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October 24 in history

211 sourced entries recorded on October 24, from 69 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 69Second Battle of Bedriacum: Flavians under Antonius Primus defeat the Vitellians.source
  • 964October 24–25 – Siege of Rometta: Nikephoros II sends an expedition to Sicily. The Byzantine army (40,000 men) is sent to break the Muslim siege at Rometta, and to regain Sicily for the Byzantine Empire. For two days a battle takes place in the area between the beach and the besieged citadel of Rometta. The Saracens (under Al-Hasan ibn Ammar) manage to defeat the Byzantine relief force.source
  • 1055Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, is outlawed by the witan ("meeting of wise men"). In revenge he builds a force and allies himself with the Welsh king Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. After defeating Ralph the Timid (a nephew of King Edward the Confessor), they attack Hereford and raid the church – taking everything of value, leaving the building on fire. The rebels also attack Leominster.source
  • 1071Romanos IV is deposed by John Doukas (Caesar) and his political advisor Michael Psellos after his return to Constantinople. Michael VII Doukas is crowned co-emperor and his mother Eudokia is forced to retire to a monastery.source
  • 1149Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, conquers Lleida from the Almoravids, after a siege of seven months (as well as Fraga and Mequinenza).source
  • 1260The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France (the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).source
  • 1304Ottoman-Turkish forces led by Sultan Osman I conquer the ancient city of Ephesus from the Byzantine Empire, massacring and deporting its native population.source
  • 1339English forces retreated into Duchy of Brabant, ending the Thiérache campaign.source
  • 1344Smyrniote Crusade: A Christian fleet succeeds in taking the port city of Smyrna from the Aydinid Turks.source
  • 1360The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. Under its terms, Edward III of England gives up his claim to the French throne, and releases King John II of France in return for French land, including Calais and Gascony.source
  • 1372(22 Rabi’ al-Thani 774 AH) ; Four-year-old Muhammad III ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeds his father, Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.source
  • 1375Margaret I of Denmark becomes Regent of Denmark after the death of her father, Valdemar IV.source
  • 1428Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command by William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk.source
  • 1458King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the area around Ksar es-Seghir in the Sultanate of Morocco, led by Sultan Abd al-Haqq II.source
  • 1493Spain's Royal Council issues a Provision setting harsh sanctions against Spanish Christians who slander people who have newly converted from Judaism to Christianity, particularly with the term tornadizos.source
  • 1495The fifth parliament of England's King Henry VII opens at Westminster.source
  • 1508King Louis XII convenes court at the Parlement de Normandie building in Rouen.source
  • 1526The Bohemian Diet elects Archduke Ferdinand of the House of Habsburg as the King of Bohemia.source
  • 1541Algiers Expedition: One day after thousands of Spanish, German and Italian soldiers arrived on the North African coast and proceeded to surround the city of Algiers, heavy storms begin and the Algerian defenders surround King Charles and the other commanders. Fifteen European ships are wrecked onshore, and 33 others sink. Over the next 30 days, the Europeans are forced to retreat.source
  • 1557October 24 – October 28: the Earl of Sussex, Lord Deputy of Ireland, campaigns against Shane O'Neill, burning Armagh on 27 October.source
  • 1559Backed by Ottoman Empire troops, the army of Wallachia defeats the boyars at the battle of Boiani. The Ottoman central government at Constantinople confirms Petru as the rightful ruler of the principality within the Empire.source
  • 1569Sweden invades the Danish province of Scania.source
  • 1580The War of the Portuguese Succession comes to an end as Spanish forces crush the final Portuguese resistance in the last stronghold in mainland Portugal, Porto. For the next 60 years, Portugal will be ruled by the Kings of Spain.source
  • 1583Jan van Hembyze becomes the last leader of the Calvinist Republic of Ghent after a coup d'etat against the ruling Count of Flanders. Hembyze's action leads days later to the siege of Ghent by Spanish General Alexander Farnese.source
  • 1590After an unsuccessful search of the "lost colony" of Roanoke, English officer John White and the surviving crew of the ships Hopewell and Moonlight return to England.source
  • 1593Supposed date of the event described in the 1593 transported soldier legend.source
