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October 9 in history

216 sourced entries recorded on October 9, from 680 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 1107Bohemond I, prince of Antioch, lands with his army (some 34,000 men) in Epirus near Avlona. He plunders the countryside and marches to Dyrrhachium (modern Albania).source
  • 1111October 5 – 18-year-old Baldwin VII succeeds his father, Robert II, as Count of Flanders until 1119.source
  • 1192Richard leaves the Holy Land, setting sail from Acre and beginning his return to Europe.source
  • 1218Al-Kamil conducts a surprise attack on the Crusader camp. Discovering their movements, John I and his retinue counter-attack and annihilates the Egyptian advance guard. On October 26, Al-Kamil attacks by using a bridge across the Nile, after a fierce onslaught the Egyptians are driven back into the river. The Crusaders strengthen their siege lines and receive French and English reinforcements at Damietta.source
  • 1264Reconquista: Castilian forces under Alfonso X counter-attack and recapture Jerez de la Frontera after a siege. The rebel-held towns of Vejer de la Frontera, Rota, and Sanlúcar de Barrameda also fall to Alfonso. Muslims in the retaken towns are expelled and the mosques in Jerez are converted to churches. The region is settled by Christians from elsewhere.source
  • 1305King Wenceslaus III marries Viola Elizabeth of Teschen, daughter of Duke Mieszko I, and abandons his claim to Hungary in favor of Otto III of Bavaria. Meanwhile, Wladyslaw II the Elbow-High, claimant to the Polish throne, begins conquering Polish territories.source
  • 1306Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter is pardoned of all debts owed to King Edward I of England, in honor of his service in the war against the Scots.source
  • 1315Banastre Rebellion: A group of English knights start an uprising in Lancashire and revenge themselves on Thomas of Lancaster. After the rebellion, Liverpool Castle is granted to Robert de Holland.source
  • 1374Hussain Jalayir was installed as the new ruler of the Jalayirid Sultanate after he and the other emirs arrested and executed Hussain's older brother, the Sultan Hasan, who had reigned for only one day.source
  • 1390King Juan, ruler of the Crown of Castile and the Kingdom of León, is fatally injured when he is thrown from his horse while he is participating in an exhibition of horsemanship before a crowd at Alcalá de Henares. The Archbishop of Toledo, Pedro Tenorio, conceals the news of King Juan's death from the public until a regency council can be created for the King's 11-year-old son, Prince Enrique of Trastámara, who is proclaimed as King Enrique III.source
  • 1437A counterattack on the Portuguese troops' camp, with additional troops led by the Moroccan grand vizier, Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Wattasi, forces the Portuguese to flee to their ships but King Henry's son, Prince Ferdinand, is taken as a prisoner of war.source
  • 1446The hangul alphabet is proclaimed in Korea, by King Sejong the Great. The Hunmin Jeongeum, published during the year, is considered the start of this brand new scientific writing system.source
  • 1454Thirteen Years' War: The Malbork treaty is concluded between the authorities of the Teutonic Order and the mercenary forces fighting for the Teutonic Order.source
  • 1466King James III of Scotland gives royal assent Among the many acts passed into law by the Parliament, including the Hospitals Act ("for the reformacioune of the hospitalis") and the Benefices Act against Englishmen being allowed to receive a benefice (payment of a reward for services rendered) from the Crown or from the Church ("na Inglis man have benefice with Scotlande")source
  • 1467(10 Jumada I 872 AH) Sayf al-Din Bilbay becomes the new Sultan of Egypt and Syria upon the death of the Sultan Sayf al-Din Khushqadam, who had reigned since 1461.source
  • 1477The University of Tübingen, one of the 11 German Excellence Universities, is founded in Württemberg by Count Eberhard I.source
  • 1514King Louis XII marries Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII) at Abbeville, as part of the Kingdom of England's peace with France.source
  • 1514Louis XII marries Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII) at Abbeville, as part of the English peace with France.source
  • 1544Second Siege of Boulogne: French forces under the Dauphin assault Boulogne, but are ultimately unsuccessful.source
  • 1594Sinhalese–Portuguese War – Campaign of Danture: Forces of the Kingdom of Kandy gain a decisive victory over the Portuguese Empire, reversing near-total control of Sri Lanka by Portugal. Pedro Lopes de Sousa, the Governor of Portuguese Ceylon, is killed in the battle, and replaced on December 24 by Jerónimo de Azevedo.source
  • 1610Poland, under the command of Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski, takes control of the Kremlin during the Polish–Russian War.source
  • 1617The Treaty of Pavia is signed between Spain and Savoy, under which Savoy returns Monferrato to Mantua.source
  • 1618Residents of Mogilev revolt against Uniate bishop Josaphat Kuntsevych.source
  • 1621The Treaty of Khotyn is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ending the First Polish-Ottoman War.source
  • 1621October 9 (September 29 O.S.) – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (three days), later regarded as the First Thanksgiving, noted for the temporary peace between the English and the local Indians. The celebration is believed by later historians to have coincided with Michaelmas, observed on September 29 by the Anglican Communion on the calendar used in England at the time.source
  • 1623Kara Mustafa Pasha is replaced as the Ottoman Governor of Egypt on orders of Sultan Murad IV.source
