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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1450s BC|1457 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|Battle of Megido]] – the first [[battle]] to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Redford |first=Donald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uDdg8bDVzMC&pg=PA206 |title=The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III |publisher=BRILL |year=2003 |isbn=978-90-04-12989-4 |pages=197–198 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cline |first=Eric H |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DM32ynvakvEC |title=The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-472-06739-8 |pages=18, 21, 22 |language=English}}</ref>
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; Defeated by [[Vitellius]]' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor [[Otho]] commits suicide.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=218|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[AD 73|73]] &ndash; [[Masada]], a Jewish fortress, falls to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] after several months of siege, ending the [[First Jewish–Roman War]].<ref>Duncan B. Campbell, "Capturing a desert fortress: Flavius Silva and the siege of Masada", [[Ancient Warfare (magazine)|''Ancient Warfare'']] Vol. IV, no. 2 (Spring 2010), pp. 28–35. The dating is explained on pp. 29 and 32.</ref>
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Stefan Dušan]], "the Mighty", is crowned [[Emperor of the Serbs]] at [[Skopje]], [[Serbian Empire|his empire]] occupying much of the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Fine | first=John Van Antwerp Jr. |author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. |title = The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest | publisher = [[University of Michigan Press]]| place =Ann Arbor | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-472-08260-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC|page=309}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] begins in Spain against the rule of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Haliczer |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Haliczer |title=The Comuneros of Castile: The Forging of a Revolution, 1475–1521 |year=1981 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=0-299-08500-7 |page=160}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Hernando de Lerma]] founds the settlement of [[Salta]], Argentina.

===1601–1900===
*[[1746]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Culloden]] is fought between the French-supported [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] and the British [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] forces commanded by [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], in Scotland.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL6|desc=Battle of Culloden|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg]] founds the [[University of Münster]].
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)|Battle of Mount Tabor]]: [[Napoleon]] drives [[Ottoman Turks]] across the [[River Jordan]] near [[Acre, Israel|Acre]].
*[[1818]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] ratifies the [[Rush–Bagot Treaty]], limiting naval armaments on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[Lake Champlain]].
*  1838   &ndash; The [[French Army]] [[Battle of Veracruz (1838)|captures Veracruz]] in the [[Pastry War]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=On This Day – What Happened on April 16 |url=https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-16|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; Shooting of a [[Māori people|Māori]] by an English sailor results in the opening of the [[Wanganui Campaign]] of the [[New Zealand Wars]].
*[[1853]] &ndash; The [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] opens the first passenger rail in India, from [[Bori Bunder]] to [[Thane]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; The [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], is dissolved.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle at Lee's Mills]] in [[Virginia]].
*  1862   &ndash; American Civil War: The [[District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act]], a bill ending [[slavery in the District of Columbia]], becomes law.
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: During the [[Vicksburg Campaign]], [[gunboat]]s commanded by acting Rear Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] run downriver past Confederate [[Artillery battery|artillery batteries]] at Vicksburg.
*[[1878]] &ndash; The [[Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland]] issues a declaration establishing a city of [[Kotka]] on the southern part islands from the [[Kymi, Finland|old Kymi parish]].<ref>[http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 Kotkan synty ja kasvu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520225231/http://www.kotka.fi/default.asp?link=110.5 |date=2015-05-20 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; In [[Dodge City, Kansas]], [[Bat Masterson]] fights his last gun battle.

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Natural Bridges National Monument]] is established in [[Utah]].
*[[1910]] &ndash; The oldest existing indoor [[ice hockey]] arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, [[Matthews Arena|Boston Arena]], opens for the first time. 
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Harriet Quimby]] becomes the first woman to fly an [[Aircraft|airplane]] across the [[English Channel]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Russian Revolution]]: [[Vladimir Lenin]] returns to [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], [[Russian Provisional Government|Russia]], from exile in Switzerland.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
*  1919   &ndash; [[Polish–Lithuanian War]]: The [[Polish Land Forces|Polish Army]] launches the [[Vilna offensive]] to capture [[Vilnius]] in modern [[Lithuania]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Rapallo (1922)|Treaty of Rapallo]], pursuant to which [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] re-establish [[diplomatic relations]], is signed.
