April 8
Day of the year
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April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 267 days remain until the end of the year.
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| 2023 (Saturday) |
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| 2020 (Wednesday) |
| 2019 (Monday) |
| 2018 (Sunday) |
| 2017 (Saturday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.[1]
- 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.[2]
- 1139 – Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.[3]
- 1143 – Manuel I Komnenos succeeds his father John II Komnenos as Byzantine Emperor.[4]
- 1232 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.[5]
- 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.[6]
- 1271 – Fall of Krak des Chevaliers: In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers.[7]
1601–1900
- 1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.[8]
- 1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in continental North America, is dedicated.[9]
- 1812 – Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki.[10][11]
- 1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.[12]
- 1832 – Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.[13]
- 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Italy and Prussia sign a secret alliance against the Austrian Empire.[14]
- 1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.[15]
- 1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.[16][17]
1901–present
- 1904 – The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.[18]
- 1933 – The Australian state of Western Australia votes to secede from the federation in a non-binding referendum, although efforts to implement the result prove unsuccessful.[19]
- 1940 – The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.[20]
- 1954 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.[21]
- 1954 – South African Airways Flight 201: A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.[22]
- 1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.[23]
- 1959 – The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.[24]
- 1960 – The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.[25]
- 1968 – BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.[26]
- 1970 – Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.[27]
- 1974 – Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in career home runs by hitting his 715th home run off of Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.[28]
- 1975 – Voyageurs National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.[29]
- 1990 – The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.[30]
- 1993 – The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.[31]
- 2002 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.[32]
- 2005 – A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.[33]
- 2010 – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.[34]
- 2014 – Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.[35]
- 2020 – Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.[36]
- 2024 – Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.[37]
- 2026 – Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.[38]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1320 – Peter I of Portugal (died 1367)
- 1408 – Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess (died 1431)
- 1435 – John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford, English noble (died 1461)[39]
- 1533 – Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (died 1604)[40]
- 1536 – Barbara of Hesse (died 1597)
- 1541 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (died 1593)
- 1580 – William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, English noble, courtier and patron of the arts (died 1630)
- 1596 – Juan van der Hamen, Spanish artist (died 1631)
1601–1900
- 1605 – Philip IV of Spain (died 1665)
- 1605 – Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (died 1607)
- 1641 – Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (died 1704)
- 1692 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1770)
- 1726 – Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (died 1798)
- 1732 – David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician (died 1796)
- 1761 – William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary (died 1850)
- 1770 – John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician (died 1830)
- 1798 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and author (died 1857)
- 1818 – Christian IX, King of Denmark (died 1906)
- 1818 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (died 1892)
- 1826 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (died 1890)
- 1827 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician (died 1898)[41]
- 1842 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (died 1933)
- 1859 – Edmund Husserl, German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher (died 1938)
- 1864 – Carlos Deltour, French rower and rugby player (died 1920)
- 1867 – Allen Butler Talcott, American painter and educator (died 1908)
- 1869 – Harvey Cushing, American surgeon and academic (died 1939)
- 1871 – Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (died 1925)
- 1874 – Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer (died 1929)
- 1874 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (died 1960)
- 1875 – Albert I of Belgium (died 1934)
- 1882 (O.S. 27 March) – Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine (died 1951)
- 1883 – R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic (died 1972)
- 1883 – Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (died 1936)
- 1885 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator (died 1951)
- 1886 – Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (died 1967)[42]
- 1888 – Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician (died 1962)
- 1889 – Adrian Boult, English conductor (died 1983)
- 1892 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designer of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (died 1970)
- 1892 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of United Artists (died 1979)[43]
- 1896 – Yip Harburg, American composer (died 1981)
- 1900 – Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (died 1979)[44]
1901–present
- 1902 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (died 1924)
- 1902 – Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano (died 1974)
- 1904 – John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
- 1904 – Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (died 1970)
- 1905 – Joachim Büchner, German sprinter and graphic designer (died 1978)
