303 events with tag "death"
1500 BC
ID: 5337
Peak of Nubian gold production - thousands die in Eastern Desert mines, gold funds Egyptian empire and monumental architecture
ID: 5337
1336 BC
ID: 3655
Nefertiti disappears - either dies or falls from power, succession crisis begins
ID: 3655
1334 BC
ID: 3656
Death of Akhenaten - 'heretic pharaoh' dies, Amarna period ends, monotheistic experiment fails
ID: 3656
1323 BC
ID: 3658
Death of Tutankhamun at 19 - buried with unprecedented treasures, possible murder, end of Amarna line
ID: 3658
1007 BC
ID: 2742
Death of Saul at Mount Gilboa - Saul and sons killed fighting Philistines, David becomes king of Judah
ID: 2742
970 BC
ID: 2746
Death of David, Solomon becomes king - after succession struggle with Adonijah, Solomon established on throne
ID: 2746
931 BC
ID: 2750
Death of Solomon - Rehoboam succeeds, northern tribes gather at Shechem to negotiate
ID: 2750
852 BC
ID: 2758
Death of Ahab - killed at Ramoth-gilead as Micaiah prophesied, dogs lick blood from chariot
ID: 2758
609 BC
ID: 2766
Death of Josiah at Megiddo - killed trying to stop Pharaoh Neco II, end of religious reform
ID: 2766
562 BC
ID: 2781
Death of Nebuchadnezzar - after 43-year reign, Babylon begins decline under weak successors
ID: 2781
551 BC
ID: 4651
Death of Zoroaster - killed by invaders at fire temple, religion continues spreading
ID: 4651
530 BC
ID: 3626
Death of Cyrus the Great - killed fighting Massagetae, Cambyses II becomes king
ID: 3626
486 BC
ID: 3631
Death of Darius I - Xerxes inherits empire at its peak, plans Greek invasion
ID: 3631
483 BC
ID: 235
Buddha achieves parinirvana - final release from cycle of rebirth, disciples begin spreading dharma
ID: 235
479 BC
ID: 234
Death of Confucius - leaves behind ethical system based on ren (humaneness) and li (ritual propriety)
ID: 234
430 BC
ID: 3694
Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population including Pericles, possibly typhoid fever
ID: 3694
429 BC
ID: 248
Death of Pericles from plague - Funeral Oration idealizes Athenian democracy
ID: 248
399 BC
ID: 260
Trial and execution of Socrates - charged with impiety and corrupting youth, drinks hemlock
ID: 260
323 BC
ID: 298
Death of Alexander in Babylon at 32 - fever or poison, empire fragments, body preserved in honey
ID: 298
323 BC
ID: 299
Death of Diogenes - same day as Alexander (tradition), throws himself out 'like true Cynic'
ID: 299
322 BC
ID: 301
Death of Aristotle - flees Athens after Alexander dies, 'lest Athens sin twice against philosophy'
ID: 301
322 BC
ID: 302
Death of Demosthenes - takes poison rather than capture, spent life warning against Macedon
ID: 302
232 BC
ID: 3681
Death of Ashoka - Mauryan Empire begins decline under weak successors
ID: 3681
212 BC
ID: 2666
Fall of Syracuse - Archimedes killed despite orders to spare him, allegedly said 'don't disturb my circles' to Roman soldier
ID: 2666
210 BC
ID: 4703
Death of Qin Shi Huang - buried with 8000 terracotta warriors near Xi'an
ID: 4703
166 BC
ID: 2972
Death of Mattathias - appoints son Judah Maccabee ('The Hammer') as military leader, Simon as counselor
ID: 2972
164 BC
ID: 2977
Death of Antiochus IV - dies of disease in Persia, reportedly mad, seen as divine punishment for Temple desecration
ID: 2977
160 BC
ID: 2978
Death of Judah Maccabee at Elasa - fights against overwhelming odds rather than flee, dies heroically, brothers escape
ID: 2978
140 BC
ID: 5347
Diodorus Siculus describes mine horrors - children carry ore through tunnels, prisoners worked to death, bodies left where they fall
ID: 5347
104 BC
ID: 2989
Death of John Hyrcanus - Hasmonean state at peak, son Aristobulus I takes title 'King,' imprisons family
ID: 2989
76 BC
ID: 2992
Death of Alexander Jannaeus - widow Salome Alexandra becomes queen, makes peace with Pharisees, golden age
ID: 2992
54 BC
ID: 2695
Death of Julia - Caesar's daughter and Pompey's wife dies in childbirth, key link between them broken
ID: 2695
53 BC
ID: 2696
Battle of Carrhae - Crassus killed by Parthians, molten gold poured down throat (legend), triumvirate broken
ID: 2696
30 BC
ID: 2715
August 30 BC
Death of Antony and Cleopatra - Antony falls on sword, Cleopatra uses asp, Octavian annexes Egypt, Ptolemaic dynasty ends
ID: 2715
19 BC
ID: 2721
Death of Virgil - leaves Aeneid unfinished, wants it burned, Augustus preserves it, becomes Rome's national epic
ID: 2721
8 BC
ID: 2727
Death of Horace - great lyric poet dies, patron Maecenas dies same year, end of Augustan poetry golden age
ID: 2727
4 BC
ID: 2999
Death of Herod the Great - dies of horrible disease, kingdom divided among three sons
ID: 2999
14
ID: 3983
Death of Augustus - first Roman emperor dies at 75, deified by Senate, establishes imperial precedent
ID: 3983
14
ID: 2736
August 19, 14
Death of Augustus at Nola - dies peacefully at 75, 'Did I play my part well in the comedy of life?', Tiberius succeeds
ID: 2736
37
ID: 3987
Death of Tiberius - possibly smothered by Macro, Caligula proclaimed emperor
