viewing on the recognition of the Armenian genocide, the Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop publicly declared that, while respecting the rights of individuals and groups to have strong views on the matter, Australia does not view the tragic events during the end of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.source
  • 2018May 28–June 7 – The 2018 Stanley Cup Final are played between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights and won by the former.source
  • 2019June 3–5 – U.S. President Donald Trump makes a state visit to the U.K., meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. It is the first official state visit to the U.K. by a sitting U.S. president since 2011. Trump also attends D-Day commemorative ceremonies.source
  • 2020Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) says they are in full control of the capital, Tripoli, after forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) retreat from the territory following months of intense fighting in the city.source

Births

  • 1221Przemysł I, Polish nobleman and knight (died 1257)source
  • 1394Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)source
  • 1489Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (died 1544)source
  • 1489Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, French aristocrat and general(d.1544).source
  • 1511Honorat II of Savoy, French Navy admiral (died 1580)source
  • 1563George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (died 1624)source
  • 1564Ahmad Sirhindi, Indian Islamic scholar, (died 1624)source
  • 1604Claudia de' Medici (died 1648)source
  • 1665Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (died 1733)source
  • 1694François Quesnay, French economist (died 1774)source
  • 1697Jacob Emden, German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism (died 1776)source
  • 1738King George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)source
  • 1738Prince George, eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1820)source
  • 1751John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1838)source
  • 1809Columbus Delano, American statesman (died 1896)source
  • 1829Allan Octavian Hume, British civil servant (died 1912)source
  • 1833Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, British field marshal (died 1913)source
  • 1867Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and 6th President of Finland (died 1951)source
  • 1876Clara Blandick, American actress (died 1962)source
  • 1928Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth), German-American sex therapist, film and television personality, and author (died 2024)source
  • 1950Eddy Fort Moda Grog, singersource
  • 1962Ulisses Correia e Silva, politician and Prime Ministersource
  • 1971Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin – former Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) newscaster and current consort of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangorsource
  • 1975Russell Brand, English actor and comediansource
  • 1976Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and political activist (died 2024)source
  • 1990Ville Mäkilä, Finnish former professional football playersource
  • 1994Aaron Samuel Olanare, footballersource

Deaths

  • 756Emperor Shōmu (retired since 749) dies at Nara. His wife Kōmyō dedicates over 600 items to the Great Buddha, and donates large sums of money to the Shōsō-in treasure (storehouse) in Tōdai-ji.source
  • 756Shōmu, emperor of Japan (born 701)source
  • 863Charles, archbishop of Mainzsource
  • 895Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynastysource
  • 946Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard princesource
  • 956Muhammad II of Shirvan, Muslim rulersource
  • 1039Conrad II ("the Elder"), Holy Roman Emperorsource
  • 1039Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, ("the Elder") dies of gout in Utrecht after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son, Henry III ("the Black"), who also becomes king of Italy and Burgundy.source
  • 1076Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (or Navarre)source
  • 1094Sancho V, king of Aragon and Pamplonasource
  • 1102Władysław I Herman, duke of Polandsource
  • 1102Władysław I Herman, duke of Poland, dies at Płock (possibly poisoned by his enemies) after a 23-year reign. He leaves the succession to be disputed between his sons Zbigniew and Bolesław III Wrymouth.source
  • 1134Magnus the Strong (Nilsson), king of Västergötlandsource
  • 1135Huizong, emperor of the Song dynasty (born 1082)source
  • 1135Emperor Hui Zong dies in exile in Heilongjiang (Manchuria), having been held prisoner with his son Qin Zong since their capture in 1127.source
  • 1155Baldwin de Redvers, English noblemansource
  • 1206Adela of Champagne, queen of France (born 1140)source
  • 1223Hugh of Beaulieu, English abbot and bishopsource
  • 1243Constance, margravine of Meissen (born 1212)source
  • 1246Isabella of Angoulême, queen consort of Englandsource
  • 1257Przemysł I, Polish nobleman and co-ruler (born 1221)source
  • 1394Mary de Bohun, English countess, married to Henry IV of Englandsource
  • 1463Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (born 1392)source
  • 1472Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (born 1402)source
  • 1530Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1493)source
  • 1608Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)source
  • 1627Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (born 1605)source
  • 1663William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1582)source
  • 1693John Wildman, English soldier and politician (born 1621)source
  • 1792John Burgoyne, British general (born 1723)source
  • 1798Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer, writer (born 1725)source
  • 1801Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (born 1750)source
  • 1830Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan revolutionary leader, statesman (born 1795)source
  • 1864Matías Ramón Mella, Dominican general (born 1816)source
  • 1872Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician (born 1798)source
  • 1876Abdülaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)source
  • 1895Abu Bakar of Johor, Malaysian sultan (born 1833)source
  • 1922W. H. R. Rivers, English doctor (born 1864)source
  • 1928Huanggutun incident: Zhang Zuolin, a warlord, is killed by Japanese agents in China.source
  • 1931Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Arab nationalistsource
  • 1938Otto Bauer, Social Democrat (born 1881; heart attack)source
  • 1941Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany (born 1859)source
  • 1942Reinhard Heydrich, headed the Nazi Reich Main Security Office and was Reich governor of Bohemia and Moravia (born 1904)source
  • 19891989 Iranian supreme leader election: Ali Khamenei is elected Supreme Leader of Iran after announcing the death of Ruhollah Khomeini the day before.source
  • 2010John Wooden, 99, American basketball coach (UCLA, 1948–1975).source
  • 2024Seven soldiers are killed in a gun attack inside Pendjari National Park.source