- 1905 – Helen Joseph, English-South African activist (died 1992)
- 1905 – Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (died 1971)
- 1906 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (died 1974)
- 1908 – Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (died 1987)[45]
- 1909 – John Fante, American author and screenwriter (died 1983)
- 1910 – George Musso, American football player and police officer (died 2000)
- 1911 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
- 1911 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic (died 1995)
- 1912 – Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (died 2001 or 2010)
- 1912 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (died 1969)
- 1914 – María Félix, Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress (died 2002)
- 1915 – Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer (died 2007)
- 1917 – Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2007)
- 1917 – Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant (died 2004)
- 1917 – Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (died 2017)
- 1917 – Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (died 1988)
- 1918 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (died 2011)
- 1918 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (died 1992)
- 1919 – Ian Smith, Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (died 2007)
- 1921 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (died 2003)
- 1920 – Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (died 1994)
- 1921 – Jan Novák, Czech composer (died 1984)
- 1921 – Herman van Raalte, Dutch footballer (died 2013)
- 1923 – George Fisher, American cartoonist (died 2003)
- 1923 – Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor (died 1997)
- 1924 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1924 – Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English general and historian (died 2006)
- 1924 – Kumar Gandharva, Hindustani classical singer (died 1992)
- 1924 – Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist (died 1997)
- 1926 – Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (died 2020)
- 1926 – Shecky Greene, American comedian (died 2023)
- 1926 – Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic (died 2024)
- 1927 – Tilly Armstrong, English author (died 2010)
- 1927 – Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 2013)
- 1928 – Fred Ebb, American lyricist (died 2004)
- 1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1978)
- 1929 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (died 1996)
- 1930 – Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (died 2010)
- 1931 – John Gavin, American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (died 2018)[46]
- 1931 – Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (died 2009)[47]
- 1932 – Iskandar of Johor (died 2010)
- 1933 – James Lockhart, American scholar of colonial Latin America, especially Nahua peoples (died 2014)
- 1934 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower and Singapore Flyer (died 2007)
- 1935 – Oscar Zeta Acosta, American lawyer and politician (died 1974)
- 1935 – Albert Bustamante, American soldier, educator, and politician (died 2021)
- 1936 – Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian author and politician (died 1972)
- 1937 – Tony Barton, English footballer and manager (died 1993)[48]
- 1937 – Seymour Hersh, American journalist and author
- 1937 – Momo Kapor, Serbian author and painter (died 2010)
- 1938 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 2018)
- 1938 – John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2026)[49]
- 1938 – Mary W. Gray, American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer
- 1939 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer, composer and songwriter (died 1989)[50]
- 1939 – John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic (died 2023)
- 1939 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (died 2004)
- 1939 – Martin J. Schreiber, American politician, 39th Governor of Wisconsin[51]
- 1940 – John Havlicek, American basketball player (died 2019)
- 1941 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (died 2022)
- 1942 – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (died 2006)
- 1942 – Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 – Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist (died 2022)
- 1943 – Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987)
- 1943 – Miller Farr, American football player (died 2023)
- 1943 – James Herbert, English author and illustrator (died 2013)
- 1943 – Chris Orr, English painter and illustrator
- 1944 – Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor (died 2017)
- 1944 – Odd Nerdrum, Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator
- 1945 – Derrick Walker, Scottish businessman
- 1945 – Jang Yong, South Korean actor
- 1946 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (died 1999)
- 1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor and producer
- 1947 – Tom DeLay, American lawyer and politician
- 1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1947 – Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician, European Commissioner for Trade
- 1947 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (died 2008)
- 1948 – Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Scottish academic and politician
- 1949 – K. C. Kamalasabayson, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka (died 2007)
- 1949 – John Madden, English director and producer
- 1949 – Brenda Russell, African-American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1949 – John Scott, English sociologist and academic
- 1950 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach
- 1951 – Gerd Andres, German politician
- 1951 – Geir Haarde, Icelandic economist, journalist, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1951 – Mel Schacher, American bass player
- 1951 – Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
- 1951 – Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian (died 2021)[52][53]
- 1952 – Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician (died 2004)
- 1954 – Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (died 2012)
- 1954 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (died 2012)
- 1954 – G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and academic (died 2007)
- 1955 – Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer (died 2023)
- 1955 – Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician[54]
- 1955 – Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist and poet[55]
- 1955 – David Wu, Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician[56]