*[[1925]] &ndash; During the [[Communist]] [[St Nedelya Church assault]] in [[Sofia]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The Italian-German ''Tarigo'' convoy is [[Battle of the Tarigo Convoy|attacked and destroyed]] by British ships.
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: The Nazi-affiliated [[Ustaše]] is put in charge of the [[Independent State of Croatia]] by the [[Axis powers]] after [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Operation 25]] is effected.
*[[1942]] &ndash; King [[George VI]] awarded the [[Award of the George Cross to Malta|George Cross to the people of Malta]] in appreciation of their heroism.<ref>{{cite web|title=The GC Collective Awards |url=http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm |access-date=22 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428221147/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm |archive-date=28 April 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Albert Hofmann]] accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug [[LSD]]. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on [[April 19]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: Allied forces start [[Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II|bombing Belgrade]], killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Red Army]] begins the [[Battle of Berlin|final assault]] on [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the [[Battle of the Seelow Heights]].
*  1945   &ndash; The [[United States Army]] liberates Nazi ''Sonderlager'' (high security) [[prisoner-of-war camp]] [[Oflag IV-C]] (better known as [[Colditz Castle|Colditz]]).
*  1945   &ndash; More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship ''[[Goya (ship)|Goya]]'' is sunk by a Soviet [[submarine]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; An [[Texas City disaster|explosion]] on board a freighter in port causes the city of [[Texas City, Texas]], United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fertilizer-explosion-kills-581-in-texas|title=Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas|date=July 28, 2019|website=HISTORY|access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Bernard Baruch]] first applies the term "[[Cold War]]" to describe the relationship between the United States and the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Organization of European Economic Co-operation]] is formed.<ref name=":0" />
*[[1961]] &ndash; In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]] declares that he is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] and that Cuba is going to adopt [[Communism]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] writes his open [[letter from Birmingham Jail]], sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], for protesting against segregation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tiefenbrun|first=Susan|date=1992|title=Semiotics and Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.2307/743322|journal=[[Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature]]|language=en|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|volume=4|issue=2|pages=255–287|doi=10.2307/743322|jstor=743322}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: The launch of [[Apollo 16]] from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; India and [[Bangladesh]] begin a [[2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish|five-day border conflict]], but are unable to resolve the disputes about [[India–Bangladesh border|their border]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Accession 2003|Treaty of Accession]] is signed in [[Athens]] admitting ten new member states to the [[European Union]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Virginia Tech shooting]]: [[Seung-Hui Cho]] guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in the ''[[Baze v. Rees]]'' decision that [[Lethal injection|execution by lethal injection]] does not violate the [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth Amendment]] ban against [[cruel and unusual punishment]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United States: Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injection Cocktail is Constitutional|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2008-05-02/united-states-supreme-court-rules-lethal-injection-cocktail-is-constitutional/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[Trial of Anders Behring Breivik|trial]] for [[Anders Behring Breivik]], the perpetrator of the [[2011 Norway attacks]], begins in [[Oslo]], Norway.
