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===Pre-1600===
* [[535]] &ndash; [[Pope John II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-II-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[615]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface IV]] (born 550)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095517217 |title=St Boniface IV |encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Popes |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
* [[685]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Benedict II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Benedict-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[997]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Song|Tai Zong]], Chinese emperor (born 939)
*[[1157]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Sanjar]], Seljuk sultan (born 1086)
*[[1192]] &ndash; [[Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria|Ottokar IV]], duke of Styria (born 1163)
*[[1220]] &ndash; [[Rikissa of Denmark]], queen of Sweden
*[[1278]] &ndash; [[Emperor Duanzong|Duan Zong]], Chinese emperor (born 1269)
*[[1319]] &ndash; [[Haakon V of Norway|Haakon V]], king of Norway (born 1270)
*[[1473]] &ndash; [[John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English politician (born 1420)
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Edward Foxe]], English bishop and academic (born 1496)
*[[1551]] &ndash; [[Barbara Radziwiłł]], queen of Poland (born 1520)