  • 1634Treaty between the king and the Swedish Empire over Alsace; French garrisons replace the Swedish here.source
  • 1635Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses, and giving away Native American land.source
  • 1636John Hampden refuses to pay ship money after a third writ is issued.source
  • 1645October 8–14 – English Civil War: The Third siege of Basing House by Oliver Cromwell results in its destruction.source
  • 1646The Anglican episcopacy is formally abolished by an act of England's Parliament.source
  • 1665the Cavalier Parliament assembles in Oxford to avoid the Plague in London.source
  • 1669The English ship Nonsuch returns to London with the first products acquired from trade around Canada's Hudson Bay, a cargo of fine furs. The bounty from the Nonsuch expedition attracts investors for the soon-to-be-chartered Hudson's Bay Company.source
  • 1669English ship Nonsuch returns to London with the first products acquired from trade around Canada's Hudson Bay, a cargo of fine furs; the bounty attracts investors for the soon-to-be-chartered Hudson's Bay Company.source
  • 1680A massive 9.0 magnitude Mw earthquake destroys part of Málaga and other cities in the province of the same name.source
  • 1683October 9 (possible date) – Louis XIV of France makes a morganatic marriage with Madame de Maintenon in a secret ceremony following the death on July 30 of his queen consort, Maria Theresa of Spain.source
  • 1701The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.source
  • 1704Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.source
  • 1709Treaty of Thorn (1709) between Russia and Poland-Lithuania.source
  • 1709War of the Spanish Succession: The British army captures Mons.source
  • 1709War of the Spanish Succession: British army captures Mons.source
  • 1710October 5 – October 13 - British forces under Francis Nicholson conduct the successful Siege of Port Royal against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy at the Acadian capital, Port Royal, marking the start of British control of what became Nova Scotia.source
  • 1717King Philip V of Spain orders the closure of all universities in Catalonia, including the historic Estudi General de Lleida.source
  • 1740October 9–22 – Batavia Massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre at least 10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia.source
  • 1760Seven Years' War: Russian troops enter Berlin.source
  • 1767Surveying of the "Mason–Dixon line", which will later become the traditional division between the northern and southern states of the United States, is completed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon after four years, initially to settle a boundary dispute between the colonies of Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The survey party is halted at Dunkard Creek when a chief of the Mohawk Indians tells them that they are in Native American territory and that the Mohawks guiding the property "would not proceed one step further Westward"; the line, slightly west the 80th meridian west, is now part of the boundary between Pennsylvania and West Virginia.source
  • 1769In the first encounter between the Māori people and Europeans (at the future site of Gisborne, New Zealand), one Maori is shot and killed after he steals a sword from one of the officers of the Cook expedition. Several more Māori are killed in fighting the next day.source
  • 1771The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland; Captain Raymund Lourens and his crew escape unharmed.source
  • 1776Father Francisco Palóu founds the Mission San Francisco de Asís, in what becomes San Francisco.source
  • 1776Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what becomes San Francisco, California.source
  • 1780Great Hurricane of 1780: The deadliest Atlantic Hurricane in recorded historysource
  • 1789the first recorded cricket century to be scored in Scotland is made by the Hon. Colonel Charles Lennox: he scores 136 not out.source
  • 1791Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is founded by Father Fermín Lasuén, becoming the 13th mission in the California mission chain.source
  • 1791Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is founded by Father Fermin Lasuen, becoming the 13th mission in the California mission chain.source
  • 1795October 5 – 13 Vendémiaire: Royalist riots in Paris are crushed by troops under Paul Barras and newly-reinstalled artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte.source
  • 1799HMS Lutine (a famous treasure wreck) is sunk in the West Frisian Islands.source
  • 1799Sinking of HMS Lutine, a famous treasure wreck, in the West Frisian Islands.source
  • 1802The first book printed in Australia, an abridged version of the New South Wales General Standing Orders, is published under supervision by the government printer, George Howe.source
  • 1806Battle of Schleiz: French and Prussian forces fight for the first time since the war began. A more numerous French force easily defeats the Prussian army.source
  • 1807Overkriminalretten is established. It was Norway's highest court until 1815, when the Supreme Court of Norway was established.source
  • 1807Prussian Reform Movement: Serfdom is abolished by the October edict.source
  • 1807Prussian Reform Movement: Serfdom is abolished by the October edict.source
  • 1812War of 1812: American naval forces under Lieutenant Jesse Duncan Elliott capture two British warships, HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.source
  • 1816Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, takes a room at the Mackworth Arms in Swansea, and instructs the maid not to disturb her. The following day she is found dead, having taken a fatal dose of laudanum.source
