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March 28 in history

210 sourced entries recorded on March 28, from 193 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 364Valens, brother of Valentinian I, is appointed co-emperor (Augustus) in the palace of Hebdomon (Turkey). He rules the Eastern portion of the Roman Empire, from the Danube to the Persian border, and begins the first anti-pagan persecutions.source
  • 519The Eastern and Western churches reconcile their differences, ending the Acacian Schism.source
  • 622Tajoom Ukʼab Kʼahkʼ becomes the ruler of the Mayan city state of Calakmul in southern Mexico and reigns until 630.source
  • 845March 28 or 29 (Easter) – Siege of Paris: Viking forces under the Norse chieftain Ragnar Lodbrok enter the River Seine, with a fleet of 120 longships (5,000 men). They pass through the city of Rouen and plunder the countryside. King Charles the Bald assembles an army and sends it to protect Paris, the capital of the West Frankish Kingdom. Ragnar routs the enemy forces, and hangs 111 of their prisoners in honour of Odin. Charles — to keep them from plundering his kingdom — pays a large tribute of 7,000 livres (pounds) of silver or gold, in exchange for their leaving. The Vikings also sack the cities of Hamburg and Melun.source
  • 1313Francesco da Barberino of Tuscany receives a doctorate of both civil law and canonical law, by a bull issued by Pope Clement V.source
  • 1348Domhnall Ó Ceinnéidigh is captured and imprisoned by the Purcells.source
  • 1371The London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery, is founded in Aldersgate.source
  • 1383In a proclamation made by her envoys to Poland, Elizabeth, the former Queen consort of Hungary and regent for her 10-year-old daughter Mary, Queen of Hungary, formally releases the Kingdom of Poland from an oath of loyalty to Mary and announces that she will send her 9-year-old daughter Hedwig to be the queen of Poland.source
  • 1396A War Council in Buda, led by King Sigismund of Hungary is held with representatives of various Christian nations to begin the Nicopolis Crusade against the Muslims of the Ottoman Empire for the liberation of Bulgaria.source
  • 1397King Charles VI of France and King Richard II of England sign a treaty settling the final issues remaining from the War of the Breton Succession, restoring the land confiscated from John IV, Duke of Brittany.source
  • 1424King James I of Scotland is released after having been held captive in England for 18 years. James is freed after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of £40,000, secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at Durham, England.source
  • 1436In Italy, the Republic of Genoa is revived after having been under the control of the Duchy of Milan for almost 15 years, and the 56-year-old mercenary leader Isnardo Guarco is elected as the Doge of Genoa, with a lifetime appointment, but is deposed only one week later.source
  • 1465King Edward IV gives royal assent to acts passed by the English Parliament, including the Pattens Act 1464, regulating the manufacture of pattens, shoes with wooden soles and heels, and leather covering, declaring that "Patten-makers may make pattens of such asp as is not fit for shafts." The law is among several given royal assent to regulate clothing, including the Cloths Act, the Exportation of Wool Act and Contracting for Wool Act and the Shoemakers Act. The parliament, in session since April 29, 1463, closes.source
  • 1478The initial draft of the Treaty of Brno, between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Bohemia, is agreed upon by envoys from both kingdoms, subject to modifications.source
  • 1507The revolutionary council of the Republic of Genoa declares a war against French invaders.source
  • 1528King Francis I accepts the challenge to a duel issued by Holy Roman emperor Charles V.source
  • 1531In India, the fortress of Mandu, capital of the Malwa Sultanate, falls as Malwa's Sultan Mahmúd II and his sons surrender to Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.source
  • 1541In what is now the capital of Ecuador, San Francisco de Quito is declared a city by the decree of King Charles I of Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru.source
  • 1566The foundation stone of Valletta, which will become Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.source
  • 1570The ambassador of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II goes before the governing Council of the Venetian Republic and requests that Venice surrender the island of Cyprus. The Council rejects the demand and prepares to go to war with the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1572Queen Elizabeth I of England summons a new Parliament, which assembles on May 4.source
  • 1619Captain Nicholas Pynnar completes his Survey of the Escheated Counties of Ulster.source
  • 1625April 24 – First Savoine War – Relief of Genoa: The Spanish fleet aids the Republic of Genoa, by overcoming the Franco-Savoyard occupation of the city of Genoa.source
  • 1631the Morres Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of John Morres.source
  • 1638Dutch merchant Willem Kieft is appointed Director of New Netherland by the Dutch East India Company to succeed Wouter van Twiller.source