ID: 3987
44
ID: 3005
Death of Herod Agrippa I - struck down at Caesarea after accepting divine acclamation, eaten by worms (Acts 12)
ID: 3005
72
ID: 5973
Traditional death of St. Mary Magdalene at Saint-Maximin - receives last communion from St. Maximinus, dies in ecstasy
ID: 5973
79
ID: 4003
Death of Vespasian - 'I think I'm becoming a god', first emperor to be succeeded by biological son
ID: 4003
79
ID: 5936
August 24, 79
Pompeii buried in pumice - 6 feet accumulate in hours, roofs collapse, most flee but 2000 stay, darkness at noon
ID: 5936
79
ID: 5940
August 25, 79
Death of Pliny the Elder - morning, attempts escape, collapses on beach from volcanic gases (had asthma), dies at 56, body recovered intact
ID: 5940
79
ID: 5941
August 25, 79
Final pyroclastic surge hits Pompeii - 6:30 AM, kills remaining residents instantly, bodies create voids in ash forming famous casts
ID: 5941
81
ID: 4005
Death of Titus - dies of fever after only 2 years, universally mourned
ID: 4005
98
ID: 4011
Death of Nerva - natural death after 16 months, peaceful transition to Trajan
ID: 4011
100
ID: 4108
Death of St. John the Apostle at Ephesus - last surviving apostle dies naturally of old age, beloved disciple
ID: 4108
117
ID: 4015
Death of Trajan - dies of stroke in Cilicia, wife Plotina announces Hadrian as successor
ID: 4015
138
ID: 4021
Death of Hadrian - dies hated by Senate, Antoninus barely achieves his deification
ID: 4021
142
ID: 4113
St. Hyginus dies - ninth pope, whether martyred is uncertain, fought Gnostic heresies of Valentinus and Cerdo
ID: 4113
155
ID: 4114
St. Pius I dies - tenth pope, brother of Hermas who wrote The Shepherd, opposed Marcion's heresy
ID: 4114
161
ID: 4023
Death of Antoninus Pius - dies peacefully after 23-year reign, smoothest succession
ID: 4023
180
ID: 4028
Death of Marcus Aurelius - dies of plague at Vindobona, end of Pax Romana
ID: 4028
189
ID: 4121
St. Eleutherius dies - thirteenth pope, received embassy from British King Lucius requesting missionaries
ID: 4121
199
ID: 4122
St. Victor I dies - fourteenth pope, first African pope, excommunicated churches that celebrated Easter on 14 Nisan
ID: 4122
211
ID: 2531
Emperor Septimius Severus dies at York - after campaigning in Scotland, son Caracalla abandons conquests
ID: 2531
264
ID: 4676
Valerian dies in captivity - used as footstool by Shapur, body stuffed and displayed
ID: 4676
336
ID: 5004
Death of Arius in Constantinople - dies suddenly in a latrine before being received back into communion, seen as divine judgment
ID: 5004
337
ID: 4757
Death of Constantine - empire divided among three sons, beginning of East-West division
ID: 4757
340
ID: 4909
April 4, 340
Death of St. Ambrose of Milan - Doctor of the Church, baptized St. Augustine, confronted emperors
ID: 4909
347
ID: 4910
September 30, 347
Death of St. Jerome in Bethlehem - Doctor of the Church, translator of the Vulgate Bible
ID: 4910
363
ID: 4679
Death of Julian in Persia - last pagan emperor killed retreating, Rome never threatens heartland again
ID: 4679
368
ID: 4944
January 13, 368
Death of St. Hilary of Poitiers - Doctor of the Church, wrote 'On the Trinity' against Arians
ID: 4944
373
ID: 3817
Death of St. Athanasius - champion of orthodoxy, preserved true faith against Arian emperors
ID: 3817
373
ID: 4908
May 2, 373
Death of St. Athanasius - exiled five times for defending Christ's divinity, wrote 'On the Incarnation' and 'Life of Antony'
ID: 4908
373
ID: 4927
June 9, 373
Death of St. Ephrem the Syrian - Doctor of the Church, wrote over 400 hymns combating heresies through song
ID: 4927
378
ID: 5013
August 9, 378
Emperor Valens killed at Battle of Adrianople - Arian persecutor of Catholics dies fighting Goths, worst Roman defeat since Cannae
ID: 5013
379
ID: 4902
January 1, 379
Death of St. Basil the Great - left treatises on the Holy Spirit, against Arianism, and monastic rules
ID: 4902
386
ID: 4918
March 18, 386
Death of St. Cyril of Jerusalem - Doctor of the Church, witnessed miraculous appearance of cross in sky over Jerusalem
ID: 4918
390
ID: 4905
January 25, 390
Death of St. Gregory of Nazianzus - left 45 orations including Five Theological Orations on the Trinity
ID: 4905
407
ID: 4911
September 14, 407
Death of St. John Chrysostom in exile - Doctor of the Church, 'Golden-Mouthed' preacher, died saying 'Glory be to God for all things'
ID: 4911
430
ID: 3832
St. Augustine dies during Vandal siege of Hippo - most influential Western theologian, wrote 5 million words
ID: 3832
444
ID: 4915
June 27, 444
Death of St. Cyril of Alexandria - left extensive writings on the Incarnation and Trinity
ID: 4915
450
ID: 4930
July 30, 450
Death of St. Peter Chrysologus - Doctor of the Church, counseled heretics to submit to Rome for salvation
ID: 4930
453
ID: 4734
Death of Attila - dies on wedding night (nosebleed or murder?), Hun Empire immediately collapses
ID: 4734
454
ID: 5017
Deaths of Eutyches and Dioscorus - both die in exile unrepentant, Monophysite heresy continues
