On This Day in History

December 13

December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 18 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024
Maryland lottery fan takes home $100,000 in Pick 5 after winning top prize twice. A longtime Maryland lottery player, who is no stranger to winning, took home a $100,000 Pick 5 prize last week.
2023
$2B Powerball winner Edwin Castro bought $4M mansion for parents while brother manages his wealth. Sources close to Edwin Castro, the winner of the world's largest lottery jackpot, have revealed that he's been generously sharing his prize money with his family, who are also involved managing his finances.
2021
North Carolina COVID-19 survivor wins $1 million from scratch-off lottery ticket. After winning a grueling seven-week battle with COVID-19, a different sort of win came about in the form of a $1 million lottery prize for one lucky lottery player.
2018
Iowa Lottery seeks to allow use of electronic cash and games. The Iowa Lottery will ask state lawmakers in January to allow them to modernize their operations making it easier for customers to purchase and play lottery products electronically.
2017
$14.25 million Texas Lottery jackpot claimed two days before expiration. A $14.25 million Texas Lottery ticket that was bought in Abilene over the summer has been claimed just two days before it was set to expire.
2016
Illinois lawmakers call for investigation into lottery. State lawmakers from both political parties are calling for an investigation of how the Illinois Lottery managed scratch-off games in response to a report showing the lottery didn't award many of the biggest prizes in the biggest games.
2015
Iraqi's Oregon jackpot raises questions on lottery sales. When a man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million, it raised a series of questions about the arrangement of the ticket purchase that officials are still grappling with.
2013
$425 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised on huge sales. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $425 million, prompting a rush of ticket-buying by people betting their luck will hold out when the second-largest drawing on record takes place on Friday the 13th.
2013
Widow and daughter will split estate of poisoned $1 million lotto winner. The estate of a Chicago man who was poisoned to death right after he won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket will be split between his widow and his daughter from a previous marriage, ending a fight in court.
2010
Ontario lottery players finally get their share of jackpot. Four lottery players who believed that they'd been duped out of his share of a $24,520,300 Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Jan. 16, 2008 won a settlement of approximately $4 million from the Ontario Lottery Gaming Corp. (OLGC).
2008
Ohio lottery player wins $207M Mega Millions jackpot. A single winner has taken the $207 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery.
2007
Lucky stone comes through for Ohio lottery winner. Rick Jesionowski of Cleveland hit the lottery twice last year, hauling in $2,500, then $10,000. He hit again this month for $2 million.
2007
Small-town store sells 2 big Powerball tickets. A convenience store in the tiny eastern Oklahoma town of Watts is becoming a Powerball powerhouse of sorts, with two tickets sold weeks apart worth a total of $800,000.
2007
$250,000 winning lottery ticket sold in Massachusetts expires. Massachusetts Lottery officials announced yesterday a $250,000 Mega Millions ticket sold at a market in Revere won't be honored because the winner waited too long to claim the prize — if he ever even realizes he won.
2007
$50,000 Indiana lottery ticket expires soon. Hoosier Lottery officials say a $50,000 prize will expire in less than two weeks if no one brings in the winning ticket.
2005
Stolen lottery ticket trial underway in Chicago. The trial began Monday for a woman accused of stealing a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket from her co-workers.
2005
King King Millions lottery winner is 47-year-old mom. One Glen Head, New York woman had a reason to "go ape" yesterday as she came forward to collect a King Kong-size lottery check for $55 million.
2005
Group Expected To File Lawsuit To Stop N.C. Lottery. A lawsuit challenging how the lottery was created could be filed by the end of the week.
