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378

Peace of Westphalia

378 years ago

Born this day

1632

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Died aged 90

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1975th

Domitian

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AD 51 · 1975 yrs

Domitian

Domitian ( də-MISH-ən, -⁠ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. As the son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavian dynasty.

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RoyaltyDied aged 44

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1503 · 523 yrs

Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal (Portuguese and Spanish: Isabel de Portugal; 24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy.

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RoyaltyDied aged 35

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1632 · 394 yrs

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( AHN-tə-nee vahn LAY-vən-hook, -⁠huuk; Dutch:; 24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology.

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ScienceDied aged 90

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1775 · 251 yrs

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Bahadur Shah II (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), also known by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar (Persian: بهادر شاه ظفر; Zafar lit. 'Victory'), was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and an Urdu poet.

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RoyaltyDied aged 87

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1855 · 171 yrs

James S. Sherman

James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft.

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PoliticsDied aged 57

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1868 · 158 yrs100 Club

Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners.

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ExplorationDied aged 100

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1891 · 135 yrs

Rafael Trujillo

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( troo-HEE-yoh; Spanish:; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed "El Jefe" (Spanish:; lit. 'The Boss'), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961.

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1925 · 101 yrs

Toshio Iwatani

Toshio Iwatani (岩谷俊夫, Iwatani Toshio; October 24, 1925 – March 1, 1970) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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1925 · 101 yrs

Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular Sequenza, his series of solo pieces using extended techniques, and his 1968 orchestral composition Sinfonia) and for his pioneering work in electronic music.

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1931 · 95 yrs

Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works.

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1932 · 94 yrs

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (French:; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.

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1932 · 94 yrs

Stephen Covey

Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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Famous deaths18

1601 · 425 yrs

Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe ( TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə); Danish:; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish:; 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astronomy into the first…

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ScienceDied aged 54

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1655 · 371 yrs

Pierre Gassendi

Pierre Gassendi (French:; also Pierre Gassend or Petrus Gassendus; 22 January 1592 – 24 October 1655) was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician.

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ScienceDied aged 63

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1842 · 184 yrs

Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Spanish pronunciation:; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean military officer, statesman and a major leader of Chile's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire.

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MilitaryDied aged 64

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1938 · 88 yrs

Ernst Barlach

Ernst Heinrich Barlach (2 January 1870 – 24 October 1938) was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer.

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ArtDied aged 68

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1945 · 81 yrs

Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (Norwegian:; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the puppet government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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PoliticsWould be 139

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1948 · 78 yrs

Franz Lehár

Franz Lehár ( LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).

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MusicDied aged 78

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1957 · 69 yrs

Christian Dior

Christian Ernest Dior (French:; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. He was one of the Big Four of 1950s haute couture, the others being Jacques Fath, Pierre Balmain and Jean Dessès.

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1958 · 68 yrs

G. E. Moore

George Edward Moore (4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958) was an English philosopher who, alongside Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and earlier Gottlob Frege, was an initiator of analytic philosophy.

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PhilosophyDied aged 84

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1972 · 54 yrs

Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

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1974 · 52 yrs

David Oistrakh

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (30 September 1908 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian violinist, violist, and conductor. He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1960).

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1991 · 35 yrs

Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.

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1994 · 32 yrs

Raul Julia

Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor and humanitarian. He was best known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen.

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Events5

1648 · 378 yrs

Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia (German: Westfälischer Friede, pronounced ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.

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Politics

1917 · 109 yrs

Battle of Caporetto

The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Isonzo front of World War I.

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War

1918 · 108 yrs

German Revolution of 1918–1919

The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), brought down the German Empire at the end of World War I and set the stage for the establishment of the Weimar Republic.

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Politics

1929 · 97 yrs

Wall Street crash of 1929

The Wall Street crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash in the United States which began in October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It triggered a rapid erosion of confidence in the U.S.

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Disaster

1996 · 30 yrs

First Congo War

The First Congo War, also known as Africa's First World War, was a civil and international military conflict that lasted from 24 October 1996 to 16 May 1997, primarily taking place in Zaire (which was renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the conflict).

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