  • 1817The University of Ghent opens in Belgium.source
  • 1820Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.source
  • 1831The Nagar revolt which began in 1830, ended when the British East India Company took over.source
  • 1834first shipment of tea direct from India arrives at the Broomielaw quay in Glasgow.source
  • 1845The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.source
  • 1854October 9–11 – United States diplomats in Europe meet and draft the Ostend Manifesto, setting out a rationale for the U.S. to acquire Cuba from Spain.source
  • 1861American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Confederate forces are defeated in their effort to take the island.source
  • 1862The Transvaal Civil War breaks out, following Stephanus Schoeman's unconstitutional ousting of the acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.source
  • 1862The Transvaal Civil War breaks out following Stephanus Schoeman's unconstitutional ousting of the acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic on 6 December 1860.source
  • 1866October 7–21 – The Second Plenary Council of American Roman Catholic bishops is held in Baltimore.source
  • 1869Sir Francis Hincks becomes Minister of Financesource
  • 1869Ōmura Masujirō and several associates are attacked at an inn in Kyoto. Wounded in several places, he barely escaped with his life by hiding in a bath full of dirty water. The wound on his leg would not heal Ōmura died of his wounds on December 7.source
  • 1873The first recorded sheepdog trial in the UK takes place at Bala.source
  • 1874The Treaty of Bern establishes the General Postal Union, to coordinate the exchange of international mail.source
  • 1874The San Diego Society of Natural History, originator of the San Diego Natural History Museum, is founded in California.source
  • 1878St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam (Church of Ireland) dedicated.source
  • 1888Launceston, Tasmania is proclaimed a city.source
  • 1888The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in Washington, D.C.source
  • 1890The first brief flight of Clément Ader's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft Ader Éole takes place in Satory, France. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 m at a height of 20 cm, the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.source
  • 1890The first brief flight of Clément Ader's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft Ader Éole takes place in Satory. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 m at a height of 20 cm, the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.source
  • 1898Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani is elected as the new Patriarch of Antioch, leader of the Syriac Catholic Church, subject to the approval of Pope Leo XIII, which is made on November 28.source
  • 1900The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1903October 1–13 – First modern World Series: The Boston Americans defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in eight games.source
  • 1904German journalist Anna Rüling, in a speech to the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin, makes the first known public statement of the socio-legal problems faced by lesbians.source
  • 1913Canadian-owned ocean liner SS Volturno, carrying passengers (mostly immigrants) and a chemical cargo from Rotterdam to New York City, catches fire in a North Atlantic gale; 136 die, but 521 are saved by ships summoned by SOS messages to the scene.source
  • 1914World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp (Belgium) falls to German troops.source
  • 1916Tokyo Confectionery, as predecessor of Meiji Holdings was founded.source
  • 1918Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse is elected King of Finland.source
  • 1918Landgrave Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse is elected King of Finland.source
  • 1919In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players are later found to have lost intentionally.source
  • 1922Prairie Bible College opens with eight students in Three Hills, Albertasource
  • 1924Municipal Grant Park Stadium, in Chicago, Illinois (later known as Soldier Field) is officially dedicated.source
  • 1925October 5–16 – The Locarno Treaties are negotiated.source
  • 1927The Mexican government crushes a rebellion in Veracruz.source
  • 1927Battle of Sapotillalsource
  • 1940The Lead Singer of The Beatles, John Lennon was born.source
  • 1941Creation of the Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares.source
  • 1942The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, passed by the Parliament of Australia, formalizes Australian autonomy from the United Kingdom.source
  • 1944WWII: Fourth Moscow Conference: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin begin a 9-day conference in Moscow, to discuss the future of Europe.source
  • 1945Former prime minister Pierre Laval is sentenced to death, for collaboration with the Nazis in Vichy France.source
  • 1950The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre begins in South Korea.source
  • 1953West German federal election, 1953: Konrad Adenauer is re-elected as German chancellor.source
  • 1953Fearing communist influence in British Guiana, the British Government suspends the constitution, declares a state of emergency, and militarily occupies the colony.source
  • 1957The Jodrell Bank radio telescope in Cheshire, England, is controlled from its control room for the first time.source
  • 1961Skelmersdale, a small Lancashire town fifteen miles north-east of Liverpool, is designated as a new town and its population will expand over the coming years, bolstered by large council housing developments to rehouse families from inner city slums on Merseyside.source