2005
N.C. lottery director names security office director. A forensic document examiner for the State Bureau of Investigation has been named director of the security office for the N.C. Education Lottery at an annual salary of $92,000.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.06 Billion
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2025
2.$695 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2024
3.$504.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2023
4.$425 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2013
5.$400 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2022
6.€326.01 Million
US$345.67 Million
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Dec 13, 2022
7.$340 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Dec 13, 2019
8.$321.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2021
9.$291 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2020
10.$287 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
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Dec 16, 2020
11.$262 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Dec 14, 2018
12.$246 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2018
13.$229 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
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Dec 13, 2017
14.$208 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2017
15.$180 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2015
16.$150 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2019
17.€126 Million
US$148.33 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2017
18.$148 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2021
19.€124.44 Million
US$140.32 Million
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2021
20.$137 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2007
21.$134.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2022
22.$129 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2002
23.$118 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2009
24.$116 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2011
25.$113 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990
Thursday, Dec 13, 1990
35 years old
1985
Friday, Dec 13, 1985
40 years old
1985
Friday, Dec 13, 1985
40 years old
1984
Thursday, Dec 13, 1984
41 years old
1982
Monday, Dec 13, 1982
43 years old
1975
Saturday, Dec 13, 1975
50 years old
1975
Saturday, Dec 13, 1975
50 years old
1973
Thursday, Dec 13, 1973
52 years old
1970
Sunday, Dec 13, 1970
55 years old
1967
Wednesday, Dec 13, 1967
58 years old
1966
Tuesday, Dec 13, 1966
59 years old
1965
Monday, Dec 13, 1965
60 years old
1965
Monday, Dec 13, 1965
60 years old
1965
Monday, Dec 13, 1965
60 years old
1958
Saturday, Dec 13, 1958
67 years old
1956
Thursday, Dec 13, 1956
69 years old
1953
Sunday, Dec 13, 1953
72 years old
1952
Saturday, Dec 13, 1952
73 years old
(year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2007
The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.
2003
Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
2002
European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
2001
2001 Indian Parliament attack: Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by 5 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
1995
Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
1994
Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh-Durham International Airport, killing 15.
1989
The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.
1988
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
1982
The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
1981
General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
1977
Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.
1974
Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1974
In the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese forces launch their 1975 Spring Offensive (to 30 April 1975), which results in the final capitulation of South Vietnam.
1972
Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
1968
Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
1967
Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
1962
NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
1960
While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
1959
Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
1957
The Mw 6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes.
1949
The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
1943
World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
1939
The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter.
1938
The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
1864
American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: The Second Battle of Fort McAllister ends with the fort being seized by Union forces under General William B. Hazen, threatening the city of Savannah with investment.
1862
American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee repulses attacks by Union Major General Ambrose Burnside on Marye's Heights, inflicting heavy casualties.
1818
Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch under pressure from the Ottoman Empire.
1769
Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
1758
The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
1643
English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.
1642
Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.
1636
The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States.
1623
The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies.
1577
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
1545
The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.
1294
Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
1076
The city of Salerno surrenders to Robert Guiscard. Duke Gisulf continues his resistance in the citadel until May of the following year.