- 1956 – Michael Benton, Scottish-English paleontologist and academic
- 1956 – Christine Boisson, French actress
- 1956 – Roman Dragoun, Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1958 – Detlef Bruckhoff, German footballer
- 1958 – Tom Petranoff, American javelin thrower and coach
- 1959 – Alain Bondue, French cyclist
- 1960 – John Schneider, American actor and country singer
- 1961 – Richard Hatch, American reality contestant
- 1961 – Brian McDermott, English footballer and manager
- 1962 – Paddy Lowe, English engineer
- 1962 – Izzy Stradlin, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1963 – Tine Asmundsen, Norwegian bassist
- 1963 – Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter
- 1963 – Dean Norris, American actor[57]
- 1963 – Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Donita Sparks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1963 – Alec Stewart, English cricketer
- 1964 – Biz Markie, American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2021)
- 1964 – John McGinlay, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1965 – Steven Blaney, Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Public Safety
- 1965 – Michael Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1966 – Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (died 2014)
- 1966 – Mark Blundell, English race car driver
- 1966 – Andy Currier, English rugby league player
- 1966 – Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (died 2014)
- 1966 – Dalton Grant, English high jumper
- 1966 – Mazinho, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1966 – Harri Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver
- 1966 – Evripidis Stylianidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
- 1966 – Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer
- 1967 – Kenny Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer
- 1968 – Patricia Arquette, American actress and director
- 1968 – Patricia Girard, French runner and hurdler
- 1968 – Tracy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 – Darren Jessee, American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1972 – Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (died 2010)
- 1972 – Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer and accountant (died 2009)
- 1973 – Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
- 1973 – Emma Caulfield, American actress
- 1973 – Christof May, German theologian[58]
- 1974 – Toutai Kefu, Tongan-Australian rugby player
- 1974 – Chris Kyle, American sniper and memoirist (died 2013)[59]
- 1974 – Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American author and educator
- 1974 – Nayden Todorov, Bulgarian conductor and culture minister[60]
- 1975 – Anouk, Dutch singer
- 1975 – Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer
- 1975 – Timo Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1975 – Funda Arar, Turkish singer
- 1977 – Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
- 1977 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist and author (died 2008)
- 1977 – Mark Spencer, American computer programmer and engineer
- 1978 – Daigo, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor
- 1978 – Bernt Haas, Austrian-Swiss footballer
- 1978 – Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress
- 1978 – Jocelyn Robichaud, Canadian tennis player and coach
- 1978 – Evans Rutto, Kenyan runner
- 1979 – Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
- 1979 – Amit Trivedi, Indian singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
- 1980 – Katee Sackhoff, American actress
- 1980 – Mariko Seyama, Japanese announcer, photographer, and model
- 1981 – Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
- 1981 – Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model[61]
- 1981 – Ofer Shechter, Israeli model, actor, and screenwriter
- 1982 – Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstani boxer
- 1982 – Brett White, Australian rugby league player
- 1982 – Allu Arjun, Indian actor
- 1983 – Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Russian runner
- 1984 – Michelle Donelan, British politician
- 1984 – Ezra Koenig, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1984 – Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor
- 1984 – Taran Noah Smith, American actor
- 1985 – Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
- 1985 – Yemane Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
- 1986 – Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
- 1986 – Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986 – Carlos Santana, Dominican baseball player[62]
- 1987 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player
- 1987 – Elton John, Trinidadian footballer[63]
- 1987 – Sam Rapira, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1988 – Jenni Asserholt, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1989 – Matty Healy, English singer-songwriter and producer[64]
- 1990 – Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (died 2017)[65][66]
- 1992 – Jeff McNeil, American baseball player[67]
- 1993 – Viktor Arvidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1993 – TBJZL, English YouTuber[68]
- 1994 – Josh Chudleigh, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 – Forrest Frank, American singer-songwriter[69]
- 1995 – Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
- 1996 – Anna Korakaki, Greek Olympic shooter[70]
- 1997 – Kim Woo-jin, South Korean singer[71]
- 1997 – Saygrace, Australian singer and songwriter[72]
- 1997 – Roquan Smith, American football player[73]
- 1997 – Arno Verschueren, Belgian footballer
- 1997 – Keira Walsh, English footballer[74]
- 1998 – Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of Ecuador[75]
- 1999 – CeeDee Lamb, American football player[76]
- 2002 – Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey player[77]
- 2002 – Viktória Forster, Slovak track and field athlete[78]
- 2002 – Skai Jackson, American actress[79]
- 2005 – Zaccharie Risacher, French basketball player[80]
- 2013 – Big Justice, American social media personality[81]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 217 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (born 188)[82]
- 622 – Shōtoku, Japanese prince (born 572)
- 632 – Charibert II, Frankish king (born 607)
- 894 – Adalelm, Frankish nobleman
- 944 – Wang Yanxi, Chinese emperor
- 956 – Gilbert, Frankish nobleman
- 967 – Mu'izz al-Dawla, Buyid emir (born 915)
- 1143 – John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1087)
- 1150 – Gertrude of Babenberg, duchess of Bohemia (born 1118)
- 1321 – Thomas of Tolentino, Italian-Franciscan missionary (born c. 1255)