  • 1963Jeunesse Esch beat FC Haka 4–0 to become the only Luxembourgian side to progress to the last sixteen of the European Cup.source
  • 1963Vajont Landslide (Disastro del Vajont) resulted in the overtopping of the Vajont Dam and an estimated death toll of around 2,000.source
  • 1969October 9–12 – Days of Rage: In Chicago, the Illinois National Guard is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical Weathermen, in connection with the "Chicago Eight" Trial.source
  • 1970The Khmer Republic was formally declared as the government of Cambodia.source
  • 1970The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia, escalating the Cambodian Civil War between the government and the Khmer Rouge.source
  • 1971September 27–October 11 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad.source
  • 1978P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa.source
  • 1979Peter Brock wins the Bathurst 1000 by a record six laps, with a lap record on the last lap.source
  • 1980Gloagtrotter of Perth, trading as GT Coaches, begins operation of an express coach service from Dundee to London as The Stage Coach, origin of the Stagecoach Group.source
  • 1983The Rangoon bombing kills South Korea's Foreign Minister, Lee Bum Suk, and 21 others. The perpetrators are believed to be North Koreans.source
  • 1983Rangoon bombing: North Korean agents planted a bomb in an attempt to assassinate President Chun. However, the bomb exploded prematurely, killing several high-ranking South Korean officials and four Burmese nationals. President Chun narrowly escaped the attack.source
  • 1984Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends by Britt Allcroft broadcasts its first two episodes in the United Kingdom.source
  • 1986United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.source
  • 1986News Corporation completes its acquisition of the Metromedia group of companies, thereby launching the Fox Broadcasting Company.source
  • 1986The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway show in history, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.source
  • 1989An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.source
  • 1989Voronezh UFO incidentsource
  • 1989October 1–13 – Typhoons Angela (Rubing), Dan (Saling), and Elsie (Tasing) impact the country in two weeks.source
  • 1994Kidnapping of Nachshon Wachsman: IDF soldier Corporal Nachshon Wachsman is kidnapped by Hamas militants disguised as Jewish settlers. They later demand the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and another 200 Palestinian Arab prisoners from Israeli prison in return for Wachsman's release.source
  • 1994October 2 – 16 – The Philippines participates in the 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 2 to 16, 1994. It Ranks 14th with three gold medals, two silver medals and eight bronze medals with a total of 13 over-all medals.source
  • 19951995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment An Amtrak Sunset Limited train derails through sabotage at a trestle near Palo Verde, Arizona, United States, resulting in one death.source
  • 1997Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline's decision to create an all-jet fleet.source
  • 2001In a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, a United Nations spokeswoman reports that a cruise missile killed four U.N. employees and injured four others in a building several miles east of Kabul. The casualties were Afghans who were security guards in an Afghan Technical Consultancy, the U.N. de-mining agency building. (Afghanistan was, at that time, the most heavily mined nation on the planet.) German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder meets with President Bush in Washington, D.C.source
  • 2004Afghanistan holds its first presidential election. Hamid Karzai wins with 55.4 percent of the vote.source
  • 2006Google purchased YouTube for US$1.65 billion.source
  • 2006North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test.source
  • 2008The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of sending troops across the border, threatening the city of Goma.source
  • 2010October 3–14 – 2010 Commonwealth Games takes place in Delhi, India.source
  • 2013the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and 8th East Asia Summit are held in Brunei.source
  • 20192019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey announces a military invasion of north-eastern Syria, targeting the SDF and other Kurdish militias.source
  • 2021October 8–October 9 – The 2021 Czech legislative election is held, with the main opposition coalition alliance of SPOLU and Pirates and Mayors gaining a legislative majority.source
  • 2021Sebastian Kurz announces his resignation as Chancellor of Austria as a result of a corruption probe launched against him.source
  • 2021The country's two largest power stations shut down due to a fuel shortage resulting in a nationwide power cut.source
  • 2021October 6–October 10 – The 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals is held in Italy, and is won by France. They were originally scheduled for 2–6 June 2021, but were moved following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
  • 2022The Deir Ammar and Zahrani power stations shut down in Lebanon after running out of diesel fuel, leaving the entire country without electricity. According to a government official, power is not expected to be restored for several days.source
  • 2024Benin is elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning in 2025.source
  • 2024Entrepreneur Jin Davod is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing her work in connecting trauma survivors to therapists.source
  • 2025Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a Gaza peace deal, paving the way for a ceasefire, almost exactly two years after the conflict began.source