Births On This Day

2002
Brock Bowers, American football player
2001
Jayden Goodwin, Australian cricketer
2000
Simona Waltert, Swiss tennis player
1999
Marina Bassols Ribera, Spanish tennis player
1996
Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
1995
Emma Corrin, English actor
1993
Danielle Collins, American tennis player
1993
Jamal Fogarty, Australian rugby league player
1991
Dave Leduc, Canadian martial artist
1991
Vladimir Tarasenko, Russian ice hockey player
1990
Fletcher Cox, American football player
1990
Joseph Garrett, English YouTuber, actor, and author
1990
Arantxa Rus, Dutch tennis player
1989
Hellen Obiri, Kenyan runner
1989
Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author
1989
Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter
1988
Rickie Fowler, American golfer
1987
James Holmes, American mass murderer
1984
Santi Cazorla, Spanish footballer
1984
Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finnish freestyle swimmer
1983
Laura Hodges, Australian basketball player
1982
Dan Hamhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1982
Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player
1981
Amy Lee, American singer, songwriter and pianist
1978
Cameron Douglas, American actor
1975
Tom DeLonge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, author, and filmmaker
1975
James Kyson, American actor
1975
Matthew LeCroy, American baseball player and manager
1972
Matti Kärki, Swedish heavy metal singer
1971
Scott Sattler, Australian rugby league player
1969
Sergei Fedorov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1967
Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian
1965
Petra Wimmer, Austrian politician
1964
Krišjānis Kariņš, American-Latvian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Latvia
1962
Rex Ryan, American football coach and analyst
1961
Gary Zimmerman, American football player
1960
Richard Dent, American football player
1959
Johnny Whitaker, American actor
1957
Steve Buscemi, American actor and director
1957
Morris Day, American musician and actor
1956
Phil Hubbard, American basketball player and coach
1953
Ben Bernanke, American economist
1953
Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player
1952
Muhsin Kenon, American basketball player
1950
Wendie Malick, American actress
1948
Jeff Baxter, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1948
Lillian Board, British athlete (died 1970)
1948
Ted Nugent, American musician
1945
Herman Cain, American businessman, politician, and activist (died 2020)
1942
Howard Brenton, English playwright and screenwriter
1942
Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball player
1940
Sanjaya Lall, Indian economist and academic (died 2005)
1938
Gus Johnson, American basketball player (died 1987)
1937
Ron Taylor, Canadian physician and baseball player (died 2025)
1936
Prince Karim al-Husayn Shāh, Aga Khan IV, Swiss humanitarian and religious leader (died 2025)
1936
J. C. Martin, American baseball player
1935
Türkan Saylan, Turkish physician and academic (died 2009)
1934
Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (died 2012)
1933
Paul Bracq, French automotive designer
1931
Ida Vos, Dutch Jewish author of books for children and adults (died 2006)
1929
Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor and producer (died 2021)
1928
Solomon Feferman, American philosopher and mathematician (died 2016)
1927
James Wright, American poet and academic (died 1980)
1925
Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer
1923
Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
1923
Larry Doby, American baseball player (died 2003)
1921
Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter (died 1987)
1920
George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
1919
Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (died 1942)
1916
Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (died 2000)
1915
B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (died 1983)
1914
Alan Bullock, English historian and author (died 2004)
1914
Larry Noble, English comedian and actor (died 1993)
1913
Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (died 1998)
1912
Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 1989)
1911
Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1911
Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (died 1972)
1908
Elizabeth Alexander, English geologist, academic, and physicist (died 1958)
1908
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist (died 1995)
1908
Van Heflin, American film actor (died 1971)
1906
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (died 1968)
1906
Laurens van der Post, South African-English soldier and author (died 1996)
1905
Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (died 2007)
1903
Ella Baker, American activist (died 1986)
1903
Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1993)
1902
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1986)
1902
Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic (died 1979)
1901
Olev Roomet, Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player (died 1987)
1900
Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (died 1970)
1897
Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (died 1961)
1897
Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (died 1969)
1895
Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Spanish anarchist feminist (died 1970)
1887
George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 1985)
1887
Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964)
1885
Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician (died 1940)
1884
Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright (died 1951)
1883
Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (died 1950)
1882
Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker (died 1971)
1874
Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (died 1944)
1871
Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (died 1945)
1870
Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (died 1940)
1867
Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author (died 1917)
1864
Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee (died 1947)
1860
Lucien Guitry, French actor (died 1925)
1856
Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (died 1920)
1854
Herman Bavinck, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and academic (died 1921)
1836
Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic (died 1904)
1830
Mathilde Fibiger, Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist (died 1892)
1818
Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States (died 1882)
1816
Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (died 1892)
1814
Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (died 1880)
1804
Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1873)
1797
Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic (died 1856)
1784
Archduke Louis of Austria (died 1864)