ID: 5017
461
ID: 5621
March 17, 461
Death of St. Patrick at Saul; buried at Downpatrick - becomes patron saint of Ireland
ID: 5621
461
ID: 4934
November 10, 461
Death of Pope St. Leo the Great - Doctor of the Church, wrote Tome of Leo defining Christ's two natures
ID: 4934
481
ID: 2815
Death of Childeric I - buried with rich grave goods (discovered 1653), 15-year-old Clovis inherits small kingdom around Tournai
ID: 2815
488
ID: 5021
Death of Peter the Fuller - dies as Patriarch of Antioch after multiple depositions, Monophysite additions to liturgy persist
ID: 5021
490
ID: 5022
Death of Peter Mongus - Monophysite Patriarch of Alexandria, Acacian Schism continues
ID: 5022
511
ID: 2830
November 27, 511
Death of Clovis - dies at 45, kingdom divided among four sons: Theuderic (Reims), Chlodomer (Orleans), Childebert (Paris), Chlothar (Soissons)
ID: 2830
512
ID: 5257
January 3, 512
Death of St. Genevieve at 89 - dies after 80 years serving Paris, buried in Saints-Apostles church, immediate veneration
ID: 5257
516
ID: 4169
Beowulf dies fighting dragon - aged king battles fire-drake guarding treasure hoard, both die (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tradition)
ID: 4169
534
ID: 2834
Death of Theuderic I - son Theudebert inherits Austrasia (eastern kingdom), most powerful Merovingian ruler
ID: 2834
537
ID: 2540
Battle of Camlann - Arthur and Mordred kill each other (according to later tradition), end of British resistance
ID: 2540
561
ID: 2837
Death of Chlothar I - kingdom divided among four sons: Charibert (Paris), Guntram (Burgundy), Sigebert (Austrasia), Chilperic (Neustria)
ID: 2837
567
ID: 2840
Death of Charibert I - dies of plague, Paris divided among three brothers, no direct heir
ID: 2840
573
ID: 4813
Death of Narses - legend says his lead coffin carried to Constantinople fulfilled promise to 'return in way that would harm them'
ID: 4813
579
ID: 4687
Death of Khosrow I - end of Sassanid golden age, succession crisis follows
ID: 4687
593
ID: 2846
Death of Guntram - dies peacefully, Childebert II inherits Burgundy, briefly controls Austrasia and Burgundy
ID: 2846
596
ID: 2847
Death of Childebert II - dies at 26, possibly poisoned, kingdoms divided between young sons Theudebert II and Theuderic II
ID: 2847
597
ID: 2848
Death of Fredegund - dies naturally in bed, Chlothar II still child, Brunhilda dominates as grandmother of two kings
ID: 2848
604
ID: 4899
March 12, 604
Death of Pope St. Gregory the Great - left 854 letters, homilies, and the 'Dialogues' containing life of St. Benedict
ID: 4899
613
ID: 2850
Death of Theuderic II - dies of dysentery, Brunhilda tries to make great-grandson king, nobles revolt
ID: 2850
629
ID: 2855
Death of Chlothar II - Dagobert I inherits all Francia, briefly restores royal power and prestige
ID: 2855
639
ID: 2857
Death of Dagobert I - last strong Merovingian king dies, buried at Saint-Denis, sons are children, mayors dominate
ID: 2857
642
ID: 2546
Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia kills Oswald of Northumbria, Oswald dismembered and becomes martyr
ID: 2546
651
ID: 4696
Death of Yazdegerd III - murdered at Merv, end of Sassanid Empire and Zoroastrian state
ID: 4696
710
ID: 4162
St. Giles dies in France - hermit and abbot, only non-martyr of Fourteen Holy Helpers, patron of disabled
ID: 4162
714
ID: 2860
Death of Pepin of Herstal - legitimate heirs are children, illegitimate son Charles Martel must fight for power
ID: 2860
735
ID: 4924
May 26, 735
Death of St. Bede the Venerable - Doctor of the Church, died after finishing translation of Gospel of John
ID: 4924
741
ID: 2874
October 22, 741
Death of Charles Martel - divides realm between sons Carloman and Pepin the Short, buried at Saint-Denis like a king
ID: 2874
749
ID: 4921
December 4, 749
Death of St. John Damascene - Doctor of the Church, wrote 'Fountain of Knowledge' and hymns still used in Eastern liturgy
ID: 4921
768
ID: 2883
September 24, 768
Death of Pepin the Short - kingdom divided between sons Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman, buried at Saint-Denis
ID: 2883
771
ID: 2888
December 771
Death of Carloman I - dies suddenly at 20, Charlemagne seizes his lands, Carloman's widow and sons flee to Lombardy
ID: 2888
775
ID: 5036
Death of Constantine V Copronymus - dies on campaign, body later exhumed and burned by iconodules
ID: 5036
778
ID: 2895
August 15, 778
Battle of Roncesvalles Pass - Basques ambush Frankish rearguard, Roland killed, becomes legend of Song of Roland
ID: 2895
804
ID: 2916
Death of Alcuin - Charlemagne's chief scholar dies at Tours, leaves legacy of Carolingian Renaissance
ID: 2916
804
ID: 4095
Alcuin dies at Tours on May 19 - buried at St. Martin's, called 'most learned man of his age'
ID: 4095
810
ID: 2919
Death of Pepin of Italy - Charlemagne's second son dies, only Louis remains as heir
ID: 2919
811
ID: 2920
Death of Charles the Younger - Charlemagne's eldest son dies, Louis the Pious now sole heir