  • 1610The War of the Jülich Succession ends as the Protestant Union (including Margraviate of Brandenburg Brandenburg and Electoral Palatinate) and the Catholic League (led by the Duchy of Bavaria) agree to withdraw their forces from Germany and to disband them by year's end.source
  • 1615James I's Parliament of Ireland is dissolved (its third session having been held 18 April–16 May).source
  • 1629Portuguese Navy Captain Pedro Teixeira leads 2,000 men in the capture of Fort Taurege from England in what is now Brazil.source
  • 1641The Irish rebel Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinard issues the Proclamation of Dungannon.source
  • 1642The first Confederate Assembly of Ireland is held in Kilkenny where it sets up a provisional government, largely Catholic Royalist; start of the Irish Confederate Wars.source
  • 1642the first Confederate Assembly is held in Kilkenny where it sets up a provisional government, largely Catholic Royalist; start of the Irish Confederate Wars.source
  • 1644the Long Parliament of England passes an Ordinance of no quarter to the Irish.source
  • 1648Signing of the Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück concludes the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War. Rulers of the Imperial States can personally convert to Protestant, Catholic or Calvinist. Ecclesiastical property is restored to the status of 1624, with the minorities of each of the three recognized faiths granted toleration of worship, and there is general recognition of exclusive sovereignty, including that of the Dutch Republic and Switzerland. France and Sweden gain territory, and the latter is granted an indemnity. However, France remains at war with Spain until 1659. Prisoners of war should be released and allowed to return to their homelands without ransom after hostilities end.source
  • 1648Signing of the Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück conclude the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War. Rulers of the Imperial States have powers to decide their state religion, Protestant, Catholic, or Calvinist, with the minorities of each of those faiths granted toleration of worship, and there is general recognition of exclusive sovereignty, including that of the Dutch Republic and Switzerland. France and Sweden gain territory, and the latter is granted an indemnity. However, France remains at war with Spain until 1659.source
  • 1654The wedding between Charles X Gustav and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.source
  • 1656Quaker James Nayler re-enacts the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem at Bristol, for which he is arrested for blasphemy.source
  • 1697The first opéra-ballet, combining elements of both mediums of entertainment, is performed as L'Europe galante makes its debut at the Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris. Composed by André Campra, with libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, the opera and ballet is conducted by Marin Marais.source
  • 1698Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico, to defend the southern borders of New France.source
  • 1698Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico to defend the southern borders of New France; they will eventually found three capitals of Louisiana (New France), as the future American cities: Mobile, Biloxi & New Orleans.source
  • 1704A peace treaty is signed between Prince Ferenc Rákóczi of Transylvania, and representatives of the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I at Schemnitz (now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)source
  • 1707an act of the Parliament of Ireland creates the Dublin Ballast Office to improve Dublin Port.source
  • 1714Four Dutch investors, led by brothers Nicolaas and Hendrik van Hoorn, purchase the South American colony of Berbice from French mercenary Jacques Cassard, who had captured the colony from the Van Peere family. A century later, in 1815, the land is ceded to Great Britain and later merged with neighboring colonies to form what is now Guyana.source
  • 1733The Battle of Kirkuk starts which will lead to the defeat of the Ottoman army under general Topal Osman Pasha.source
  • 1733Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools is established to open Irish Charter Schools.source
  • 1747A Caribbean Sea hurricane sweeps across Saint Kitts, sinking 12 British freighters and one from France.source
  • 1754China's Qianlong Emperor reverses a longstanding policy that barred Chinese subjects from ever returning to China if they remained out of the country for more than three years.source
  • 1757October 24 (10 Safar 1171 A.H.) – 1757 Hajj caravan raid: Bedouin warriors of the Bani Sakher confederacy conduct a massive assault against a caravan of thousands of Muslim travelers who are on their way back to Damascus after the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. The attack, made at Hallat Ammar after the group has been resupplied at Tabuk, leads to the annihilation of 20,000 of the pilgrims. Those who are not killed outright die later in the desert from thirst and starvation. According to one Arabic source, the largest attack takes place on October 24.source
