Chronology of
Notable Deaths

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: 2008 April 30.

June 16, 1686 B.C. Hammurabi the Great dies in Babylon. [1] June 13, 323 B.C. Alexander the Great dies of fever at Babylon. [1] October 2, 322 B.C. Aristotle dies of indigestion. [1] (March 7 [5]) February 5, 45 B.C. Cato, Roman patriot and philosopher, commits suicide. [1] March 15, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar assassinated in Roman Senate in the Portico of the Theater of Pompey. [1] December 7, 43 B.C. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman writer, gets his head and right hand chopped off by Mark Antony's soldiers. [1] [5] August 30, 30 B.C. Cleopatra, seventh and most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide. [1] August 19, 14 B.C. Octavian [Augustus], Roman general, dies at 48. [1] November 27, 8 B.C. Horace, Latin poet and satirist, dies. [1] 17 January 2 Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies. [1] 37 March 16 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77. [1] 41 January 24 Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula), Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 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] 69 January 15 Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), killed by Praetorian guard in the Forum Rome, at 70. [1] June 29 Saint Peter dies. [5] December 20 Aulus Vitellius Roman, commandant of Rhine and seventh emperor of Rome, murdered. [1] 79 August 24 Pliny the Elder dies. [5] 98 January 27 Marius Cocceius Nerva, Emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67. [1] 161 March 7 Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74. [1] 180 March 17 Antonius Marcus Aurelius [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58. [1] 192 December 31 Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31. [1] 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 64. [1] 217 April 8 Caracalla [Marcus Aurelius Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29. [1] 222 March 11 Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-222), murdered at 18?. [1] 235 March 18 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered. [1] 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] 308 January 16 Saint Marcellus I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope. [1] 311 May 5 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 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] 323 May 18 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32. [1] 337 May 22 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies. [1] 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 32. [1] 379 January 1 Basilius the Great of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies. [1] 384 May 13 Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+. [1] 392 May 15 Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21. [1] 395 January 17 Theodosius I the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 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 56. [1] 450 December 3 Petrus Chrysologus, first archbishop of Ravenna, dies. [1] 461 March 17 Saint Patrick, patron Saint of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend). [1] 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] 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 62. [1] 565 November 14 Justinian, Roman emperor, dies at 82. [1] 590 February 7 Pelagius II Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague. [1] 593 March 28 Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67. [1] 604 March 12 Gregory I, the Great Pope (590-604), dies at 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] 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 65. [1] 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 25. [1] 659 March 17 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 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 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered. [1] 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]