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March 8

On This Day in History

March 8

March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 298 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Kansas woman wins lottery four days after turning 18. A Kansas woman took home a $25,000 top prize while playing the lottery for the very first time, just four days after her 18th birthday.
2020: Malfunction delays Saturday's Powerball lottery drawing. People hoping to win the Powerball jackpot Saturday night had to wait a little longer to see the numbers.
2017: Pennsylvania Lottery observes 45th anniversary of first ticket sales. The Pennsylvania Lottery Tuesday marked the 45th anniversary of its very first game, which went on sale March 7, 1972.
2016: Connecticut considers allowing online lottery ticket sales. Lawmakers are considering legislation that would move the Connecticut Lottery online for state residents.
2014: $309 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls into top 25. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued growing its jackpot toward frenzy levels last night.
2012: State cuts lottery winner's benefits. A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the state lottery but continued to get food stamps has an unusual connection to the legislator seeking to outlaw what she was she's doing.
2011: Texas lawmaker aims to bring video gaming to state. Texas state senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa has filed legislation that would legalize video lottery games, a form of slot machine, in Texas.
2010: Store clerk stole $100,000 in lottery tickets, police say. A Kroger employee was arrested Thursday on charges she stole more than $100,000 in lottery tickets.
2010: 1 ticket wins $133M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. One lucky lottery player from California can lay claims to a $133 million jackpot.
2010: S.C. Lottery sales up by 3 percent; Powerball sales down. It's early yet, but the multi-state lottery game Mega Millions has not sent lottery ticket sales shooting through the roof in South Carolina.
2010: Lottery ticket thief tries to claim prize at same store. Police say a 22-year-old Winter Haven man walked into a Circle K last week and stole $70 worth of Florida Scratch-Off tickets then returned to the same store to cash a winning $50 ticket.
2008: N.J. lottery midday draws held late, not televised. The New Jersey Lottery's computer system is back on-line, after being down for about 3 1/2 hours this afternoon, officials said.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $31 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $31 million when none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.
2006: Oregon store owner gives share of lottery prize to the schools. The owner of a Medford, Oregon, grocery store has donated his share of an $800,000 lottery prize to two elementary schools.
2006: Ticket Holder Claims $10.6M Ohio Lottery Jackpot. The winner of the Feb. 1 Lot 'O Play drawing has stepped forward to claim the $10.6 million prize.
2006: Iowa lottery records show sales trends. Mason City TouchPlay outlets took in more than $3.2 million in their machines over the past eight months, with gamblers in Clear Lake throwing in another $663,000, according to an analysis by Lee Enterprises newspapers.
2006: Montana lottery system getting facelift. New lottery ticket machines being installed in Montana allow consumers to buy lottery tickets 24-hours-a-day.
2006: N.C. Lottery officials mum on payout of first tickets. Scratch-off tickets for North Carolina's first lottery games will range in cost from $1 to $5, lottery officials said Tuesday.
2005: Illinois lawmakers debate Internet lottery sales. If store lines have kept you from the big bucks possible in playing the state lottery, a Chicago senator has the solution - just buy the tickets online.
2005: Lottery trial sheds lights on OLGC miscues. An 81-year-old Canadian man, a cancer survivor, is suing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC), saying it refused to properly investigate a retailer who allegedly cheated him out of a $250,000 winning Encore ticket.
2005: Tennessee flooded with a multitude of lottery bills. On the brink of $1 billion in ticket sales, the year-old Tennessee lottery is the subject of 53 bills in the General Assembly to alter its operations.
2005: Nevada Assembly passes lottery measure. A resolution to legalize a Nevada state lottery was approved 33-9 Monday in the Assembly after supporters emphasized profits would buy textbooks for schoolchildren.
2005: Ohio Lottery Posts Wrong Results on Official Web Site. Ohio Lottery Commission officials say two employees responsible for posting an incorrect Super Lotto Plus number over the weekend will be disciplined.
2005: Oregon Gov. pushes for larger lottery cut. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has become a quiet backroom force in pushing the Oregon Lottery into considering a nearly 50 percent cut in the share of proceeds that bars, restaurants and taverns receive for the lottery's new electronic slot games.
2005: Georgia Lottery looks to install kiosks at airport. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Lottery Corp. hope to offer lottery tickets to the 84 million people who pass through the Atlanta airport each year.