ID: 2920
814
ID: 2923
January 28, 814
Death of Charlemagne - dies at 71 after 46-year reign, buried in Aachen chapel, Louis inherits intact empire
ID: 2923
817
ID: 2927
Bernard of Italy rebels - nephew Bernard rebels against Ordinatio, captured, blinded, dies from wounds
ID: 2927
840
ID: 2932
June 840
Death of Louis the Pious - dies on campaign against rebellious son Louis the German, civil war erupts immediately
ID: 2932
855
ID: 2937
Death of Lothair I - Middle Francia divided among his three sons, imperial title to Louis II
ID: 2937
876
ID: 2941
Death of Louis the German - East Francia divided among three sons, beginning German stem duchies
ID: 2941
877
ID: 2942
October 877
Death of Charles the Bald - dies crossing Alps, son Louis the Stammerer inherits weakened West Francia
ID: 2942
879
ID: 2943
Death of Louis the Stammerer - two posthumous sons, succession disputed, Vikings intensify raids
ID: 2943
888
ID: 2949
January 888
Death of Charles the Fat - dies weeks after deposition, five kingdoms emerge from Carolingian Empire
ID: 2949
893
ID: 5045
Death of Photius - architect of Greek schism dies in Armenian monastery, split continues
ID: 5045
899
ID: 2558
October 26, 899
Death of Alfred the Great - only English king called 'Great', saved England, promoted learning and law
ID: 2558
911
ID: 2954
Death of Louis the Child - last East Frankish Carolingian dies childless at 17, nobles elect Conrad I
ID: 2954
942
ID: 5454
November 18, 942
Saint Odo of Cluny dies; as second abbot he spread Cluniac reform to monasteries throughout France and Italy, establishing Cluny's network of dependent priories
ID: 5454
954
ID: 2958
Death of Louis IV - Carolingian king dies from fall from horse, son Lothair succeeds
ID: 2958
984
ID: 5859
Death of Aethelwold weakens reform movement - last of the three great reformers, monastic influence wanes
ID: 5859
986
ID: 2959
Death of Lothair of France - last effective Carolingian king, son Louis V succeeds
ID: 2959
987
ID: 2960
May 987
Death of Louis V - dies in hunting accident after one year reign, last Carolingian king of France
ID: 2960
988
ID: 2636
May 19, 988
Death of St. Dunstan - dies after seeing vision of angels, Ascension Day, greatest Anglo-Saxon churchman
ID: 2636
996
ID: 5177
October 24, 996
Death of Hugh Capet - Robert II the Pious becomes sole king, Capetian dynasty survives first succession
ID: 5177
1000
ID: 5873
November 1000
Death of Aelfthryth at Wherwell - dies at abbey she founded, remembered as both murderess and holy patron
ID: 5873
1003
ID: 4987
Death of St. Gregory of Narek - Doctor of the Church, bridge between Eastern and Western spirituality
ID: 4987
1014
ID: 2567
February 3, 1014
Death of Sweyn Forkbeard - dies after five weeks as king, Ethelred returns from exile
ID: 2567
1016
ID: 5880
April 23, 1016
Death of Aethelred leaves Emma vulnerable - widow with young sons, Edmund Ironside becomes king briefly
ID: 5880
1031
ID: 5181
July 20, 1031
Death of Robert II the Pious - Henry I becomes sole king after civil war with younger brothers
ID: 5181
1034
ID: 3734
Robert the Magnificent goes on pilgrimage - leaves for Jerusalem, appoints young bastard son William as heir
ID: 3734
1035
ID: 2569
November 12, 1035
Death of Cnut the Great - ruled England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden, empire divides among sons
ID: 2569
1038
ID: 5546
August 15, 1038
King Stephen I dies, later canonized as Saint Stephen, patron saint of Hungary
ID: 5546
1053
ID: 2574
April 15, 1053
Death of Earl Godwin - dies of stroke at Easter feast with king, son Harold becomes Earl of Wessex
ID: 2574
1059
ID: 5048
Death of Michael Cerularius - dies unrepentant, schism continues and deepens
ID: 5048
1060
ID: 5185
August 4, 1060
Death of Henry I - Philip I becomes king at age 8, regency of Baldwin V of Flanders
ID: 5185
1066
ID: 2577
January 5, 1066
Death of Edward the Confessor - dies childless, allegedly names Harold as successor on deathbed
ID: 2577
1066
ID: 2582
September 25, 1066
Battle of Stamford Bridge - Harold defeats and kills Hardrada and Tostig, only 24 of 300 Viking ships return
ID: 2582
1066
ID: 2585
October 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings - all-day battle, Harold killed by arrow to eye (tradition), Norman Conquest begins
ID: 2585
1072
ID: 4937
February 22, 1072
Death of St. Peter Damian - Doctor of the Church, wrote against simony and clerical corruption
ID: 4937
1087
ID: 2591
September 9, 1087
Death of William the Conqueror - dies from injury falling from horse, buried at Caen
ID: 2591
1088
ID: 5054
Death of Berengar of Tours - dies in communion with Church after genuine conversion
ID: 5054
1100
ID: 176
August 2, 1100
William II Rufus killed by arrow while hunting - Henry I seizes English throne, some suspect assassination
ID: 176
1100
ID: 2595
August 2, 1100
Death of William Rufus in New Forest - shot by arrow while hunting, Walter Tirel flees, Henry seizes treasury
ID: 2595
1108
ID: 5188
July 29, 1108