*  2012   &ndash; The [[2012 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] winners were announced, it was the first time [[1977 Pulitzer Prize|since 1977]] that no book won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Fiction Prize]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; A 7.8-[[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] [[2013 Saravan earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]], [[Iran]], killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
*  2013   &ndash; The [[2013 Baga massacre]] is started when [[Boko Haram]] militants engage government soldiers in [[Baga, Borno|Baga]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; The [[South Korea]]n ferry [[MV Sewol|MV ''Sewol'']] [[Sinking of MV Sewol|capsizes and sinks]] near [[Jindo (island)|Jindo Island]], killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[2016 Ecuador earthquake|Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years]] kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six months report Ecuador: Earthquake|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MDREC0126m.docx.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MDREC0126m.docx.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|date=November 2016|work=ReliefWeb}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] for breaking news of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Disis|first=Brian Stelter and Jill|date=2018-04-16|title=New Yorker and New York Times win 2018 Pulitzer for Harvey Weinstein reporting|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/16/media/pulitzer-prizes-2018/index.html|access-date=2022-01-10|publisher=CNN Money}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – The historic '''[[Børsen]]''' in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, is [[Borsen fire|severely damaged]] by a fire.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire |url=https://apnews.com/article/copenhagen-fire-spire-stock-exchange-045be0d926a7dd590d4f32e5cea07360 |access-date=2024-04-20 |agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[Jungjong of Joseon]] (d. 1544)
*[[1495]] &ndash; [[Petrus Apianus]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Kanas|title=Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xepttjhzaH8C&pg=PA89|date=30 June 2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-71668-8|page=89}}</ref>
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[Tabinshwehti]], Burmese king (d. 1550)<ref name=hy-2-180>(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 180): Wednesday, first waning of Kason 878 ME = 16 April 1516; {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}</ref>
*[[1569]] &ndash; [[John Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies]], English poet and lawyer (d. 1626)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hutchinson|title=A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw-3QC98d_UC&pg=PA69|year=2003|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-58477-323-8|page=69}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Frans van Mieris the Elder]], Dutch painter (d. 1681)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Otto Naumann|author2=Frans van Mieris|title=Frans Van Mieris (1635-1681), the Elder: Text & comparative illustrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldtOAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Davaco|isbn=978-90-70288-04-4}}</ref>
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]], French architect (probable;<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, a New Survey of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IeD64iVkF8C|year=1957|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|page=823}}</ref> d. 1708)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Pearn|title=A Doctor in the Garden: Nomen Medici in Botanicis: Australian Flora and the World of Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm8QAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Amphion Press|isbn=978-1-86499-503-9|page=333}}</ref>
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (d. 1715)<ref>{{cite book|author=National cyclopaedia|title=The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vVb7yP8_4kC&pg=PA109|year=1879|page=109}}</ref>
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[John Hadley]], English mathematician, invented the [[octant (instrument)|octant]] (d. 1744)
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlieb Görner]], German organist and composer (d. 1778)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Joseph Black]], French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)|Henry Clinton]], English general and politician (d. 1795)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun|Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank N.|last=Magill|title=The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4|location=Abingdon|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=978-0-89356-316-5|page=1376}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[John Franklin]], English admiral and politician, fourth [[Governor of Tasmania|Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land]] (d. 1847)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan]], English field marshal and politician (d. 1888)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Caleb Blood Smith]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1864)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Gotthold Eisenstein]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet]], British politician (d. 1891)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì]], Italian politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1908)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Charles Lennox Richardson]], English merchant (d. 1862)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Anatole France]], French journalist, novelist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Hans Auer]], Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]] (d. 1906)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian author and activist (d. 1919)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Ponnambalam Ramanathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third [[Solicitor General of Sri Lanka]] (d. 1930)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Rose Talbot Bullard]], American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Harry Chauvel]], Australian general (d. 1945)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[José de Diego]], Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Wilbur Wright]], American inventor (d. 1912)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[John Millington Synge]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Jōtarō Watanabe]], Japanese general (d. 1936)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[R. E. Foster]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Seth Bingham]], American organist and composer (d. 1972)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell]], English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Leó Weiner]], Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957)
