June 16, 1686 BCE
- Hammurabi the Great dies in Babylon. [1]
June 13, 323 BCE
- Alexander the Great dies of fever after a feast in Babylon, age 32. [1] [697.139] (May 18 [1]) (June 10 [5] [192.71]) (June 11 [5])
October 2, 322 BCE
- Aristotle dies of indigestion. [1] (March 7 [5])
June 5, 221 BCE
- Chu Yuan, China's poet, drowns. [1]
June 9, 53 BCE
- Parthians defeat Romans at Battle of Carrhae, killing general Marcus Licinius Crassus. [118.9]
February 5, 45 BCE
- Cato, Roman patriot and philosopher, commits suicide. [1]
March 15, 44 BCE
- Gaius Julius Caesar is assassinated by Roman Senate in the Portico of the Theater of Pompey. [1] [325.10] [408.113]
December 7, 43 BCE
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman writer, gets his head and right hand chopped off by Mark Antony's soldiers. [1] [5]
August 12, 30 BCE
- Cleopatra, seventh and most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide. [1] [5]
August 19, 14 BCE
- Octavian [Augustus], Roman general, dies at age 48. [1]
November 27, 8 BCE
- Horace, Latin poet and satirist, dies. [1] [5]
17
- January 2
- Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies. [1]
29
- August 29
- John the Baptist beheaded (Note: Actual date is questionable). [1]
30
- April 7
- Jesus Christ crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer). [1] (April 3, 33, according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington [1]) (April 23, 34, according to Isaac Newton [1])
37
- March 16
- Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at age 77. [1]
41
- January 24
- Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula), Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at age 28. [1]
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54
- October 13
- Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies. [1]
- Prince L Rwagasore of Burundi, murdered; Hero of the Nation Day. [1]
68
- June 9
- Nero, Roman Emperor, commits suicide. [1]
69
- January 15
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), killed by Praetorian guard in the Forum Rome, at age 70. Lucius Calpurnius Piso is also murdered at the Forum. [1] [354.11]
- April 17
- Roman emperor Marcus Salvius Otto commits suicide. [354.11]
- June 29
- December 20
- Aulus Vitellius Roman, commandant of Rhine and seventh emperor of Rome, murdered. [1]
79
- June 24
- Death of Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus. [354.11]
- August 24
- Pliny the Elder dies. [5]
96
- September 18
- Servant Stephanus stabs and kills Roman emperor Domitian. [1383.6]
98
- January 27
- Marius Cocceius Nerva, Emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about age 67. [1]
161
- March 7
- Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-161), dies at age 74. [1]
180
- March 17
- Antonius Marcus Aurelius [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at age 58. [1]
192
- December 31
- Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), is murdered in a palace coup at age 31. [1] [913.158]
193
- March 28
- Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated. [1]
197
- February 19
- D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle. [1]
211
- February 4
- Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at age 64. [1]
217
- April 8
- Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at age 29. [1]
222
- March 11
- Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-222), murdered at age 18?. [1]
235
- March 18
- Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered. [1] [1107.525]
238
- May 10
- Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered. [1]
250
- January 20
- Saint Fabian dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50). [1]
254
- March 5
- Saint Lucius I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
268
- December 26
- Saint Dionysius dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
274
- December 30
- Saint Felix I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
303
- April 23
- George, knight of Cappadocië/saint/patron of England, beheaded. [1]
308
- January 16
- Saint Marcellus I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
309
- February 16
- Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded. [1]
311
- May 5
- Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about age 50. [1]
312
- January 7
- Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies. [1]
313
- April 30
- Gaius G V Maximus [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies. [1]
314
- January 11
- Death of Pope Militiades. [1] [697.176]
337
- May 22
- Death of Constantine the Great; emperor of the Roman Empire (306-337). [1] [37]
347
- May 14
- Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies. [1]
352
- April 12
- Saint Julius I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (337-352). [1]
364
- February 17
- Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about age 32. [1]
379
- January 1
- Basilius the Great of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies. [1]
384
- May 13
- Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at age 65+. [1]
392
- May 15
- Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at age 21. [1]
395
- January 17
- Theodosius I the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at age 49. [1]
397
- April 4
- Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies. [1]
401
- December 19
- Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies. [1]
404
- January 1
- Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered. [1]
406
- December 31
- Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle. [1]
417
- March 12
- Saint Innocent I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
429
- January 16
- Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies. [1]
439
- December 31
- Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about age 56. [1]
450
- December 3
- Petrus Chrysologus, first archbishop of Ravenna, dies. [1]
455
- May 31
- Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched. [1]
461
- March 17
- (according to legend) Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. [1] [129]
468
- February 29
- Saint Hilary [Pope Hilarius], Catholic Pope (461-468), dies. [1]
- December 18
- Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra rabbi, executed in Pumpedita. [1]
474
- February 3
- Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies. [1]
482
- January 8
- Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies. [1]
483
- March 10
- Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies. [1]
485
- April 17
- Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens. [1]
493
- March 15
- Odoaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-493), dies. [1]
526
- May 18
- Saint John I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
530
- October 14
- Death of Catholic Pope Discorus. [1] [697.177]
532
- October 17
- Death of Catholic pope Boniface II. [1] [697.176]
533
- January 13
- Remigius van Reims, first bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96. [1]
535
- April 30
- Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered. [1]
556
- February 21
- Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies. [1]
558
- December 23
- Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about age 62. [1]
565
- November 14
- Death of Flavius Anicius Justinianus, Byzantine emperor (527-), at age 82. [1] [344.10]
576
- May 28
- Death of Saint Germain of Paris. [5]
578
- October 5
- Death of Justin II, emperor of Eastern Roman Empire. [345.10]
579
- July 30
- Death of Catholic Pope Benedict I. [1] [5]
582
- August 14
- Death of Tiberius II Constantine, emperor of Byzantine. [548.10]
590
- February 7
- Pelagius II Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague. [1]
593
- March 28
- Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about age 67. [1]
604
- March 12
- Gregory I, the Great Pope (590-604), dies at age 64. [1]
- May 26
- Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies. [1]
615
- May 25
- Saint Boniface IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
624
- January 8
- Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle. [1]
628
- April 3
- Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579-628), murdered by his son. [1]
632
- June 8
- Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition). [1] [1027.30]
638
- March 11
- Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies. [1]
639
- January 19
- Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies. [1]
641
- February 11
- Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about age 65. [1] [346.10]
642
- February 29
- Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle. [1]
644
- December 8
- Omar I, second kalief of Islam, murdered. [1]
649
- May 2
- Maruta of Tagrit, theology/first mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies. [1]
- May 14
- Theodore I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
- July 5
- Death of Saint Goar; notable priest of Trier (Germany). [37]
656
- February 1
- Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about age 25. [1]
659
- March 17
- Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about age 32. [1]
660
- December 1
- Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies. [1]
661
- January 24
- Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered. [1]
672
- January 27
- Saint Vitalian dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
678
- April 11
- Donus dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
679
- December 23
- Death of King Dagobert II of Austrasia (676-679); murdered by a servant on orders of Mayor of the Palace, Pepin the Fat. [1] [1197.217]
680
- April 18
- Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies. [1]
681
- January 10
- Saint Agatho dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
685
- May 7
- Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, fourth kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies. [1]
- May 8
- Saint Benedict II dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1]
689
- January 12
- Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies. [1]
695
- December 17
- Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies. [1]
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