2005: Wisconsin Powerball winner mystery solved. The winner of a $36.8 million Powerball jackpot, who kept his good fortune to himself since Jan. 8, ended the mystery Monday and came forward to claim his prize.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows To $79 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $79 million, with a cash option of $44 million.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $13 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $13 million Saturday.
2004: Governor Proposes Powerball for Maine. Maine Gov. John Baldacci proposed adding Powerball to the Maine State Lottery games as part of the supplemental budget presented Friday to lawmakers.
2004: Florida Lotto rolls over to $15 million. Saturday's Lotto drawing resulted in a rollover when no player matched all six numbers to win the Jackpot prize, the Florida Lottery reported on Sunday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$687 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2024
2.$511.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2024
3.$414 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2019
4.$380.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2018
5.$309 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
6.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2018
7.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2023
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2008
9.€167.81 Million US$182.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022
10.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2010
11.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2016
12.€112 Million
US$155.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
13.$154.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2021
14.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2013
15.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2012
16.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2007
17.€118.82 Million
US$141.28 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2021
18.€110.16 Million
US$136.02 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2018
19.€117.05 Million
US$131.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2019
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2011
21.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022
22.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2015
23.€80 Million
US$110.8 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2011
24.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2020
25.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001: McRemington
Thursday, Mar 8, 2001
23 years old
1986: PlraX
Saturday, Mar 8, 1986
38 years old
1986: claymore
Saturday, Mar 8, 1986
38 years old
1981: ladidiamondc
Sunday, Mar 8, 1981
43 years old
1980: TomekaO6
Saturday, Mar 8, 1980
44 years old
1978: jsparks22
Wednesday, Mar 8, 1978
46 years old
1975: LOTTOMIKE
Saturday, Mar 8, 1975
49 years old
1974: moneytalks
Friday, Mar 8, 1974
50 years old
1971: wgittings
Monday, Mar 8, 1971
53 years old
1959: Suremoney
Sunday, Mar 8, 1959
65 years old
1957: fjgct
Friday, Mar 8, 1957
67 years old
1954: DOGFIRE101
Monday, Mar 8, 1954
70 years old
: carissimi1
(year not provided)
: Get-Cash47
(year not provided)
: john barile
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.
2021: Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
2018: The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.
2017: The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.
2014: In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown.
2004: A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
1988: Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union.
1985: A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 80 and injuring 200 others.
1983: Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
1979: Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
1979: Images taken by Voyager I proved the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
1966: Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
1965: Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang.
1963: The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état
1950: The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production.
1942: World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army
1942: World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
1937: Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
1936: Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
1924: A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
1921: Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid.
1917: International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar).
1917: The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1916: World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
1910: French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
1868: Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
1844: King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1844: The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure.
1801: War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
1782: Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1736: Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
1722: The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.
1702: Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1658: Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.
1558: The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.
1262: Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.
1126: Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
1010: Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.