Death of Philip I - dies at Melun, Louis VI the Fat becomes king, begins royal revival
ID: 5188
1135
ID: 2605
December 1, 1135
Death of Henry I - dies in Normandy from 'surfeit of lampreys', Stephen seizes throne while Matilda in Anjou
ID: 2605
1137
ID: 5194
August 1, 1137
Death of Louis VI the Fat - dies enormously obese but leaves strengthened monarchy to son Louis VII
ID: 5194
1147
ID: 2612
October 31, 1147
Death of Robert of Gloucester - Matilda's half-brother and chief supporter dies, she returns to Normandy
ID: 2612
1151
ID: 5197
January 13, 1151
Death of Abbot Suger - 'Father of the Country' dies, Louis VII loses greatest advisor
ID: 5197
1153
ID: 2614
August 17, 1153
Death of Stephen's son Eustace - chokes to death (divine judgment?), Stephen loses will to fight
ID: 2614
1153
ID: 4941
August 20, 1153
Death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux - Doctor of the Church, wrote on love of God and devotion to Mary
ID: 4941
1154
ID: 2616
October 25, 1154
Death of King Stephen - dies at Dover, Henry peacefully succeeds, Anarchy ends after 19 years
ID: 2616
1156
ID: 5451
Peter the Venerable dies; as ninth abbot of Cluny he commissioned first Latin translation of the Quran and defended monastery against Cistercian criticism
ID: 5451
1173
ID: 5277
Death of Raimbaut d'Aurenga - innovative troubadour who pushed boundaries of form, combined trobar clus and trobar leu styles
ID: 5277
1179
ID: 4984
September 17, 1179
Death of St. Hildegard of Bingen - Doctor of the Church, left writings on theology, medicine, and music
ID: 4984
1180
ID: 5201
September 18, 1180
Death of Louis VII - Philip Augustus becomes sole king at 15, begins transformation of France
ID: 5201
1183
ID: 2379
June 11, 1183
Death of Young King Henry - Henry II's eldest son dies in rebellion, Richard becomes heir
ID: 2379
1189
ID: 2380
July 6, 1189
Death of Henry II at Chinon - dies defeated by Richard and Philip Augustus, reportedly last words: 'Shame, shame on a conquered king'
ID: 2380
1190
ID: 203
June 10, 1190
Frederick Barbarossa drowns crossing river in Armenia - German crusade collapses
ID: 203
1199
ID: 2386
April 6, 1199
Death of Richard I at Chalus - shot by crossbow while besieging minor castle over rumored treasure, forgives killer on deathbed
ID: 2386
1216
ID: 2393
October 19, 1216
Death of King John at Newark - dies of dysentery after losing crown jewels in the Wash, eating 'surfeit of peaches'
ID: 2393
1218
ID: 169
Count Louis dies after confessing all sins since age 11 to Christina - she shares half his purgatorial punishments
ID: 169
1218
ID: 5302
June 25, 1218
Simon de Montfort killed at Toulouse - skull crushed by stone from mangonel operated by women and girls of the city
ID: 5302
1223
ID: 5207
July 14, 1223
Death of Philip Augustus - dies at Mantes, tripled royal domain, created administrative monarchy, Louis VIII succeeds
ID: 5207
1224
ID: 171
July 24, 1224
Christina dies, Sister Beatrice commands her return in Christ's name - Christina resurrects, answers question, dies third and final time
ID: 171
1226
ID: 8
October 3, 1226
St. Francis dies welcoming 'Sister Death', larks circle at night
ID: 8
1226
ID: 5210
November 8, 1226
Death of Louis VIII - dies of dysentery returning from Albigensian Crusade, 12-year-old Louis IX succeeds
ID: 5210
1227
ID: 4739
Death of Genghis Khan - dies conquering Western Xia, empire divided among four sons
ID: 4739
1231
ID: 10
June 13, 1231
St. Anthony dies - children cry 'The saint is dead!' 32 miracles verified within days
ID: 10
1231
ID: 4970
June 13, 1231
Death of St. Anthony of Padua at age 35 - Doctor of the Church, canonized within a year due to miracles
ID: 4970
1241
ID: 4743
Death of Ogedei Khan saves Europe - Mongol armies withdraw for succession kurultai, never return in force
ID: 4743
1250
ID: 47
Death of Frederick II - end of effective imperial power, German particularism begins
ID: 47
1252
ID: 5218
November 27, 1252
Death of Blanche of Castile - great queen mother and regent dies, had ruled France during son's absence
ID: 5218
1253
ID: 35
August 11, 1253
St. Clare dies - 'Blessed be You, O God, for having created me'
ID: 35
1265
ID: 2404
August 4, 1265
Battle of Evesham - Prince Edward defeats and kills Simon de Montfort, body mutilated, head sent to wife
ID: 2404
1270
ID: 5222
August 25, 1270
Death of Saint Louis at Tunis - dies of dysentery outside Tunis, Philip III succeeds, later canonized
ID: 5222
1272
ID: 2407
November 16, 1272
Death of Henry III - longest reign yet (56 years), Edward I succeeds while on Crusade, no succession dispute
ID: 2407
1274
ID: 3603
St. Thomas dies (March 7) - 'I receive You, the price of my redemption, for Whose love I have watched, studied, and labored' - Monks report mysterious light and fragrance
ID: 3603
1274
ID: 16
March 7, 1274
Death of Aquinas at Fossanova Abbey - 'I receive You, the price of my redemption'
ID: 16
1274
ID: 17
July 15, 1274
St. Bonaventure dies at same Council - representing completion of medieval synthesis
