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Murder
Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil...
Date of birth:
- Feb 12, 1809
Date of death:
- Apr 15, 1865 (age 56 years)
Agrippina the Younger
Julia Agrippina (from AD 50, Julia Augusta Agrippina), also known as Agrippina the Younger and Agrippina Minor (7 November AD 15–19/23 March AD 59) was a Roman empress. She was a great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus; great-niece and adoptive...
Date of birth:
- Nov 6, 15 C.E.
Date of death:
- Mar 59 C.E. (age 43 years)
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: Александр II Николаевич, Aleksandr II Nikolaevich) (29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818, Moscow – 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Saint Petersburg), also known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: Александр...
Date of birth:
- Apr 29, 1818
Date of death:
- Mar 13, 1881 (age 62 years)
Alexander Severus
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (October 1, 208–March 18, 235 AD), commonly called Alexander Severus, was the last Roman emperor (11 March 222–235) of the Severan dynasty. Alexander Severus succeeded his cousin, Elagabalus upon the latter's...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 208 C.E.
Date of death:
- Mar 18, 235 C.E. (age 26 years)
Amalasuntha
Amalasuntha (also known as Amalasuentha, Amalaswintha, Amalasuintha, Amalswinthe or Amalasontha) (ca 495 - 30 April 534/535) was a queen of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534.
A daughter of Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, she secretly married a...
Date of birth:
- 495 C.E.
Date of death:
- 535 C.E. (age 40 years)
Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης; c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical...
Date of birth:
- 287 B.C.E.
Date of death:
- 212 B.C.E. (age 75 years)
Amnon
Amnon (Hebrew: אַמְנוֹן, "faithful"), according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, was the eldest son of David, king of Israel, with his wife, Ahinoam.
Although he was the heir-apparent to David's throne, Amnon is best remembered for the rape of...
Barbara Olson
Barbara Olson (December 27, 1955–September 11, 2001) was a conservative American television commentator and lawyer who worked for Fox News Channel, CNN and several other outlets. She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a...
Date of birth:
- Dec 27, 1955
Date of death:
- Sep 11, 2001 (age 45 years)
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (c. 26 February 1564–30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching...
Date of birth:
- Feb 26, 1564
Date of death:
- May 30, 1593 (age 29 years)
Carolyn Beug
Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug (1953–September 11, 2001) was a filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California.
She was killed at the age of 48 in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. She won an award for...
Date of birth:
- 1953
Date of death:
- Sep 11, 2001 (age 48 years)
Domitian
Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, the house which ruled the Roman...
Date of birth:
- Oct 24, 51 C.E.
Date of death:
- Sep 18, 96 C.E. (age 44 years)
Garnet Bailey
Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey (June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams. He died at age 53 when pilot hijacker Marwan al-Shehhi crashed...
Date of birth:
- Jun 13, 1948
Date of death:
- Sep 11, 2001 (age 53 years)
Gallienus
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (c.218-268) ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260, and then as the sole Roman Emperor from 260 to 268. He took control of the empire at a time when it was undergoing great...
Date of birth:
- 218 C.E.
Date of death:
- 268 C.E. (age 50 years)
Elagabalus
Elagabalus (pronounced /elaga'balus/, c. 203 – March 11, 222), also known as Heliogabalus or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Born Varius Avitus Bassianus, he was Syrian on his mother...
Date of birth:
- 203 C.E.
Date of death:
- Mar 11, 222 C.E. (age 19 years)
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS RN (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779), was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1728
Date of death:
- Feb 14, 1779 (age 50 years)
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys– most of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders...
Date of birth:
- May 21, 1960
Date of death:
- Nov 28, 1994 (age 34 years)
Joseph Smith, Jr.
The life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830 includes some of his life's most significant events, and some of the most important history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Restorationist religious movement he initiated during this period. This...
Date of birth:
- Dec 23, 1805
Date of death:
- Jun 27, 1844 (age 38 years)
Joe Orton
John Kingsley ("Joe") Orton (1 January 1933 in Leicester–9 August 1967 in Islington, London) was an English playwright.
In a short but prolific career lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous...
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1933
Date of death:
- Aug 9, 1967 (age 34 years)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to three United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who was fatally shot on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
A United States...
Date of birth:
- Oct 18, 1939
Date of death:
- Nov 24, 1963 (age 24 years)
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Трóцкий (help·info), Ukrainian: Лев Давидович Троцький (Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also translated Leo, Lyev, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) November 7, [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev...
Date of birth:
- 1879
Date of death:
- Aug 21, 1940 (age 61 years)
Marcus Claudius Tacitus
Marcus Claudius Tacitus (ca. 200 - June 276) was a Roman Emperor from September 25, 275, to June 276.
He was born in Interamna (Terni), in Italia. He circulated copies of the historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus' work, which was barely read at the time...
Date of birth:
- 200 C.E.
Date of death:
- Jun 276 C.E. (age 76 years)
Mohammad Najibullah
Najibullah (Pashto: نجيب الله), originally just Najib, (August 6, 1947 – September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He is also considered the second President of the Republic of Afghanistan....