  • 1767Several anti-Jewish regulations in place since 1661, are repealed by the King's Council. While Jewish merchants are still prohibited from owning their own retail stores, they are allowed to sell merchandise on credit to gentile merchants at legal interest rates, to legally enforce debts, and to sell jewelry.source
  • 1767In France, several anti-Jewish regulations in place since October 12, 1661, are repealed by the King's Council that advises Louis XV. While Jewish merchants are still prohibited from owning their own retail stores, they are allowed to sell merchandise on credit to gentile merchants at legal interest rates, to legally enforce debts, and to sell jewelry.source
  • 1786General David Cobb of the Massachusetts militia defeats a body of rebel insurgents at Taunton, Massachusetts in one of the battles of Shays' Rebellion.source
  • 1789Brabant Revolution: Brabant revolutionaries cross the border from the Dutch Republic into the Austrian Netherlands; the first public reading of the Manifesto of the People of Brabant declares the independence of the Austrian Netherlands.source
  • 1789Army of émigré volunteers invades the Austrian Netherlands; Manifesto of the People of Brabant read out in Hoogstraten.source
  • 1789Royal Canal Company incorporated to construct a waterway from Dublin to the River Shannon.source
  • 1793French Revolution:The French Republican Calendar is adopted by the National Convention.source
  • 1793French Revolution: The French Republican calendar is adopted by the National Convention.source
  • 1795The Third Partition of Poland is made, dividing the territory of the Commonwealth of Poland between the Habsburg monarchy, Prussia and the Russian Empire. On November 25, Stanisław August Poniatowski formally abdicates as last King of Poland.source
  • 1798attempted British landing at Blankenberge fails.source
  • 1806French forces enter Berlin.source
  • 1810The foundation stone of the Moel Famau Jubilee Tower is laid.source
  • 1812Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Maloyaroslavets: An inconclusive encounter between the French vanguard and a Russian force leads Napoleon to decide to retreat along the same line as his advance, with disastrous results.source
  • 1813October 24–November 5 – Persia and Russia sign the Treaty of Gulistan at the end of the Russo-Persian War, by which Persia loses modern-day Georgia, Dagestan and most of Azerbaijan to Russia.source
  • 1813Treaty of Gulistan ends the warsource
  • 1827Ivan Paskevich captures the Iranian city of Tabriz in the Russo-Persian Warsource
  • 1834Mohammad Shah Qajar ascends to the throne after the death of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar.source
  • 1836The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts.source
  • 1837George Hempleman occupies Peraki Bay under licence from Clayton. Later, after Clayton leaves for Sydney, Hempleman is forces to make further payments for the right to occupy the land. (for the occupation at Peraki Bay see History of Canterbury, New Zealand#Whalers and sealers)source
  • 1848Romanian bands massacre 640 Hungarian civilians at the town of Zlatna, Transylvania. The massacre continues into 1849.source
  • 1851Ariel and Umbriel, moons of Uranus, are discovered by William Lassell.source
  • 1851Ariel and Umbriel, moons of Uranus, are discovered by William Lassell.source
  • 1855Van Diemen's Land is officially renamed Tasmania.source
  • 1857October 24 – 28 enslaved people escape their enslavers in Maryland.source
  • 1857Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, United Kingdom by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prestsource
  • 1861HMS Warrior, the world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled armored battleship, is completed and commissioned into the British Royal Navy.source
  • 1861Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States.source
  • 1862Ramón Castilla loses the Presidency of Peru for a second time.source
  • 1866The Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia opens in Melbourne.source
  • 1871The Argentine National Observatory is founded by President Domingo F. Sarmiento and the North American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould.source
  • 1876October 24–25 - Shinpūren Rebellionsource
  • 1883Cardiff University, Wales, opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).source
  • 1886The British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, triggering the Normanton incident.source
  • 1889Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration, calling for the Federation of Australia.source
  • 1890"Hampstead Tragedy": Mary Pearcey brutally murders her lover's wife and child in north London, for which she will be hanged on 23 December.source
