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John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
Notable Deaths on October 19
1216 — John
King of England (born 1166)
October 19 has 112 recorded notable deaths across history, from 727 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
112 source records
727 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 19
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- 1466 The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn. Source
- 1900 Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation. Source
- 2019 Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War. Source
- 1956 The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945. Source
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marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.
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Bosley is most notable for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.
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Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928.
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The NJM came to power on 13 March 1979 and ushered in the Grenada revolution and installed the People's Revolutionary Government which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office.
More major people who died on October 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1905
Virgil Earp
American marshal (born 1843)
Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S.
2010
Tom Bosley
American actor (born 1927)
Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer.
1945
Plutarco Elías Calles
Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)
Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928.
1983
Maurice Bishop
Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)
Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary, politician and the leader of the New JEWEL Movement (NJM), a party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and true black liberation.
1970
Lázaro Cárdenas
Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
1945
N. C. Wyeth
American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
Newell Convers Wyeth was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators.
1682
Thomas Browne
English physician and author (born 1605)
Sir Thomas Browne was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science, medicine, religion and the esoteric.
1897
George Pullman
American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it.
1723
Godfrey Kneller
German-English painter (born 1646)
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a British painter of German origin.
2008
Richard Blackwell
American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)
Richard Blackwell, also known as Mr. Blackwell, was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor, and former fashion designer.
1969
Lacey Hearn
American sprinter (born 1881)
Lacey Earnest Hearn was an American athlete and middle distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century.
1595
Philip Howard
20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Howard lived mainly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
2025
Daniel Naroditsky
American chess grandmaster (born 1995)
Daniel Aaron "Danya" Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator.
2003
Margaret Murie
American environmentalist and author (born 1902)
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie was an American naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist.
1995
Don Cherry
American trumpet player (born 1936)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist.
2015
Ali Treki
Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)
Ali Abdussalam Treki was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats from the 1970s till the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
2003
Road Warrior Hawk
American wrestler (born 1957)
Michael James "Mike" Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors, with Road Warrior Animal.
2023
Atsushi Sakurai
singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)
Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023.
1924
Louis Zborowski
English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)
Louis Vorow Zborowski was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's…