*  1886   &ndash; [[Ernst Thälmann]], German politician (d. 1944)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Billy Minter]], English footballer and manager (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/billy-minter/|title=Billy Minter|website=managerstats.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Fred Root]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (d. 1979)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Dorothy P. Lathrop]], American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Dora Richter]], German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female [[gender-affirming surgery]] (d. unknown)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=Was wurde aus Dora? |trans-title=What became of Dora? |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/rbb-was-wurde-aus-dora-100.html |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |language=de}}</ref> 
* 1892 &ndash; [[Howard Mumford Jones]], American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref>
*  1893   &ndash; [[John Norton (athlete)|John Norton]], American hurdler (d. 1979)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Ove Arup]], English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]] (d. 1988)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Robert Henry Best]], American journalist (d. 1952)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Árpád Weisz]], Hungarian footballer (d. 1944)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Polly Adler]], Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/7|title=Notable American women : the modern period: a biographical dictionary|date=1980|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|others=Sicherman, Barbara., Green, Carol Hurd.|isbn=978-0-674-62733-8|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/7 7]|oclc=6487187|url-access=registration}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Paul Waner]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Frits Philips]], Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]], Canadian inventor and businessman, founded [[Bombardier Inc.]] (d. 1964)
*  1907   &ndash; [[August Eigruber]], Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman and activist (d. 2004)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Ray Ventura]], French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (d. 1994)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Guy Burgess]], English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[John Hodiak]], American actor (d. 1955) 
*  [[1915]]   &ndash; [[Robert Speck (politician)|Robert Speck]], Canadian politician, first [[Mayor of Mississauga]] (d. 1972)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Behçet Necatigil]], Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli]] (d. 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Barry Nelson (actor)|Barry Nelson]], American actor (d. 2007)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Hsuan Hua]], Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Spike Milligan]], Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |title=Spike Milligan (obituary) |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh |date=28 February 2002 |access-date=25 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200953/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-21}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Nilla Pizzi]], Italian singer (d. 2011)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ananda Dassanayake]], Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Prince Georg of Denmark]] (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McNaughton |first1=Arnold |title=The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy |date=1973 |publisher=Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co |isbn=0-8129-0280-7 |page=187}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (d. 2014)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Kingsley Amis]], English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Lawrence N. Guarino]], American colonel (d. 2014)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Leo Tindemans]], Belgian politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Warren Barker]], American composer (d. 2006)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Arch A. Moore Jr.]], American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (d. 2015)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[John Harvey-Jones]], English academic and businessman (d. 2008)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and conductor (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-mancini-19940615-20160609-snap-htmlstory.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Henry Mancini, Composer of Elegant Music, Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Madanjeet Singh]], Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], French pharmacist, founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]] (d. 2013)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Edie Adams]], American actress and singer (d. 2008)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XVI]] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite book|author=John L. Allen|title=Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR8weSA-f9gC&pg=PA1|date=1 September 2001|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1361-1|page=1}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Rolf Schult]], German actor (d. 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Night Train Lane]], American football player (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick (Night Train) Lane |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dick-night-train-lane/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Roy Hamilton]], American singer (d. 1969)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Ralph Slatyer]], Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Ed Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Doug Beasy]], Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Herbie Mann]], American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Julian Carroll]], American politician, 54th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll dies at 92 |url=https://www.wkyt.com/2023/12/10/former-kentucky-governor-julian-carroll-dies-92/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |publisher=WKYT |date=December 10, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Maury Meyers]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Marcos Alonso Imaz]], Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Joan Bakewell]], English journalist and author
*  1933   &ndash; [[Perry Botkin Jr.]], American composer, arranger and musician (d. 2021)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Vera Krepkina]], Russian long jumper (d. 2023)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ike Pappas]], American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Vince Hill]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Robert Stigwood]], Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Dando-Collins|title=Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPElDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|date=2 October 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House Australia|isbn=978-1-925324-76-1|page=13}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Barrie Unsworth]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of New South Wales]]