Date of birth:
- Aug 1947
Date of death:
- 1996 (age 48 years)
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma (c. 1470 – June 1520), also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin and similar, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of...
Date of birth:
- 1466
Date of death:
- Jun 1520 (age 54 years)
Maximinus Thrax
Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus (c. 173–238), also known as Maximinus Thrax (i.e. Maximinus the Thracian) and Maximinus I, was Roman Emperor from 235 to 238.
Maximinus is described by several ancient sources (none of which, except for Herodian's Roman...
Date of birth:
- 173 C.E.
Date of death:
- 238 C.E. (age 65 years)
Pope Benedict VI
Benedict VI (died June, 974) was Pope from January 19, 973 to June, 974.
He was born in Rome as the son of Hildebrand and was chosen with great ceremony and installed as Pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto I (936–973) on January 19, 973....
Date of death:
- Jun 974 C.E.
Pope Boniface VIII
Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 – October 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in a circle of Hell in his...
Date of birth:
- 1235
Date of death:
- Oct 11, 1303 (age 68 years)
Pope Gregory V
Gregory V, né Bruno von Kärnthen (c. 972 – February 18, 999), Pope from May 3, 996 to February 18, 999, son of the Salian Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, who was a grandson of the Emperor Otto I the Great (936–973). Gregory V succeeded Pope John XV (985...
Date of birth:
- 972 C.E.
Date of death:
- Feb 18, 999 C.E. (age 27 years)
Pope Stephen VI
Pope Stephen VI (d. August, 897) was Pope from May 22, 896 to August 897.
He had been made bishop of Anagni by Pope Formosus. The circumstances of his election are unclear, but he was sponsored by one of the powerful Roman families, the house of...
Date of death:
- Aug 897 C.E.
Pope Stephen VII
Pope Stephen VII (3 February, 929 – 15 March, 931). Stephen was a Roman by birth, the son of Theodemundus, and perhaps a member of the Gabrielli family. He was elected – probably handpicked – by Marozia from the Tusculani family, the unquestioned...
Date of death:
- 931 C.E.
Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician, among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1911
Date of death:
- Aug 16, 1938 (age 27 years)
Shaka
Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; sometimes referred to as Shaka Zulu; c. 1787 – c. 22 September, 1828) was the most influential leader of the Zulu Kingdom.
He is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni people,...
Date of birth:
- 1787
Date of death:
- Sep 22, 1828 (age 41 years)
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun (alternately spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen, -amon), Egyptian twt-ˁnḫ-ı͗mn; tVwa:t-ʕa:nəx-ʔaˡma:n (1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled 1333 BC – 1324 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period...
Date of birth:
- 1334 B.C.E.
Date of death:
- 1325 B.C.E. (age 9 years)
Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC – March 16, AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius...
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 42 B.C.E.
Date of death:
- Mar 16, 37 C.E. (age 79 years)
Tízoc
Tizocic or Tizocicatzin (the honorific form of his name), usually known in English as Tizoc, was the seventh tlatoani of Tenochtitlan.
Most sources agree that he took power in 1481 (the Aztec year "2 House"), succeeding his older brother Axayacatl....
Date of death:
- 1486
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – Present), also known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In addition to...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1971
Date of death:
- Sep 13, 1996 (age 25 years)
Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria (pronounced /haɪˈpeɪʃə/ in English) (Greek: Ὑπατία; born between 350 and 370 – 415) was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She...
Date of birth:
- 370 C.E.
Date of death:
- 415 C.E. (age 45 years)
Albert I of Germany
Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I; July 1255 – May 1, 1308) was King of the Romans, Duke of Austria, and eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenburg.
He was the founder of the great house of Habsburg was invested...
Date of birth:
- Jul 1255
Date of death:
- May 1, 1308 (age 52 years)
Edward V of England
Edward V (4 November 1470 – probably 1483) was King of England from 9 April 1483 until his deposition two months later. His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III. Along with...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1470
Date of death:
- 1483 (age 12 years)
Dub of Scotland
Dub mac Maíl Coluim (Modern Gaelic: Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm, called Dén, "the Vehement" and Niger, "the Black" (died 967) was king of Alba. He was son of Malcolm I (Máel Coluim mac Domnaill) and succeeded to...
Date of death:
- 967 C.E.
Anton Cermak
Anton (Tony) Joseph Cermak (Czech: Antonín Josef Čermák, pronounced [ˈantɔɲiːn ˈjɔzɛf ˈtʃɛrmaːk]; May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his assassination by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933.
Born in Kladno,...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1873
Date of death:
- Mar 6, 1933 (age 59 years)
Aurelian
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (September 9, 214 or 215 –September or October 275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270–275), was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during...
Date of birth:
- 214 C.E.
Date of death:
- 275 C.E. (age 61 years)
Commodus
Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 (also with his father, Marcus Aurelius, from 177 until 180). The name given here was his official name at his accession to sole rule;...
Date of birth:
- Aug 31, 161 C.E.