  • 1646the first "Ormonde Peace": the Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation signs an agreement with James Butler, Marquess of Ormonde, as lieutenant of Charles I of England which would procure some rights for Catholics in return for their military support of the royalists in England, but this is renounced by the Confederation's General Assembly.source
  • 1650The Siege of Kilkenny in Ireland by Oliver Cromwell ends in after six days as royalist Sir Walter Butler turns over control of the city to the Commonwealth of England forces.source
  • 1659The Danish Africa Company (Dansk afrikanske kompagni) is chartered to Hendrik Carloff for the purpose of capturing Africa slaves from the area around Denmark's colony on the Danish Gold Coast for use in the West Indies.source
  • 1661Erik Dahlbergh receives royal privilege to compose the series of illustrations titled Suecia antiqua et hodierna.source
  • 1678The nova V529 Orionis is discovered by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Jan Heweliusz).source
  • 1685An attack on a Mughal Empire envoy, Khwajah Abdur Rahim, outside of the Maratha fortress at the Bijapur Fort in India leads to a siege of the city by the forces of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The siege lasts for 15 months before Bijapur surrenders.source
  • 1709Johann Friedrich Böttger reports the first production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe, at Dresden.source
  • 1723The capture of Rasht from the Persian Empire by the Russian Empire brings Rasht and the Gilan Province under Russian control.source
  • 1737The Battle of Delhi takes place between the Maratha Empire and the Mughals.source
  • 1738Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he claims was cut off by a Spanish captain in the Caribbean in 1731, to the Parliament of Great Britain, which votes, 257 to 209, for war against Spain, leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.source
  • 1738mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he claims was cut off by a Spanish captain in the Caribbean in 1731, to Parliament, which votes, 257 to 209, for war against Spain, leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.source
  • 1748a fire in the City of London causes over a million pounds worth of damage.source
  • 1757Robert-François Damiens is tortured, then dismembered and his remains burned in public for his January 5 assassination attempt on King Louis XV of France, the last person in France to suffer this punishment.source
  • 1776Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.source
  • 1776Foundation of the ballet troupe which becomes the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, Russian Empire.source
  • 1778Hugh O'Reilly succeeds Daniel O'Reilly as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, an office he will hold until 1801.source
  • 1787In the British House of Commons, Henry Beaufoy files the first motion to repeal the Test Act 1673, which restricts the rights of non-members of the Church of England; Beaufoy's motion is rejected, and the Act is not repealed until 1829.source
  • 1802H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid Pallas.source
  • 1806Washington College (modern-day Washington & Jefferson College) is chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.source
  • 1809Battle of Medellín at Extremadura: Massive casualties are suffered, in a rout by French cavalry, under Marshal Victor.source
  • 1811Henri Christophe is proclaimed King Henri I, turning the northern State of Haiti into the Kingdom of Haiti.source
  • 18131813–1814 Malta plague epidemic spreads from Egypt.source
  • 1814War of 1812 – Battle of Valparaíso: Two British Royal Navy ships easily defeat and capture USS Essex and a sister ship off the coast of Chile.source
  • 1815laying of the foundation stone of the Metropolitan Chapel (later known as the Catholic Pro-Cathedral), Marlborough Street, Dublin.source
  • 1820An attempted coup d'état against Paraguayan dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia fails after a plot by Fulgencio Yegros and Pedro Juan Caballero.source
  • 1830The Java War ends with the capture of Prince Diponegoro during negotiations with Dutch commander Hendrik Merkus de Kock.source
  • 1834Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837).source
  • 1834The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States (censure expunged in 1837).source
  • 1837The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle.source
  • 1842The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai, performs its first concert.source
  • 1847The Massachusetts Donation of 1847 for Ireland sails from Boston on USS Jamestown.source
  • 1849The Frankfurt National Assembly adopts the Frankfurt Constitution, providing for a constitutional monarchy for Germany under a hereditary emperor and with a two-chamber parliament.source
  • 1854Crimean War: France declares war on Russia.source
  • 1861Confederate Arizona: A convention in modern-day Tucson ratifies the ordinance of secession of the southern part of New Mexico Territory.source
  • 1876Classes commence at the University of Adelaide.source
  • 1878Stoke City F.C. move into their new stadium at the Victoria Ground, beating Talke Rangers 1–0 in a friendly in their first game there.source
  • 1878Electric lights are first used at Westminster Palace.source
  • 1879Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Hlobane: British forces suffer a defeat.source
  • 1882German medical products company Beiersdorf is founded.source