1780
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp (died 1849)
1769
James Scarlett Abinger, English judge (died 1844)
1724
Franz Aepinus, German astronomer and philosopher (died 1802)
1720
Carlo Gozzi, Italian playwright (died 1804)
1678
Yongzheng Emperor of China (died 1735)
1662
Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1729)
1640
Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (died 1696)
1585
William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (died 1649)
1560
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1641)
1553
Henry IV of France (died 1610)
1533
Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1577)
1521
Pope Sixtus V (died 1590)
1499
Justus Menius, German Lutheran pastor (died 1558)
1491
Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (died 1586)
1484
Paul Speratus, German Lutheran (died 1551)
1476
Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (died 1544)
1363
Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris (died 1429)
1272
King Frederick III of Sicily (died 1337)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Lorraine O'Grady, American artist (born 1934)
2022
Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer and media personality (born 1982)
2018
Noah Klieger, Holocaust survivor who became an award-winning Israeli journalist (born 1926)
2016
Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk-show host (born 1947)
2006
Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (born 1932)
2005
Alan Shields, American painter and ferryboat captain (born 1944)
2004
David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
2002
Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who founded The Lovin' Spoonful (born 1944)
1998
Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (born 1906)
1998
Richard Thomas, Royal Naval Officer (born 1922)
1998
Wade Watts, civil rights activist (born 1919)
1997
Don E. Fehrenbacher, American historian, author, and academic (born 1920)
1996
Edward Blishen, English author and educator (born 1920)
1995
Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (born 1896)
1993
Vanessa Duriès, French author (born 1972)
1992
K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman (born 1899)
1992
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1899)
1986
Heather Angel, British-American actress (born 1909)
1986
Ella Baker, American activist (born 1903)
1986
Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (born 1955)
1983
Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (born 1921)
1983
Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (born 1933)
1979
Jon Hall, American actor and director (born 1915)
1979
Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (born 1916)
1977
Oguz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (born 1934)
1975
Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (born 1889)
1975
Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner (born 1893)
1974
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (born 1889)
1973
Henry Green, English author (born 1905)
1969
Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (born 1886)
1962
Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1905)
1961
Grandma Moses, American painter (born 1860)
1960
Dora Marsden, English author and activist (born 1882)
1955
Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
1954
John Raymond Hubbell, American director and composer (born 1879)
1950
Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician and academic (born 1902)
1947
Henry James, American lawyer and author (born 1879)
1947
Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (born 1874)
1945
Irma Grese, German concentration camp guard (born 1923)
1945
Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (born 1906)
1945
Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (born 1919)
1944
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (born 1866)
1942
Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (born 1866)
1942
Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (born 1868)
1935
Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
1932
Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (born 1853)
1931
Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (born 1840)
1930
Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
1929
Rosina Heikel, Finnish physician (born 1842)
1927
Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1856)
1924
Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (born 1850)
1922
Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (born 1857)
1922
Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1861)
1919
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (born 1850)
1911
Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (born 1878)
1908
Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (born 1825)
1895
Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (born 1800)
1893
Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (born 1816)
1883
Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (born 1812)
1881
August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (born 1838)
1868
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (born 1794)
1863
Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (born 1813)
1862
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1823)
1849
Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (born 1766)
1814
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (born 1735)
1784
Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (born 1709)
1783
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (born 1717)
1769
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (born 1715)
1758
Noël Doiron, Canadian Acadia leader (born 1684)
1754
Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (born 1696)
1729
Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (born 1676)
1721
Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (born 1676)
1716
Charles de La Fosse, French painter (born 1640)
1671
Antonio Grassi, Italian Roman Catholic priest(born 1592)
1621
Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1535)
1565
Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and physician (born 1516)
1557
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and engineer (born 1499)
1521
Manuel I of Portugal (born 1469)
1516
Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (born 1462)
1466
Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1386)
1404
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1336)
1272
Bertold of Regensburg, German preacher
1250
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1194)
1204
Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (born 1135)
1126
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (born 1075)
1124
Pope Callixtus II (born 1065)
859
Angilbert II, archbishop of Milan
838
Pepin I of Aquitaine (born 797)
769
Du Hongjian, Chinese politician (born 709)
558
Childebert I, Frankish king (born 496)