  • 20252025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict: Pakistan reportedly carries out airstrikes in Kabul, Khost, Jalalabad, and Paktika, targeting Noor Wali Mehsud, an internationally designated terrorist.source

Births

  • 921Li Chun'an, Chinese merchant (died 999)source
  • 1049Seonjong, king of Goryeo (died 1094)source
  • 1200Isabel Marshal, English countess and regent (died 1240)source
  • 1201Robert de Sorbon, French monk and theologian (died 1274)source
  • 1221Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler (died 1290)source
  • 1261Denis I ("the Poet King"), king of Portugal (died 1325)source
  • 1300John de Grey, English nobleman and knight (died 1359)source
  • 1328King Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)source
  • 1524Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1586)source
  • 1581Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (died 1638)source
  • 1593Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)source
  • 1623Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty (died 1688)source
  • 1624Murad Bakhsh, Mughal prince (died 1661)source
  • 1709Jean-Baptiste de Belloy, Archbishop of Paris and cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1808)source
  • 1735Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (died 1806)source
  • 1757King Charles X of France (died 1836)source
  • 1771Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1815)source
  • 1782Lewis Cass, American military officer, politician, statesman (died 1866)source
  • 1835Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (died 1921)source
  • 1859Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer, subject of the Dreyfus affair (died 1935)source
  • 1864Reginald Dyer, British army officer, perpetrator of Jallianwala Bagh massacre (died 1927)source
  • 1890Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American Pentecostal Evangelist (died 1944)source
  • 1893Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer (died 1945)source
  • 1938Heinz Fischer, politiciansource
  • 1940John Lennon, English musician, singer-songwriter (The Beatles) (died 1980)source
  • 1966David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2010–2016source
  • 1967Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (died 2005)source
  • 1970Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfersource

Deaths

  • 680Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saintsource
  • 701Princess Yongtai (Li Xianhui), princess of the Tang dynasty, probable forced suicide (born 685)source
  • 892Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (born 824)source
  • 1047Pope Clement II dies suddenly after a 9-month pontificate. Benedict IX usurps the papal throne as the 150th pope of the Catholic Church (his third time in the office).source
  • 1047Clement II, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 1179Odo de St. Amand, French Grand Master (born 1110)source
  • 1212Philip I of Namur ("the Noble"), Flemish noblemansource
  • 1253Robert Grosseteste, English bishop (born 1168)source
  • 1273Elisabeth of Bavaria, queen of Germany (born 1227)source
  • 1305Robert de Pontigny, French abbot and cardinalsource
  • 1390King John I of Castile (fall from a horse) (born 1358)source
  • 1435Paweł Włodkowic, Polish scholar (born 1370)source
  • 1562Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist (born 1523)source
  • 1581Saint Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary to Latin America, patron saint of Colombia (born 1526)source
  • 1604William Peryam, British judge (born 1534)source
  • 1613Henry Constable, English poet (born 1562)source
  • 1622John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (born 1545)source
  • 1646Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (born 1629)source
  • 1690John Maynard, English lawyer and politician; (born 1604)source
  • 1708Olympia Mancini, French courtier (born 1638)source
  • 1709Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1640)source
  • 1718Richard Cumberland, English philosopher (born 1631)source
  • 1729Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (born 1654)source
  • 1747David Brainerd, American missionary (born 1718)source
  • 1797Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (born 1720)source
  • 1806Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (born 1731)source
  • 1806Benjamin Banneker, astronomer, surveyor (born 1731)source
  • 1831Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek head of state and founder of Greek independence, is assassinated in Nafplion.source
  • 1841Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (born 1781)source
  • 1911Antonio Borrero, President 1875-1876source
  • 1934King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou are assassinated, during the king's state visit in Marseille.source
  • 1934King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (born 1888) (assassinated)source
  • 1954Robert H. Jackson, United States Supreme Court associate justice and chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (born 1892)source
  • 1958Pope Pius XII (born 1876)source
  • 1963In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.source
  • 1967Che Guevara, Argentine communist revolutionary (born 1928)source
  • 1967Che Guevara, Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary involved in Cuban Revolution and Simba Rebellion in Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)source
  • 1993The South Korean ferry Seohae capsizes off Pusan, South Korea; 292 are killed.source
  • 1995Alec Douglas-Home, 92, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 2004Jacques Derrida, 74, French philosopher (deconstruction), pancreatic cancer.source