ID: 17
1274
ID: 4967
July 15, 1274
Death of St. Bonaventure at Council of Lyon - Doctor of the Church, unified theology and mysticism
ID: 4967
1285
ID: 5224
October 5, 1285
Death of Philip III - dies at Perpignan during retreat from failed Aragon crusade, Philip IV succeeds
ID: 5224
1290
ID: 2413
November 28, 1290
Death of Eleanor of Castile - Edward I erects twelve Eleanor Crosses marking funeral procession route to Westminster
ID: 2413
1307
ID: 2419
July 7, 1307
Death of Edward I at Burgh by Sands - dies marching to Scotland, allegedly asks for bones to be carried on future Scottish campaigns
ID: 2419
1314
ID: 5231
November 29, 1314
Death of Philip IV - dies of stroke months after Molay's curse, leaves three sons, Louis X succeeds
ID: 5231
1316
ID: 5234
June 5, 1316
Death of Louis X - dies after drinking cold wine following tennis match, leaves pregnant widow
ID: 5234
1322
ID: 5236
January 3, 1322
Death of Philip V - dies without male heir after 5-year reign, brother Charles IV succeeds
ID: 5236
1324
ID: 5090
Death of Marco Polo - on deathbed refuses to recant stories, says 'I have not told half of what I saw'
ID: 5090
1324
ID: 5314
Jacques Fournier's registers document Cathar endura practices - records of parents allowing sick children to die through endura rather than give them food
ID: 5314
1328
ID: 5238
February 1, 1328
Death of Charles IV - dies without male heir, direct Capetian line ends after 341 years, succession crisis begins
ID: 5238
1374
ID: 144
Dancing plague spreads through Holy Roman Empire - people dance until death, clergy perform exorcisms
ID: 144
1376
ID: 2445
June 8, 1376
Death of Black Prince - Edward III's heir dies of dysentery, succession passes to 9-year-old Richard
ID: 2445
1377
ID: 2447
June 21, 1377
Death of Edward III - 50-year reign ends in senility, 10-year-old Richard II succeeds
ID: 2447
1380
ID: 3588
St. Catherine dies (April 29) - 'Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit' - Room fills with heavenly fragrance - Had offered life for Church unity, dies as Great Schism begins
ID: 3588
1380
ID: 24
April 29, 1380
St. Catherine dies - 'Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit'
ID: 24
1394
ID: 4798
Death of John Hawkwood - dies peacefully in Florence, state funeral, fresco in Duomo by Uccello
ID: 4798
1394
ID: 2455
June 7, 1394
Death of Queen Anne of Bohemia - Richard II grief-stricken, orders Sheen Palace demolished
ID: 2455
1399
ID: 2459
February 3, 1399
Death of John of Gaunt - Richard II seizes Lancaster estates, violates inheritance law
ID: 2459
1400
ID: 2464
February 14, 1400
Death of Richard II at Pontefract Castle - starved or murdered, Henry IV displays body to prove death
ID: 2464
1405
ID: 4754
Death of Timur - dies invading China in winter, empire fragments, estimated 17 million killed in campaigns
ID: 4754
1413
ID: 2470
March 20, 1413
Death of Henry IV - dies in Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster, fulfilling prophecy he would die in Jerusalem
ID: 2470
1419
ID: 3555
St. Vincent Ferrer dies - 800,000 converts attributed to his preaching - Raises 28 people from dead (documented) - 'Sinners, you have forgotten your sins, but God has not forgotten them!'
ID: 3555
1422
ID: 2481
August 31, 1422
Death of Henry V at Vincennes - dies of dysentery at 35, never crowned King of France, infant son inherits
ID: 2481
1453
ID: 4784
Constantine XI dies on walls - last emperor refuses surrender, body never found, empire ends
ID: 4784
1457
ID: 3565
May 22, 1457
St. Rita dies - Rose blooms in winter at her request - Bees that entered her mouth as infant emerge from wound, fly to heaven - 'Lord, here burn, here cut, but spare me in eternity'
ID: 3565
1460
ID: 2495
December 30, 1460
Battle of Wakefield - Richard of York killed, head displayed with paper crown at York
ID: 2495
1464
ID: 5133
August 1, 1464
Death of Cosimo de' Medici - 'Father of the Fatherland' buried in San Lorenzo crypt
ID: 5133
1471
ID: 2504
April 14, 1471
Battle of Barnet - Edward IV defeats Warwick in fog, Kingmaker killed, Oxford attacks own men
ID: 2504
1471
ID: 2505
May 4, 1471
Battle of Tewkesbury - Prince Edward killed, last Lancastrian heir dead, Margaret of Anjou captured
ID: 2505
1483
ID: 2508
April 9, 1483
Death of Edward IV - dies suddenly at 40, names brother Richard as Protector for 12-year-old Edward V
ID: 2508
1484
ID: 2515
April 9, 1484
Death of Edward of Middleham - Richard III's only son dies at 10, succession crisis deepens
ID: 2515
1485
ID: 2516
March 16, 1485
Death of Queen Anne Neville - Richard III's wife dies, rumors he poisoned her to marry niece
ID: 2516
1485
ID: 2518
August 22, 1485
Battle of Bosworth Field - Richard III killed fighting, crown found in hawthorn bush, Henry VII proclaimed on battlefield
ID: 2518
1487
ID: 3572
St. Nicholas dies - 20 years without earthly food verified - Light seen ascending from his cell - Final words: 'I'm going home'
ID: 3572
1492
ID: 5139
April 8, 1492
Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent - end of Florence's golden age, Savonarola claims deathbed reconciliation
ID: 5139
1510
ID: 3524
St. Catherine of Genoa dies - 'Jesus! Jesus!' - Had prophesied exact time of death - Body remains incorrupt
ID: 3524
1541
ID: 5478
September 24, 1541
Paracelsus dies in Salzburg at age 47 under mysterious circumstances; some suspect poisoning by enemies
ID: 5478
1546
ID: 3548
Luther dies cursing - 'Pestis eram vivus, moriens tua mors ero, Papa' (Living, I was your plague, O Pope; dying, I shall be your death)
ID: 3548
1552
ID: 3490
St. Francis Xavier dies alone on island approaching China - Final words: 'In Te, Domine, speravi' - Body found incorrupt months later
ID: 3490
1556
ID: 3491
July 31, 1556
St. Ignatius dies - 1,000 Jesuits in 110 houses worldwide - Dies pronouncing Holy Name of Jesus - Leaves Church intellectual army to combat Protestant errors
ID: 3491
1569
ID: 4980
May 10, 1569
Death of St. John of Ávila - Doctor of the Church, master of spiritual direction, influenced many saints
ID: 4980
1574
ID: 5160
April 21, 1574
Death of Cosimo I - established Medici as hereditary rulers, patron of arts and sciences
ID: 5160
1582
ID: 5502
June 21, 1582
Oda Nobunaga forced to commit seppuku at Honnoji Temple after betrayal by Akechi Mitsuhide
ID: 5502
1582
ID: 3510
October 4, 1582
St. Teresa dies - 'At last, O my God, at last I die a daughter of the Church' - Arm remains incorrupt and flexible
ID: 3510
1582
ID: 4948
October 4, 1582
Death of St. Teresa of Ávila - Doctor of the Church, reformed Carmelites, wrote mystical classics
ID: 4948
1584
ID: 3511
November 3, 1584
St. Charles Borromeo dies at age 46 - Worn out from reforms - transformed Milan into model diocese - 'One soul is diocese enough'
ID: 3511
1591
ID: 3516
December 14, 1591
St. John of the Cross dies - 'Tonight I shall be in heaven' - Body exudes mysterious fragrance for months
ID: 3516
1591
ID: 4974
December 14, 1591
Death of St. John of the Cross - Doctor of the Church, master of mystical theology
ID: 4974
1595
ID: 3518
May 26, 1595
St. Philip Neri dies - 'Last of the mystics' - Autopsy reveals enlarged heart, two ribs broken by divine love
ID: 3518
1597
ID: 3521
St. Peter Canisius dies - wrote first German catechism - Reconverted much of Germany through education - 'If you have much, give much; if little, give little, but give with heart'
ID: 3521
1597
ID: 4977
December 21, 1597
Death of St. Peter Canisius - Doctor of the Church, defended faith through education and catechesis
ID: 4977
1619
ID: 5002
July 22, 1619
Death of St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Lisbon - Doctor of the Church, left 15 volumes of sermons
ID: 5002
1621
ID: 4958
September 17, 1621
Death of St. Robert Bellarmine - Doctor of the Church, wrote 'Disputations on the Controversies of the Christian Faith'
ID: 4958
1622
ID: 4952
December 28, 1622
Death of St. Francis de Sales - Doctor of the Church, patron of writers and journalists
ID: 4952
1625
ID: 3476
March 27, 1625
James I dies - Legacy of betrayal: Abandoned Protestant cause for illusory peace - Elizabeth remains in exile as 'Winter Queen' - Protestant verdict: 'He kept peace by surrendering to Rome'
ID: 3476
1651
ID: 3417
St. Peter Claver dies in Colombia - 'slave of slaves' - Baptized 300,000 African slaves: 'We must speak to them with our hands by giving before we speak with our lips'
ID: 3417
1660
ID: 3420
St. Vincent de Paul dies - transformed French Church - 25,000 attend funeral - 'Love is inventive to infinity'
ID: 3420
1690
ID: 3436
October 17, 1690
St. Margaret Mary dies - Final vision - Christ: 'Come, My faithful spouse, come receive the crown which I have prepared for you from all eternity' - Sacred Heart devotion spreads despite suppression
ID: 3436
1737
ID: 5174
July 9, 1737
Death of Gian Gastone de' Medici - last male Medici, Grand Duchy passes to House of Lorraine
ID: 5174
1743
ID: 5175
February 18, 1743
Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici - last Medici, leaves art collection to Florence 'in perpetuity'
ID: 5175
1751
ID: 2315
English courts develop doctrine of partnership dissolution by death - partnership automatically ends on partner's death unless agreed otherwise
ID: 2315
1783
ID: 615
Leonhard Euler dies - over 800 papers and books - 'calculated as men breathe'
ID: 615
1787
ID: 627
St. Alphonsus Liguori dies at 91 - founded Redemptorists, wrote 'Glories of Mary'
ID: 627
1787
ID: 4955
August 1, 1787
Death of St. Alphonsus Liguori - Doctor of the Church, wrote 'Moral Theology' and 'The Glories of Mary'
ID: 4955
1790
ID: 638
April 17, 1790
Franklin dies - largest funeral in American history, 20,000 mourners, Masonic procession leads
ID: 638
1799
ID: 668
Pope Pius VI dies in French captivity at Valence - symbolically ends century of Church weakening
ID: 668
1810
ID: 699
Medical Observer reports: 'Child of Mr. R died of small-pox October 1805. Patient had been vaccinated'
ID: 699
1823
ID: 750
August 20, 1823