*  1934   &ndash; [[Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Marcel Carrière]], Canadian director and screenwriter
*  1935   &ndash; [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]], German poet and author (d. 2013)  
*  1935   &ndash; [[Lennart Risberg]], Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Dominique Venner]], French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Bobby Vinton]], American singer
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)|Vadim Kuzmin]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Gert Potgieter (athlete)|Gert Potgieter]], South African hurdler and coach
*  1937   &ndash; [[George Steele]], American wrestler and actor (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |title=George Steele, 'the Animal' Wrestler and Mild-Mannered Teacher, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/sports/george-steele-the-animal-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=17 February 2017}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Rich Rollins]], American baseball player
*  1938   &ndash; [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]], Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[John Amabile (American football)|John Amabile]], American football player and coach (d. 2012)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer and record producer (d. 1999)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Benoît Bouchard]], Canadian academic and politician, 18th [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Transport]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[David Holford]], Barbadian cricketer (d. 2022)
*  1940   &ndash; Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Joan Snyder]], American painter
*  1940   &ndash; [[Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (d. 2023)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Allan Segal]], American director and producer (d. 2012)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jim Lonborg]], American baseball pitcher
*  1942   &ndash; [[Sir Frank Williams]], English businessman, founded the [[Williams F1|Williams F1 Racing Team]] (d. 2021)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Petro Tyschtschenko]], Austrian-German businessman
*  1943   &ndash; [[John Watkins (Australian cricketer)|John Watkins]], Australian cricketer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Tom Allen (Maine politician)|Tom Allen]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Margot Adler]], American journalist and author (d. 2014)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ernst Bakker]], Dutch politician (d. 2014)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Johnnie Lewis]], Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Chief Justice of Liberia]] (d. 2015)
*  1946   &ndash; [[R. Carlos Nakai]], American flute player
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], American basketball player and coach
*  1947   &ndash; [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Romanowski|author2=Holly George-Warren|author3=Jon Pareles|title=The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hKFAAAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Fireside|isbn=978-0-684-81044-7|page=1971}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Reg Alcock]], Canadian businessman and politician, 17th [[President of the Treasury Board (Canada)|Canadian President of the Treasury Board]] (d. 2011)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[David Graf]], American actor (d. 2001)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Colleen Hewett]], Australian singer and actress
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ioan Mihai Cochinescu]], Romanian author and photographer
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Michel Blanc]], French actor and director (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=2024-10-06 |title=Michel Blanc Dies: César-Winning Actor & 'Les Bronzés' Star Was 72 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/michel-blanc-dead-cesar-award-french-actor-les-bronzes-1236108431/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Esther Roth-Shahamorov]], Israeli sprinter and hurdler
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Peter Garrett]], Australian singer-songwriter and politician
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ellen Barkin]], American actress 
*  1954   &ndash; [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]], Australian racing driver
*  1954   &ndash; [[Mike Zuke]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |date=3 June 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63939-8 |page=359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[David M. Brown]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
*  1956   &ndash; [[T Lavitz]], American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Lise-Marie Morerod]], Swiss skier
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Patricia De Martelaere]], Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Tim Flach]], English photographer and director
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ulf Wakenius]], Swedish guitarist 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Alison Ramsay]], English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Wahab Akbar]], Filipino politician (d. 2007)
*  1960   &ndash; [[Rafael Benítez]], Spanish footballer and manager
*  1960   &ndash; [[Pierre Littbarski]], German footballer and manager
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jarbom Gamlin]], Indian lawyer and politician, seventh [[Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh]] (d. 2014)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Anna Dello Russo]], Italian journalist 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Saleem Malik]], Pakistani cricketer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=James Gregory|title=At Last... Donny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSjtAbRnS18C|year=1973|page=50}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Esbjörn Svensson]], Swedish pianist (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries|title=Esbjörn Svensson|author=John Fordham|date=17 June 2023|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Yves-François Blanchet]], Canadian politician
*  1965   &ndash; [[Jon Cryer]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1965   &ndash; [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jarle Vespestad]], Norwegian drummer 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vickie Guerrero]], American wrestler and manager
*  1968   &ndash; [[Rüdiger Stenzel]], German runner
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Patrik Järbyn]], Swedish skier
*  1969   &ndash; [[Fernando Viña]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Dero Goi]], German singer-songwriter and drummer 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Margreth Olin]], Norwegian filmmaker<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margreth Olin |first1=Lillian |last1=Bikset |first2=Sverre Olav |last2=Lundal |first3=Bjørn Ivar Austevik |last3=Voll |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margreth_Olin |language=no|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Walt Williams]], American basketball player