- 1338 – Stephen Gravesend, bishop of London
- 1364 – John II, French king (born 1319)
- 1450 – Sejong the Great, Korean king (born 1397)
- 1461 – Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1423)
- 1492 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1449)
- 1551 – Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (born 1510)
- 1586 – Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (born 1522)
1601–1900
- 1608 – Magdalen Dacre, English noble (born 1538)
- 1612 – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (born 1575)
- 1691 – Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (born 1611)
- 1697 – Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (born 1629)
- 1704 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (born 1624)
- 1704 – Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1641)
- 1709 – Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (born 1641)
- 1725 – John Wise, American minister (born 1652)
- 1735 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (born 1676)
- 1848 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (born 1797)
- 1860 – István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (born 1791)[83]
- 1861 – Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (born 1811)
- 1870 – Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (born 1802)
- 1877 – Bernardino António Gomes, Portuguese physician and naturalist (born 1806)[84]
- 1894 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (born 1838)
1901–present
- 1906 – Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (born 1850)
- 1919 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1848)
- 1920 – Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (born 1884)
- 1931 – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
- 1936 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
- 1936 – Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (born 1873)
- 1941 – Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (born 1862)
- 1942 – Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (born 1880)
- 1947 – Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (born 1862)
- 1950 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (born 1890)
- 1959 – Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (born 1913)
- 1961 – Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (born 1885)
- 1962 – Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (born 1892)
- 1965 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (born 1886)
- 1969 – Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (born 1900)
- 1973 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1881)
- 1974 – James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (born 1894)
- 1979 – Breece D'J Pancake, American short story writer (born 1952)
- 1981 – Omar Bradley, American general (born 1893)
- 1983 – Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (born 1904)
- 1984 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1894)
- 1985 – John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (born 1897)
- 1990 – Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (born 1971)
- 1991 – Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (born 1969)
- 1992 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
- 1993 – Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (born 1897)
- 1994 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (born 1899)
- 1996 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (born 1918)
- 1996 – León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
- 1996 – Mick Young, Australian politician (born 1936)
- 1997 – Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1947)
- 2000 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (born 1927)
- 2000 – Claire Trevor, American actress (born 1910)
- 2002 – María Félix, Mexican actress (born 1914)
- 2002 – Harvey Quaytman, American painter (born 1937)
- 2004 – Werner Schumacher, German actor (born 1921)
- 2005 – Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (born 1922)
- 2006 – Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (born 1923)
- 2007 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (born 1928)
- 2008 – Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (born 1924)
- 2009 – Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (born 1922)
- 2009 – Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (born 1976)
- 2010 – Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (born 1923)[85]
- 2010 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2010 – Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (born 1926)
- 2011 – Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (born 1910)
- 2012 – Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (born 1961)
- 2012 – Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (born 1928)
- 2012 – Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (born 1921)
- 2013 – Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (born 1958)
- 2013 – Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (born 1942)
- 2013 – Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (born 1928)
- 2013 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (born 1917)
- 2013 – Margaret Thatcher, English politician, first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1925)[86]
- 2014 – Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (born 1927)
- 2014 – Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (born 1924)
- 2014 – Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (born 1930)
- 2015 – Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (born 1934)
- 2015 – Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (born 1920)
- 2015 – Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (born 1987)
- 2015 – David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (born 1933)
- 2015 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (born 1936)
- 2019 – Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian-born American art curator (born 1926)[87]
- 2020 – Rick May, American-Canadian voice actor (born 1940)[88]
- 2020 – Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1930)[89]
- 2022 – Mimi Reinhardt, Jewish Austrian secretary (born 1915)[90]
- 2024 – Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1934)[91]
- 2024 – Peter Higgs, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)[92]
- 2024 – Ralph Puckett, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1926)[93]
- 2025 – Nelsy Cruz, Dominican politician, governor of Monte Cristi (born 1982)[94]
Holidays and observances
- Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)
- Christian feast day:
- Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)
- International Romani Day