Pope Pius VII dies
ID: 750
1829
ID: 775
February 10, 1829
Pope Leo XII dies
ID: 775
1830
ID: 780
November 30, 1830
Pope Pius VIII dies suddenly after only 20 months in office
ID: 780
1845
ID: 5786
March 1845
Johnny Appleseed dies in Fort Wayne - planted estimated 100,000 square miles of apple trees across frontier
ID: 5786
1846
ID: 856
June 1, 1846
Pope Gregory XVI dies
ID: 856
1855
ID: 904
Marx's son Edgar dies of intestinal tuberculosis at age 8
ID: 904
1859
ID: 923
August 4, 1859
St. John Vianney dies - 100,000 pilgrims yearly, promoted Holy Face devotion, body incorrupt
ID: 923
1862
ID: 939
St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows dies at 24 - passionate devotion to Sorrowful Mother and Holy Face
ID: 939
1865
ID: 949
Dr. Semmelweis dies after promoting handwashing
ID: 949
1878
ID: 1011
February 7, 1878
Pope Pius IX dies
ID: 1011
1881
ID: 1031
December 2, 1881
Jenny Marx dies; buried in unconsecrated ground
ID: 1031
1882
ID: 1040
June 2, 1882
Death of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Grand Master of Grand Orient, final statement: Man created God
ID: 1040
1883
ID: 1045
March 17, 1883
Karl Marx dies; buried with red communist wreaths instead of cross
ID: 1045
1897
ID: 1137
September 30, 1897
St. Therese dies at 24 gazing at Holy Face image - My God, I love You! - promises to spend heaven doing good on earth
ID: 1137
1897
ID: 4961
September 30, 1897
Death of St. Thérèse of Lisieux at age 24 - Doctor of the Church, promised to spend heaven doing good on earth
ID: 4961
1909
ID: 4590
Planck's first wife Marie dies of tuberculosis - mother of his four children
ID: 4590
1914
ID: 1224
August 20, 1914
Pope Saint Pius X dies - last entry before World War I
ID: 1224
1916
ID: 4591
Planck's son Karl killed in World War I at Verdun - first of family tragedies
ID: 4591
1917
ID: 4592
Planck's daughter Grete dies in childbirth - second family tragedy within a year
ID: 4592
1919
ID: 4594
Planck's daughter Emma dies in childbirth - twin sister of Grete, married to Grete's widower
ID: 4594
1922
ID: 1306
January 22, 1922
Pope Benedict XV dies
ID: 1306
1929
ID: 4233
November 17, 1929
Herman Hollerith dies at age 69 - his punch card technology foundation for modern computing industry
ID: 4233
1938
ID: 1475
October 5, 1938
St. Faustina dies - 'Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart'
ID: 1475
1939
ID: 1476
February 10, 1939
Pope Pius XI dies
ID: 1476
1943
ID: 1525
Harry Laughlin dies during epileptic seizure (ironic given his campaign against epileptics)
ID: 1525
1945
ID: 1569
June 19, 1945
Twin boys D.M. and G.M. (10 months) both die June 19 after second DTP injection
ID: 1569
1947
ID: 4599
October 4, 1947
Max Planck dies in Göttingen - age 89, buried with quantum formula h on gravestone
ID: 4599
1953
ID: 1677
Frank Olson dies after being given LSD by CIA agents
ID: 1677
1958
ID: 1733
October 9, 1958
October 9: Pope Pius XII dies
ID: 1733
1961
ID: 1778
October 13, 1961
Blessed Alexandrina da Costa dies (October 13 - Fatima anniversary) - Lived 13 years on Eucharist alone
ID: 1778
1962
ID: 1784
Louis Jolyon West kills elephant 'Tusko' with LSD overdose
ID: 1784
1963
ID: 1794
June 3, 1963
June 3: Pope Saint John XXIII dies
ID: 1794
1968
ID: 1855
September 23, 1968
St. Padre Pio dies - Stigmata disappears, 100,000 at funeral
ID: 1855
1972
ID: 1900
Saul Alinsky dies
ID: 1900
1974
ID: 1926
Santa Romana dies - secrets of Golden Lily recovery operations die with him
ID: 1926
1975
ID: 1937
Otto Skorzeny dies in Madrid; funeral becomes international neo-Nazi pilgrimage site
ID: 1937
1978
ID: 1947
August 6, 1978
August 6: Pope Saint Paul VI dies
ID: 1947
1978
ID: 1949
September 28, 1978
September 28: Pope John Paul I dies suddenly after only 33 days
ID: 1949
1987
ID: 2048
William Casey dies; Khashoggi flees Utah leaving debts
ID: 2048
1997
ID: 3026
September 5, 1997
St. Teresa of Calcutta dies - Served 'Jesus in distressing disguise' of poor - 'Do small things with great love' - Dark night revealed
ID: 3026
1999
ID: 3038
Edmond Safra died under mysterious circumstances in Monaco; Boris Berezovsky ensnared in BONY probes
ID: 3038
2000
ID: 3051
Institute of Medicine: Hospitals are 3rd leading cause of death
ID: 3051
2001
ID: 3061
Robert Stevens, photojournalist at American Media Inc., became first person to die from inhalation anthrax
ID: 3061
2002
ID: 3076
Harry Hay dies
ID: 3076
2005
ID: 3111
April 2, 2005
Pope Saint John Paul II dies after 26-year pontificate
ID: 3111
2005
ID: 3126
April 2, 2005
Pope St. John Paul II dies - 'Totus Tuus' - Youth cry 'Santo subito!' - Defeated Communism
ID: 3126
2008
ID: 3157
Bruce Ivins died by suicide from acetaminophen overdose at age 62
ID: 3157
2017
ID: 3301
September 6, 2017
Kate Millett dies in Paris of massive heart attack, week before 83rd birthday
ID: 3301
2025
ID: 3408
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis dies at 7:35 AM CEST at Domus Sanctae Marthae from cerebral stroke and cardiac arrest
ID: 3408