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Cameron Blades]], Australian rugby player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Selena]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Seigo Yamamoto]], Japanese racing driver
*  1971   &ndash; [[Natasha Zvereva]], Belarusian tennis player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Conchita Martínez]], Spanish-American tennis player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Tracy K. Smith]], American poet and educator
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Akon]], Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Charlotta Sörenstam]], Swedish golfer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Teddy Cobeña]], Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor  
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Lukas Haas]], American actor and musician 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Kelli O'Hara]], American actress and singer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Freddie Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Christijan Albers]], Dutch racing driver
*  1979   &ndash; [[Lars Börgeling]], German pole vaulter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Daniel Browne]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Anestis Agritis]], Greek footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Maya Dunietz]], Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
*  1981   &ndash; [[Matthieu Proulx]], Canadian football player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Gina Carano]], American mixed martial artist and actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Boris Diaw]], French basketball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jonathan Vilma]], American football player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Marié Digby]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
*  1983   &ndash; [[Cat Osterman]], American softball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Teddy Blass]], American composer and producer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Claire Foy]], English actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Tucker Fredricks]], American speed skater
*  1984   &ndash; [[Paweł Kieszek]], Polish footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kerron Stewart]], Jamaican sprinter
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Luol Deng]], Sudanese-English basketball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Nate Diaz]], American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Diaz |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335679/nate-diaz |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Brendon Leonard]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Taye Taiwo]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Shinji Okazaki]], Japanese footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Peter Regin]], Danish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/peter-regin-8471299|title=Peter Regin|website=NHL|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Epke Zonderland]], Dutch gymnast
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Cenk Akyol]], Turkish basketball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Aaron Lennon]], English international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=36113|title=Aaron Lennon|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Kyle Okposo]], American ice hockey player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)|Reggie Jackson]], American basketball player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Vangelis Mantzaris]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57911/sid/4752/tid/291/_/2006_U16_European_Championship_Men_DIVISION_A/index.html|title=Evangelos Mantzaris|website=FIBA|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Tony McQuay]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/tony-mcquay-14371133|title=Tony McQuay|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nolan Arenado]], American baseball player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Kim Kyung-jung]], South Korean footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Chance the Rapper]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chance-the-rapper|title=Chance the Rapper|website=Biography.comcs|date=23 September 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Mirai Nagasu]], Japanese-American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirai Nagasu |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109004720/http://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu  |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |website=[[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|Team USA]] |access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], Argentine-British actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|title=Anya Taylor-Joy|work=Empire|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903204108/https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Taylor Townsend]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor Townsend {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318609/taylor-townsend |access-date=2022-10-20 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Sadie Sink]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/stranger-things/who-is-sadie-sink-max-actress-age/|title=Who Is Sadie Sink And Is Max From Stranger Things Friends With Millie Bobby Brown IRL?|date=3 July 2019|website=Capital FM|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69]] &ndash; [[Otho]], Roman emperor (b. AD 32)
* [[665]] &ndash; [[Fructuosus of Braga]], French archbishop and saint
*[[1090]] &ndash; [[Sikelgaita]], duchess of Apulia (b. c. [[1040]])
*[[1113]] &ndash; [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] (b. 1050)
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Adelaide del Vasto]], regent of Sicily, mother of [[Roger II of Sicily]], queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
*[[1198]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick I, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1175)
*[[1234]] &ndash; [[Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1191)
*[[1375]] &ndash; [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant|last=Cokayne|first=G. E.|publisher=St Catherine Press|year=1945|editor-last=Gibb|editor-first=V.|edition=14 volumes 1910 – 1959, 2nd|volume=X|location=London|pages=390–4 +nn|oclc=1000621451|editor-last2=Doubleday|editor-first2=H. A.|editor-last3=White|editor-first3=G. H.|editor-last4=de Walden|editor-first4=H.}}</ref>
*[[1496]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Duke of Savoy]] (b. 1489)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset]] (b. 1497)