  • 1882German company Beiersdorf was founded.source
  • 1882Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical (laique) and obligatory.source
  • 1883Battle of Gia Cuc: A French force defeats the Vietnamese in northern Vietnam in the run-up to the Sino-French War.source
  • 1884March 27–29 – Cincinnati riots of 1884.source
  • 1890Washington State University is founded in Pullman.source
  • 1896Tom Gallaher incorporates the Gallaher tobacco business and opens the world's largest tobacco factory in Belfast.source
  • 1897Second round of the Italian general election, 1897. The "Ministerial" left-wing bloc, led by Giovanni Giolitti remained the largest in Parliament, winning 327 of the 508 seats. The Di Rudini government continues.source
  • 1898The German Reichstag builds a battleship fleet from the Fleet Act, triggering an arms race at sea with the United Kingdom.source
  • 1898After an investigation, the U.S. Navy publicly concludes that USS Maine was sunk by a mine, further pushing sentiment towards war.source
  • 1909Hans Henrik Wærenskjold, politician (born 1820)source
  • 1915The first Roman Catholic Liturgy is celebrated by Archbishop John Ireland at the newly consecrated Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota.source
  • 1915The Italian rider Ezio Corlaita wins the 9th Milan–San Remo bicycle race.source
  • 1916severe blizzard across the east midlands.source
  • 1920The 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak hits the Great Lakes region and Deep South of the United States.source
  • 1921Easter Crisis: Charles IV negotiates with Horthy in Budapest. Horthy refuses to resign power. Charles IV returns to Szombathely.source
  • 1923Regia Aeronautica, the air force of Fascist Italy, is founded.source
  • 1929Japanese forces withdraw from Shandong province to their garrison in Qingdao, bringing an end to the Jinan Incident.source
  • 1930The government of Turkey requests the international community to adopt Istanbul and Ankara, as the official names for Constantinople and Angora. The U.S. State Department adopts the "Istanbul" form in May.source
  • 19331933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash: The Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy biplane airliner City of Liverpool catches fire in the air over Belgium and crashes, killing the crew of three and all twelve passengers, the deadliest accident in the history of British civil aviation to this date. The fire onboard may have been started deliberately.source
  • 1934Socialist savings bank Bank van de Arbeid goes bankrupt.source
  • 1934Belfast Zoo opens in part of Bellevue Pleasure Gardens.source
  • 1938At a meeting with Hitler in Berlin, Konrad Henlein is instructed to make increasing demands concerning the status of the Sudetenland, but to avoid reaching an agreement with Czechoslovak authorities.source
  • 1939American adventurer Richard Halliburton delivers a last message from a Chinese junk, before he disappears on a voyage across the Pacific Ocean. In 1945, some wreckage identified as a rudder, and believed to belong to the junk, washes ashore in San Diego, California.source
  • 1947A World War II Japanese booby trap explodes on Corregidor Island, killing 28 people.source
  • 1949March 25–28 — Operation Priboisource
  • 1949United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal resigns suddenly.source
  • 1949English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang (although describing the model as "unsatisfactory") during a BBC Third Programme radio broadcast.source
  • 1950Bodies of three children from 'Abasan, killed by members of Battalion 22 on 16 March, are found in Israel.source
  • 1954Puerto Rico's first television station, WKAQ-TV, commences broadcasting.source
  • 1954The trial of A. L. Zissu and 12 other Zionist leaders ends with harsh sentences in Communist Romania.source
  • 1959The Kashag, the government of Tibet, is abolished by an order signed by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai. The Dalai Lama is replaced in China by the Panchen Lama.source
  • 1961The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.source
  • 1963Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conduct a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.source
  • 1964King Saud of Saudi Arabia abdicates. His brother, Prince Faisal, does not officially assume the throne until November.source
  • 19651965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures With a magnitude of 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale, it leaves 280 dead and hundreds injured. The earthquake is perceived from Copiapó to Osorno, from North to South, and to Buenos Aires to the east.source
  • 1967Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Populorum progressio.source
  • 1968Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.source
  • 1969Pope Paul VI increases the number of Roman Catholic cardinals by one-third, from 101 to 134.source
  • 1969Earthquake in Alaşehirsource
  • 1972March 23–April 2 – A 47-member expedition conducted by Presidential Assistant for National Minorities (Panamin) which has been headed by Manuel Elizalde Jr., mostly scientists and later joined by one of the agency's directors—American Charles Lindbergh, makes a first visit to the caves inhabited by 25 "surviving" Tasadays, a group of Stone Age-style people discovered in June 1971, in an isolated mountain rainforest in South Cotabato—the "first discovery of cavemen in modern times." The expedition ends as explorers are rescued by the United States Armed Forces.source