Date of death:
- Dec 31, 192 C.E. (age 31 years)
Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress. During the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one...
Date of birth:
- Jan 24, 1943
Date of death:
- Aug 9, 1969 (age 26 years)
Giovanni Falcone
Giovanni Falcone (May 18, 1939 – May 23, 1992) was an Italian magistrate who specialised in prosecuting the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. He was killed by the Mafia, together with his wife and three of his bodyguards, by a 350 kg dynamite explosion placed...
Date of birth:
- May 18, 1939
Date of death:
- May 23, 1992 (age 53 years)
Edward II of England
Edward II, (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327?) called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. He was the seventh Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II. Interspersed...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1284
Date of death:
- Sep 21, 1327 (age 43 years)
Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus "Pim" Fortuyn (Dutch pronunciation: [pɪm fɔʁtœʏn], (19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002) was a charismatic Dutch politician, author, columnist, public servant, sociologist and professor who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List ...
Date of birth:
- Feb 19, 1948
Date of death:
- May 6, 2002 (age 54 years)
Peter III of Russia
Peter III (21 February 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762) (Russian: Пётр III Фëдорович, Pyotr III Fyodorovitch) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. According to most historians, he was mentally immature and very pro-Prussian, which made...
Date of birth:
- Feb 21, 1728
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 1762 (age 34 years)
Xerxes I of Persia
Xerxes the Great, also known as Xerxes I of Persia, (Old Persian: ��������������; Xšayāršā) (reigned 485–465 BC) was a Zoroastrian Persian Shahanshah (Emperor) of the Achaemenid Empire.
Xerxes was the son of Darius the Great and his wife Atossa. He...
Date of death:
- 465 B.C.E.
Xerxes II of Persia
Xerxes II (Xšayāršā) was a Persian king and the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days, he was assassinated in 424 BC by his brother Sogdianus, who in turn was murdered by Darius II. He is an obscure historical figure...
Date of death:
- 424 B.C.E.
Richard II of England
Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400) was the eighth King of England of the House of Plantagenet. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince and was born during the reign of his...
Date of birth:
- Jan 6, 1367
Date of death:
- Feb 14, 1400 (age 33 years)
Henry VI of England
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England 1422–1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realms were governed by regents. Contemporaneously, he was described as a peaceful and pious...
Date of birth:
- Dec 6, 1421
Date of death:
- May 21, 1471 (age 49 years)
Darius III of Persia
Darius III (Artashata) (c. 380–330 BC, Persian داریوش Dāriūš, pronounced [dɔːriˈuːʃ]) was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC. It was under his rule that the Persian Empire was conquered during the Wars of...
Date of birth:
- 380 B.C.E.
Date of death:
- 330 B.C.E. (age 50 years)
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967) commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban...
Date of birth:
- Jun 14, 1928
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1967 (age 39 years)
Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (later Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (Russian: Императрица Александра Фёдоровна Романова Imperatrica Aleksandra Fyodorovna Romanova) (6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918), was Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Nicholas II, the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1872
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 1918 (age 46 years)
Caracalla
Caracalla (April 4, 188 – April 8, 217. Caracallus ), born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Roman Emperor from 211 to 217. He was...
Date of birth:
- Apr 4, 188 C.E.
Date of death:
- Apr 8, 217 C.E. (age 29 years)
Julius Nepos
Julius Nepos (c. 430–480) was a Roman Emperor of the West (474–475 or –480) during the final stage of the Western Roman Empire. Some historians consider him to be the last de jure Western Emperor, others consider the western line to have ended with...
Date of birth:
- 430 C.E.
Date of death:
- 480 C.E. (age 50 years)
Valerian
Publius Licinius Valerianus (c. 200 - after 260), commonly known in English as Valerian or Valerian I, was the Roman Emperor from 253 to 260.
Unlike the majority of the pretenders during the Crisis of the Third Century, Valerian was of a noble and...
Date of birth:
- 200 C.E.
Date of death:
- 260 C.E. (age 60 years)
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon, (Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών — φίλος = friend + ίππος = horse — transliterated Philippos (help·info) 382 – 336 BC, was an ancient Greek king (basileus) of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336. He was the father...
Date of birth:
- 382 B.C.E.
Date of death:
- 336 B.C.E. (age 46 years)
Roberto Calvi
Roberto Calvi (13 April 1920 – 17 June 1982) was an Italian banker dubbed "God's Banker" by the press due to his close association with the Vatican. A native of Milan, Calvi was the chairman of Banco Ambrosiano which collapsed in one of modern Italy...
Date of birth:
- Apr 13, 1920
Date of death:
- Jun 17, 1982 (age 62 years)
Željko Ražnatović
Željko Ražnatović (Serbian cyrillic: Жељко Ражнатовић, pronounced [ʒêːʎko raʒnâːtovitɕ]), widely known as Arkan (Аркан) (April 17, 1952 - January 15, 2000), was a Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader who was notable for organizing...
Date of birth:
- Apr 17, 1952
Date of death:
- Jan 15, 2000 (age 47 years)