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau]] (b. 1579)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Tobias Hume]], Scottish soldier, [[viol]] player, and composer (b. 1569)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English poet and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire]] (b. 1628)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Aphra Behn]], English author and playwright (b. 1640)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cassini]], French astronomer (b. 1677)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Christian Mayer (astronomer)|Christian Mayer]], Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Francisco Goya]], Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Domenico Dragonetti]], Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Marie Tussaud]], French-English sculptor, founded the [[Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds Wax Museum]] (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite book|first=George F.|last=Nafziger|title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era|location=New York|publisher=Scarecrow|year=2002|page=281|isbn=978-0-81084-092-8}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], French historian and philosopher, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1805)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Bernadette Soubirous]], French nun and saint (b. 1844)<ref name=Soubirous>{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski]], Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Emilio Jacinto]], Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Kronberger]], German poet and author (b. 1888)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Samuel Smiles]], Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[George William Hill]], American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Stefan Nerezov]], Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Henry Birks]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Henry Birks and Sons]] (b. 1840)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Roman Steinberg]], Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[José Carlos Mariátegui]], Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Panait Istrati]], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Jay Johnson Morrow]], American military engineer and politician, third [[Governor of the Panama Canal Zone]] (b. 1870)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Tony D'Arcy]], Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (b. 1908)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. 1878)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Denis St. George Daly]], Irish polo player (b. 1862)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Arthur Chevrolet]], Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1900)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Eduard Oja]], Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Anders Peter Nielsen]], Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[David Kirkwood]], Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Burtron H. |last2=Strom |first2=E. Thomas |title=Rosalind Franklin: Her Pathway to DNA |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=265–282 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch011|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mihály Fekete]], Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884) 
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Carl Hovland]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)|Francis Balfour]], English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
*1965 &ndash; [[Sydney Chaplin]], English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Eric Lambert (author)|Eric Lambert]], Australian author (b. 1918)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (b. 1893)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Edna Ferber]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Hem Vejakorn]], Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Richard Neutra]], Austrian-American architect, designed the [[Los Angeles County Hall of Records]] (b. 1892)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Péter Veres (politician)|Péter Veres]], Hungarian politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Defence]] (b. 1897)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Yasunari Kawabata]], Japanese novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Frank O'Connor (public servant)|Frank O'Connor]], Australian public servant (b. 1894)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[István Kertész (conductor)|István Kertész]], Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Lucius D. Clay]], American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Morris Stoloff]], American composer (b. 1898)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Scott Brady]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Khalil al-Wazir]], Palestinian commander, founded [[Fatah]] (b. 1935)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Youri Egorov]], Russian pianist (b. 1954)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jocko Conlan]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Miles Lawrence]], English cricketer (b. 1940)
*1989 &ndash; [[Hakkı Yeten]], Turkish footballer, manager and president (b. 1910) 
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[David Lean]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Neville Brand]], American actor (b. 1920)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Alexandru Nicolschi]], Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], American singer and actor (b. 1919)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Paul-Émilien Dalpé]], Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Ralph Ellison]], American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (b. 1917) 
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid]], Colombian politician (b. 1921)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Roland Topor]], French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Alberto Calderón]], Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]], English snooker player (b. 1913)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]], Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Skip Spence]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Robert Osterloh]], American actor (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5206-4 |pages=227–228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Man+%281949%29%2C+I+Cheated+the+Law+%281949%2C+The%22&pg=PA227 |access-date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2001   &ndash; [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Alec Stock]], English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Billy Ayre]], English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Ruth Fertel]], American businesswoman, founded [[Ruth's Chris Steak House]] (b. 1927)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Robert Urich]], American actor (b. 1946)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Graham Jarvis]], Canadian actor (b. 1930)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Graham Stuart Thomas]], English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Kay Walsh]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Frank Bateson]], New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Gaétan Duchesne]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Maria Lenk]], Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Chandrabose Suthaharan]], Sri Lankan journalist