  • 1974Minister of Food and Agriculture Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed announced that Government of India has decided to scrap take over of wholesale wheat distribution.source
  • 1975A fire in the maternity wing at Kučić Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia (Croatia), kills 25 people.source
  • 1978Stump v. Sparkman (435 U.S. 349): The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5–3 decision, in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.source
  • 1979In Britain, James Callaghan's minority Labour government loses a motion of confidence by one vote, forcing a general election which is to be held on 3 May.source
  • 1979America's most serious nuclear power plant accident occurs, at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.source
  • 1980The Talpiot Tomb is discovered by construction workers in Jerusalem.source
  • 1986The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.source
  • 1987An anti-tank landmine kills four people and injures one in the Josefsdal area near the Swaziland border.source
  • 1987The 1987 Aegean crisis, which occurred near the Greek island of Thasos, was a confrontation between Greece and Turkey that was ultimately resolved peacefully. Turkey agreed to withdraw its vessels under the condition of Greece not pursue oil drills beyond its territorial waters.source
  • 1992The Shot (Duke–Kentucky): In what Sports Illustrated deemed the greatest college basketball game of all time, Christian Laettner sinks an overtime buzzer-beater to advance Duke to their fifth straight Final Four.source
  • 19931993 French legislative election: Rally for the Republic (Gaullist party) wins a majority and Édouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister.source
  • 1994Shell House massacre: Inkatha Freedom Party and ANC supporters battle in central Johannesburg, South Africa.source
  • 1995The start of Muzha Refuse Incineration Plant commercial operation in Wenshan District, Taipei.source
  • 1999The adult animated sitcom Futurama premiered on Fox.source
  • 2001SES Astra announces that the company will be reconstituted as SES Global (now just SES), and that the new group will buy GE Americom from GE Capital for $2.4bn of cash and $3.5bn of shares.source
  • 2004Bombings attributed to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan kill 15 in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. This is the first instance of suicide bombings in the country or the surrounding region of central Asia.source
  • 2005The 8.6 Mw Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.source
  • 2005The 8.6 Mw Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.source
  • 2007Lansana Conté names a new government led by Lansana Kouyaté.source
  • 201150 Togolese businessmen visit New Delhi to promote economic cooperation with Indiasource
  • 2012Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Mejri are sentenced to imprisonment for "transgressing morality, defamation and disrupting public order" after posting naked caricatures of Muhammad to Facebook.source
  • 2013Security tightens in Cyprus as banks prepare to reopen after nearly two weeks, following a controversial international bailout that was negotiated with the EU and IMF.source
  • 2018At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.source
  • 2019At least 18 killed when a truck crashes into a crowd along the Pan-American Highway in Nahualá, Sololasource
  • 2022The foreign ministers of Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the United States Secretary of State, meet in Sde Boker, Israel, and agree to hold regular meetings about regional security and commit to further expanding economic and diplomatic cooperation.source
  • 2024Russiagate: The Security Information Service reveals that Russia paid via the "Voice of Europe" hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections.source
  • 2025Bhutan exports its wine for the first time.source
  • 2025Nineteen Filipino nationals are arrested for holding an unauthorized political demonstration in support of former President Rodrigo Duterte.source
  • 2025A 7.7-magnitude earthquake occurs in Myanmar, resulting in 5,413 killed and 11,402 injured.source

Births

  • 623Marwan I, Muslim Caliph (died 685)source
  • 931Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (died 951)source
  • 1416Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (died 1489)source
  • 1468Charles I, Duke of Savoy (died 1490)source
  • 1472Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (died 1517)source
  • 1515Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite nun, poet and saint (died 1582)source
  • 1527Isabella Markham, English courtier (died 1579)source
  • 1569Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1622)source
  • 1591William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (died 1668)source
  • 1592Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died 1670)source
  • 1599Witte de With, famous Dutch naval officer of the 17th century (died 1658)source
  • 1613Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, concubine of Qing dynasty ruler Hong Taiji (died 1688)source
  • 1638Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (died 1731)source