  • 1892Boston Beaneaters win their Fifth National League Pennant by defeating Cleveland Spiders 5 games to 0.source
  • 1898Chinese soldiers attack a party of British engineers at the Marco Polo Bridge on the Beijing to Hankou railway.source
  • 1898Augustus Herring, hired by civil engineer Octave Chanute to design and help test heavier-than-air flying machines, reportedly makes a flight near St. Joseph, Michigan, traveling slightly above the ground for a level distance of more than 70 ft in 10 seconds.source
  • 19001900 United Kingdom general election: voting concludes with the Unionists led by the Marquess of Salisbury re-elected.source
  • 1901Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.source
  • 1901Michigan schoolteacher Annie Taylor goes down Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.source
  • 1902One of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century occurs at Santa María in Guatemala; over 6,000 people die.source
  • 1907A major United States financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907.source
  • 1907A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907, a move which ultimately leads to establishment of the Federal Reserve System.source
  • 1909At the Italian city of Racconigi, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was hosted by King Victor Emmanuel III. The foreign ministers the two nations, Tommaso Tittoni and Aleksandr Izvolsky, exchanged diplomatic notes on an informal agreement, known as the Racconigi Bargain, for Russia and Italy to support each other's interests in the Balkans and in the Ottoman Empire. Italy and the Russian Empire concluded another agreement with Austro-Hungarian Empire a few days later disregarding this agreement.source
  • 1912First Balkan War: Battle of Kumanovo – Serbian forces defeat the Ottoman army in Vardar Macedonia.source
  • 1921In the continuing Rif War, the Spanish Army defeats rifkabyl rebels in Morocco.source
  • 1924Former provincial treasurer Peter Smith and financier Aemilius Jarvis are found guilty in connection with the Ontario Bond Scandal.source
  • 1924Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland.source
  • 1925October 19–29 – Incident at Petrich: A brief conflict occurs between Bulgaria and Greece after a Greek soldier accidentally crosses into the Bulgarian side and is shot by border guards.source
  • 1929October 18–24: battle at Zhengzhou, Henan between Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army and National Revolutionary Armysource
  • 1929October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).source
  • 1930Revolution of 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrows Washington Luís.source
  • 1930Johan Galtung, sociologistsource
  • 1931The George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River in the United States is dedicated; it opens to traffic the following day. At 3,500 ft, it nearly doubles the previous record for the longest main span in the world.source
  • 1933Yoram Aridor, Israeli former politician.source
  • 1934October 20–November 3 – Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first eastward crossing of the Pacific Ocean, from his native Brisbane, Australia, to San Francisco, in the Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross. The November 3 Hawaii–San Francisco leg is the first eastward flight from Hawaii to North America.source
  • 1938At a "friendly luncheon" in Berchtesgaden, German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop tells Józef Lipski, the Polish ambassador to Germany, that the Free City of Danzig must return to Germany, that the Germans must be given extraterritorial rights in the Polish Corridor, and that Poland must sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.source
  • 1938French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet carries out a major purge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dismissing or exiling a number of anti-appeasement officials such as Pierre Comert and René Massigli.source
  • 1939Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time anywhere in Wilmington, Delaware.source
  • 1943WWII: British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Eclipse is sunk by a mine in the Aegean Sea, with the loss of 119 of the ship's company and 134 troops.source
  • 1944October 23–26 – WWII: Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines – In the largest naval battle in history by most criteria and the last naval battle in history between battleships, combined United States and Australian naval forces decisively defeat the Imperial Japanese Navy.source
  • 1945The United Nations is founded by ratification of its Charter, by 29 nations including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Egypt, Brazil, Haiti, Luxembourg, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and others.source
  • 1945The International Court of Justice ("World Court") is established by the United Nations Charter.source
  • 1946November 11 – 1946 Bihar riots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.source
