Chronology of
Notable Deaths

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This document is an attempt to bring various published sources together to present a timeline about Notable Deaths.

References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2023 December 20.


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]

September 28

  • Lucius Septimius stabs and kills Pompey the Great, off the coast of Egypt. [1428.16]

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]

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41

January 24
  • Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula), Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at age 28. [1]

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] [1516.31]

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
  • Saint Peter dies. [5]
December 22
  • Death of Emperor Aulus Vitellius in Rome, commandant of Rhine and seventh emperor of Rome, executed after defeat by forces of Vespasion. [1458.11]

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]

306

July 25
  • Roman Emperor constantius dies in York, England. [1459.130]

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]

664

November 3
  • Muslin caliph Umar dies of assassin's wound three days earlier. [1433.8]

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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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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