  • 1652Samuel Sewall, English-born Massachusetts judge (died 1730)source
  • 1654Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress (died 1719)source
  • 1657Ebba Maria De la Gardie, poet and singer (died 1697)source
  • 1691Charles Emil Lewenhaupt, general (died 1743)source
  • 1706Andrew Oliver, merchant and public official in the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1774)source
  • 1725William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger), politician (died 1763)source
  • 1728Anton Raphael Mengs, German-Bohemian painter (died 1779)source
  • 1743March 28 (March 17 O.S.) – Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian princess, courtier and patron of the arts and sciences (died 1810)source
  • 1760Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (died 1846)source
  • 1818Wade Hampton III, Confederate soldier and South Carolinian politician (died 1902)source
  • 1868Maxim Gorky, Russian author (died 1936)source
  • 1910Lucian Büeler, figure skater (died 1952)source
  • 1914Edmund Muskie, American politician (died 1996)source
  • 1941Jaime Pardo Leal, lawyer and politician (died 1987)source
  • 1945Rodrigo Duterte, 16th President of the Philippinessource
  • 1979Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalitiessource
  • 1986Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter and actresssource
  • 2005D4vd, American singersource

Deaths

  • 193Pertinax, Roman emperor (assassinated) (born 126)source
  • 193Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest bidder, offers 300 million sesterces for the throne. Roman governors Clodius Albinus (Britannia) and Pescennius Niger (Syria) claim, with support of their troops, the imperial throne.source
  • 741Hatsusebe, Japanese princesssource
  • 965Arnulf I, count of Flanderssource
  • 966Flodoard, Frankish canon and chroniclersource
  • 1038Hai Gaon, Jewish theologian (born 939)source
  • 1100Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde, German noblewomansource
  • 1134Stephen Harding, English abbotsource
  • 1239Go-Toba (Toba II), emperor of Japan (born 1180)source
  • 1241Valdemar II of Denmark (born 1170)source
  • 1242Theoderich von Wied, German archbishopsource
  • 1254William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, English nobleman (born 1193)source
  • 1278March 28 or 29 – Bertrand de Saint-Martin, French cardinal and archbishopsource
  • 1285Martin IV, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)source
  • 1346Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (born 1304)source
  • 1414Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (born 1331)source
  • 1461John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle)source
  • 1529Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (born 1501)source
  • 1563Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (born 1488)source
  • 1583King Magnus of Livonia (born 1540)source
  • 1584March 28 (O.S. March 18) – Ivan the Terrible, ruler of Russia since 1533, dies; he is succeeded as Tsar by his son, Feodor.source
  • 1598Michele Bonelli, Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1541)source
  • 1625March 28 or March 29 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (born 1549)source
  • 1631Juan van der Hamen, Spanish artist (born 1596)source
  • 1635Patrick Forbes, Scottish bishop (born 1564)source
  • 1655Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, German princess and queen consort of Sweden (born 1599)source
  • 1677Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (born 1607)source
  • 1687Constantijn Huygens, Dutch writer, poet and composer (born 1596)source
  • 1712Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (born 1637)source
  • 1757Robert-François Damiens, French domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV (born 1715)source
  • 1801Ralph Abercromby, British general (born 1734)source
  • 1835Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, the first prince consort of Maria II of Portugal (born 1810)source
  • 1849Four Christians are ordered to be burnt alive in Antananarivo, Madagascar, by Queen Ranavalona I; 14 others are executed.source
  • 1868James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (born 1797)source
  • 1870George Henry Thomas, American general (born 1816)source
  • 1870Candelaria Pérez (born 1810)source
  • 1872Nambu Nobuyuki, 9th and final daimyō of Hachinohe Domain (born 1814)source
  • 1881Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (born 1839)source
  • 1884Prince Leopold, the youngest son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, dies, aged 30 in Cannes (France) following a fall complicated by his haemophilia. His son, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, is born nearly 4 months later.source
  • 1884Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria (born 1853)source
  • 1941Virginia Woolf, English novelist (suicide) (born 1882)source
  • 1943Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer (born 1873)source
  • 1953Jim Thorpe, Native-American athlete, Olympic medalist and professional baseball player (born 1887)source
  • 1969Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (born 1890)source
  • 1985Marc Chagall, 97, Russian-French artist.source
  • 2014Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo, bishop of Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika (born 1951)source