  • 1947The first Azad Kashmir Government is established within Pakistan, headed by Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as its first President supported by the government of Pakistan.source
  • 1949The cornerstone of the Headquarters of the United Nations on Manhattan is laid.source
  • 1953Firedamp explosion in the Many pit in Seraing, owned by Ougrée-Marihaye, kills 26 (12 Belgians and 14 Italian immigrant workers)source
  • 1956The Protocol of Sèvres, a secret agreement between Israel, France and the United Kingdom, is signed, allowing the former to invade the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and occupy the Suez Canal with the support of the other two governments, giving rise to the Suez Crisis.source
  • 1960Nedelin catastrophe: A large rocket explodes on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, killing at least 92 people of the Soviet space program.source
  • 1962October 14–28 — The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs between the United States and Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet ballistic missiles to Cuba.source
  • 1962Hanan Rubin (born 1908), German-born Israeli politician.source
  • 1964October 10–24 – The 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo, Japan, the first in an Asian country.source
  • 1965Census Population 31351421.source
  • 1970Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile by a run-off vote in the National Congresssource
  • 1971Texas Stadium opens in Irving, Texas. In the inaugural game, the host Dallas Cowboys defeat the New England Patriots 44–21.source
  • 1972Robert Schaack is appointed to the Council of State.source
  • 1982Deputy Commerce Minister, Thavee Kraikupt, resigns with other high-ranking officials over bribery accusations.source
  • 1988October 23–24 – Typhoon Unsang struck into Luzon resulted in a widespread flooding and landslides. The storm and flood brought scores of fatalities.source
  • 1990Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti reveals the existence of Operation Gladio, a clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy during the Cold War.source
  • 1990Soviet nuclear testssource
  • 1995A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand and Southeast Asia.source
  • 1995The last total solar eclipse of the century is witnessed mostly in Tawi-Tawi, lasting for more than two minutes.source
  • 2001The 2001 Mars Odyssey arrives at Mars.source
  • 2002October 23–26 – Chechen rebels take control of the Nord-Ost theatre in Moscow and hold the audience hostage. At least 170 people are killed following a Russian attempt to subdue the militants.source
  • 2002The culprits of the D.C. sniper attacks are arrested after they kill ten people in the United States over the previous three weeks.source
  • 2003Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic travel to an end.source
  • 2005Hurricane Wilma, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, makes landfall near Cape Romano, causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.source
  • 2006Taylor Swift releases her debut album,Taylor Swift.source
  • 2012October 22 – November 2 – Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 900 miles (1,400 km)), wreaks havoc, resulting in 233 total deaths and $68.7 billion (2012 USD) damage.source
  • 2014Voters in Botswana go to the polls for a general election with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party of President Ian Khama winning 33 of 57 seats.source
  • 2014Alan Eustace, an American computer scientist, sets a world record highest and longest free fall jump from 135,908 ft over Roswell, New Mexico, United States, breaking the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of a massive helium-filled balloon. His descent to Earth lasts 4 minutes 27 seconds and stretches nearly 26 mi with peak speeds exceeding 822 mph, setting new world records for the highest free-fall jump and total free-fall distance 123,414 ft.source
  • 2019Construction starts on a power line that will provide power from Uganda to the towns of Nimule, Kaya, and Kajo Keji.source
  • 2021The 2021 Uzbek presidential election is held.source
  • 2024The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.source
  • 20252025 Irish presidential election: Independent candidate Catherine Connolly wins the election in a landslide, defeating Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys.source

Births

  • 856Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (jiedushi) (died 908)source
  • 1378David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to throne of Scotland (died 1402)source
  • 1400Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi, oldest known ancestor of the House of Al Sa'ud (died 1463)source
  • 1435Andrea della Robbia, Italian artist (died 1525)source
  • 1561Anthony Babington, English criminal (died 1586)source
  • 1628Lucrezia Barberini, Italian noblewoman (died 1699)source