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/general-rasim-delic-obituary|title=General Rasim Delic obituary|date=19 May 2010|author=Gabriel Partos|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>
*  2010   &ndash; [[Daryl Gates]], American police officer, created the [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E. Program]] (b. 1926)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Gerry Alexander]], Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Allan Blakeney]], Canadian scholar and politician, tenth [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (b. 1925)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Sol Saks]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Sári Barabás]], Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Marian Biskup]], Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Alan Hacker]], English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
*  2012   &ndash; [[George Kunda]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Vice-President of Zambia]] (b. 1956)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller]], Danish businessman (b. 1913)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Carlo Petrini (footballer)|Carlo Petrini]], Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Charles Bruzon]], Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ali Kafi]], Algerian politician (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Kafi: Politician who led Algeria following the 1992 coup |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ali-kafi-politician-who-led-algeria-following-the-1992-coup-8595478.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 April 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Siegfried Ludwig]], Austrian politician, 18th [[List of governors of Lower Austria|Governor of Lower Austria]] (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Pentti Lund]], Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[George Beverly Shea]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Pat Summerall]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect, designed the [[Tijuana Cultural Center]] and [[National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)|National Museum of Anthropology]] (b. 1919)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Aulis Rytkönen]], Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fin/news/newsid=2091523.html |title=Finland mourns pioneering striker Rytkönen |date=16 April 2014 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ernst Florian Winter]], Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Valery Belousov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/04/16/234096.html|title=RIP Valery Belousov|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Stanislav Gross]], Czech lawyer and politician, fifth [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]] (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/cena-grossova-floridskeho-bytu-klesla-kvuli-krizi-o-petinu-p4k-/domaci.asp?c=A081029_221746_domaci_zra|title=Cena Grossova floridského bytu klesla kvůli krizi o pětinu |date=30 October 2008 |language=cs}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Harry Anderson]], American actor and magician (b. 1952)<ref name="WPO">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417042821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-date=April 17, 2018|title='Night Court' Star, Harry Anderson, Dead at 65|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Andrew Peacock]], Australian politician (b. 1939)<ref name="andrewpeacock">{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-16/vic-former-liberal-leader-andrew-peacock-dies/100075920|title = Former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock dies aged 82|publisher = ABC News|location=Australia|date = 16 April 2021}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Helen McCrory]], British actress (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2021/04/16/news/-beautiful-and-mighty-harry-potter-star-helen-mccrory-dies-aged-52-2291410/ |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |title='Beautiful and mighty' Harry Potter star Helen McCrory dies aged 52 |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> 
*  2021 &ndash; [[Liam Scarlett]], British choreographer (b. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=Liam Scarlett obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/19/liam-scarlett-obituary|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> 
*  2021 &ndash; [[John Dawes]], Welsh [[rugby union]] player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=John Dawes obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/11/john-dawes-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> 
*  [[2024]] &ndash; [[Carl Erskine]], American baseball player (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Carl Erskine, Dodgers legend and human rights icon, dies: 'The best guy I've ever known' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/carl-erskine-dodgers-legend-human-151527633.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |publisher=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*  2024 &ndash; [[Bob Graham]], American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th [[List of governors of Florida|governor of Florida]] (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/bob-graham-dead.html |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> 
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Benedict Joseph Labre]]
**[[Bernadette Soubirous]]<ref name=Soubirous />
**[[Saint Drogo|Drogo]]
**[[Engratia]]<ref name="magnificat.ca">{{Cite web |url=http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/04-16.htm |title=Lives of the Saints, April 16, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Engratia and the Eighteen Martyrs of Saragossa<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504175734/http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/04-16.htm |archive-date=2008-05-04  }}</ref>
**[[Fructuosus of Braga]]
**[[Isabella Gilmore]] ([[Church of England]])
**[[Martyrs of Zaragoza]]
**[[Molly Brant|Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni)]] ([[Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada)|Anglican Church of Canada]], [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) 
**[[Turibius of Astorga]]
**[[April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Birthday of José de Diego]] ([[Puerto Rico]], United States)
*[[Birthday of Queen Margrethe II]] (Denmark)<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
*[[Emancipation Day]] ([[Washington, D.C.]], United States)
*[[Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust]] (Hungary)
*[[List of awareness days#April|National Healthcare Decisions Day]] (United States)
*[[Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]])
*[[World Voice Day]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=16}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/16 Historical Events on April 16]

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[[Category:Days of April]]