| 1591 | Innocent IX (b. 1519) died. |
| 1691 | Robert Boyle, Irish philosopher, physicist and chemist (b. 1627) died. |
| 1828 | Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian composer and violinist (b. 1790) died. |
| 1865 | Rudyard Kipling, British writer (d. 1936) was born. |
| 1880 | Transvaal becomes republic and Paul Kruger becomes president. |
| 1884 | Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister (d. 1948) was born. |
| 1897 | Natal annexation Zululand. |
| 1899 | Helge Ingstad, Norwegian discovers (d. 2001) was born. |
| 1903 | 600 people are killed during a fire at a theater in Chicago, USA. |
| 1913 | Sofia Nassau, Swedish queen (f. 1836) died. |
| 1922 | USSR is formed. |
| 1936 | Fredrik Skagen, Norwegian author was born. |
| 1942 | Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees) was born. |
| 1944 | King George II of Greece relinquished the Greek throne. |
| 1947 | King Michael of Romania abdicates. |
| 1959 | Tracey Ullman, British actress and musician was born. |
| 1961 | Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete was born. |
| 1965 | Ferdinand Marcos becomes Filipino president. |
| 1965 | Essam Abd El Fatah Egyptian football referee was born. |
| 1968 | Fabrice Guy, French combined runs was born. |