  • 1632Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (died 1723)source
  • 1637Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)source
  • 1650Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)source
  • 1663Stephen Delancey, major colonial New York figure (died 1741)source
  • 1675Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (died 1749)source
  • 1701Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, Canadian military commander (died 1755)source
  • 1712Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, German duchess (died 1760)source
  • 1734Thomas Henry, apothecary (died 1816)source
  • 1741Johann August von Starck, German pastor (died 1816)source
  • 1765James Mackintosh, Scottish publicist (died 1832)source
  • 1775Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (died 1862)source
  • 1788Sarah Josepha Hale, American author (died 1879)source
  • 1817José Luís Mena Barreto (died 1879)source
  • 1891Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)source
  • 1898Peng Dehuai, Chinese military leader (died 1974)source
  • 1936Jüri Arrak, Estonian paintersource
  • 1954Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australiasource
  • 1980Umayangana Wickramasinghe, actress.source
  • 1986Drake, Canadian actor and hip-hop rappersource

Deaths

  • 935Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellorsource
  • 996Hugh I Capet, king of France (born 941)source
  • 996King Hugh I Capet dies in Paris after a 9-year reign and is interred in the Basilica of St. Denis. He is succeeded by his 24-year-old son Robert II (the Pious) as king of France. Robert tries (during his reign) to increase his power, by pressing his claim of feudal lands that become vacant. This results in many territorial disputes.source
  • 1023Kou Zhun, Chinese grand chancellorsource
  • 1152Jocelin of Soissons, French theologiansource
  • 1168William IV, count of Auxerre and Neverssource
  • 1184Siegfried, prince-archbishop of Bremen (born 1132)source
  • 1244William Briwere, English bishop and diplomatsource
  • 1260Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.source
  • 1260Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egyptsource
  • 1375King Valdemar IV of Denmarksource
  • 1441Adolf, Duke of Bavaria (born 1434)source
  • 1525Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (born 1467)source
  • 1537Jane Seymour, 3rd queen consort of Henry VIII of England (complications of childbirth) (born c. 1508)source
  • 1579Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1528)source
  • 1601Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (born 1546)source
  • 1601Tycho Brahe, astronomer and alchemist (born 1546)source
  • 1633Jean Titelouze, French organist (born c.1562)source
  • 1635Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (born 1592)source
  • 1642Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English Fen drainage adventurer and soldier (born 1583)source
  • 1642Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, Fen drainage adventurer and soldier (born 1583)source
  • 1655Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (born 1592)source
  • 1667Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (born 1580)source
  • 1669William Prynne, English Puritan leader (born 1600)source
  • 1687Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, princess (born 1625)source
  • 1708Seki Kōwa, Japanese mathematician (born c. 1640)source
  • 1725Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (born 1660)source
  • 1799Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (born 1739)source
  • 1834Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, the second king of Qajar dynasty, dies in Isfahan at the age of 62.source
  • 1842Bernardo O'Higgins, first Chilean head of state after independence (b.1778)source
  • 1842Bernardo O'Higgins (born 1778)source
  • 1852Daniel Webster, American statesman (born 1782)source
  • 1871Chinese massacre of 1871: In Los Angeles' Chinatown, 19 Chinese immigrants are killed by a mob of 500 men.source
  • 1920Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (born 1853)source
  • 1945Norwegian Nazi leader Vidkun Quisling is executed by firing squad, for treason against Norway.source
  • 1956Henry Nicholas Ridley, 1st Director of Singapore Botanic Gardens (born 1855).source
  • 1972Jackie Robinson, African-American baseball player (born 1919)source
  • 1993Bahrija Nuri Hadžić, opera singer (born 1904)source
  • 2005African-American civil rights activist Rosa Parks dies of natural causes.source
  • 2005Rosa Parks, 92, American civil rights pioneer, "founding symbol of the Civil Rights Movement".source
  • 2009The 2009 El Ayyat railway accident occurred in Giza, Egypt, when a passenger train derailed due to stoppage of animals on the train tracks. 50 people were killed and 30 people were injured.source
  • 2015Maureen O'Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (How Green Was My Valley, Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man).source