Births On This Day

1998: Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter
1997: Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player
1996: Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
1994: Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
1991: Yoon Jisung, South Korean singer and actor
1991: Tom English, Australian rugby player
1990: Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
1990: Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
1986: Chad Gable, American wrestler
1985: Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher
1984: Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
1983: André Santos, Brazilian footballer
1983: Mark Worrell, American baseball player
1982: Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer
1982: Keemstar, American YouTuber
1982: Kat Von D, American tattoo artist and model
1977: James Van Der Beek, American actor
1977: Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
1976: Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
1976: Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1976: Hines Ward, Korean-American football player
1972: Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author
1970: Jason Elam, American football player
1968: Michael Bartels, German race car driver
1966: Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, English politician
1965: Kenny Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster
1961: Camryn Manheim, American actress
1961: Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player
1960: Irek Mukhamedov, Russian ballet dancer
1959: Lester Holt, American journalist
1959: Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor
1958: Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957: Clive Burr, English rock drummer (d. 2013)
1957: William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer
1957: Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
1956: Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)
1956: David Malpass, American economist and government official
1954: Steve James, American documentary filmmaker
1954: David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
1953: Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1951: Dianne Walker, American tap dancer
1949: Teofilo Cubillas, Peruvian footballer
1948: Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1948: Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2020)
1947: Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter
1947: Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)
1946: Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2023)
1945: Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor
1945: Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor
1944: Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer
1943: Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1942: Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (d. 2020)
1942: Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper
1941: Norman Stone, British historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
1939: Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist (d. 2019)
1939: Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer
1939: Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach
1939: Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011)
1937: Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 1966)
1937: Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (d. 1994)
1936: Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer
1936: Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (d. 1986)
1935: George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1934: Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (d. 2006)
1931: John McPhee, American author and educator
1931: Neil Postman, American author and social critic (d. 2003)
1931: Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer
1930: Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1930: Douglas Hurd, English politician
1927: Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2020)
1926: Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1925: Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1924: Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 2013)
1924: Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (d. 2003)
1924: Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (d. 2012)
1922: Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (d. 2014)
1922: Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
1922: Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1922: Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1921: Alan Hale Jr., American actor and restaurateur (d. 1990)
1918: Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (d. 2008)
1914: Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (d. 1987)
1912: Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
1912: Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)
1911: Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1910: Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
1909: Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990)
1907: Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)
1902: Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (d. 1962)
1902: Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1896: Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)
1892: Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author (d. 1979)
1886: Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1879: Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1865: Frederic Goudy, American type designer (d. 1947)
1859: Kenneth Grahame, British author (d. 1932)
1858: Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist and homesteader (d. 1915)
1856: Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
1856: Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (d. 1937)
1851: Frank Avery Hutchins, American librarian and educator (d. 1914)
1841: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1935)
1836: Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (d. 1908)
1830: João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator (d. 1896)
1827: Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (d. 1875)
1822: Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882)
1804: Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician (d. 1887)
1799: Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)
1761: Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (d. 1815)
1748: William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)
1746: André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (d. 1802)
1726: Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1799)
1714: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
1712: John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (d. 1780)
1495: John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (b. 1929)
2019: Marshall Brodien, American actor (b. 1934)
2019: Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (b. 1948)
2018: Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928)
2016: George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926)
2015: Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2014: Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)
2014: William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923)
2013: John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927)
2013: Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922)
2012: Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)
2009: Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
2007: John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
2007: John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
2005: César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2005: Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
2004: Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front
2003: Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)
2003: Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
1999: Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)
1999: Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)
1999: Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
1998: Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
1996: Jack Churchill, British colonel (b. 1906)
1993: Billy Eckstine, American trumpet player (b. 1914)
1983: Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1904)
1983: William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)
1982: Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician (b. 1872)
1975: George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1973: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)
1971: Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
1961: Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
1957: Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
1948: Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
1944: Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
1942: José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888)
1941: Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
1937: Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1932: Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (b. 1891)
1930: William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
1930: Edward Terry Sanford, American jurist and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
1923: Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
1917: Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman (b. 1838)
1889: John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer (b. 1803)
1887: Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
1887: James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
1874: Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
1872: Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist (b. 1799)
1872: Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
1869: Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
1844: Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
1723: Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
1717: Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
1702: William III of England (b. 1650)
1641: Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (b. 1587)
1619: Veit Bach, German baker and miller
1550: John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)
1466: Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
1403: Bayezid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1360)
1144: Pope Celestine II
1137: Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)
1126: Urraca of León and Castile (b. 1079)

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