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2012 Event - Despite an initial ban on the film 'Borat,' Kazakhstan issues and official 'thank you' to actor Sacha Baron Cohen for his character, Borat Sagdiyev

2001 Death - William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89

2001 Death - Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63

1996 Death - Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76

1994 Death - Baron Marcel Bich, inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79

1994 Death - Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79

1994 Death - Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61

1994 Death - Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78

1993 Death - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44

1992 Event - Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison

1992 Death - Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident

1991 Event - Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police

1988 Birthday - Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward

1988 Death - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87

1986 Death - Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83

1982 Death - Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies

1978 Event - Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped

1976 Death - Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies

1974 Death - Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74

1972 Death - J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate

1970 Birthday - Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction

1968 Death - Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78

1966 Birthday - Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire

1964 Death - Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84

1964 Death - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies

1962 Death - Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96

1961 Death - John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies

1956 Death - Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72

1953 Birthday - Baron Hill, American Politician

1951 Birthday - Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive

1950 Death - Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66

1949 Birthday - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron

1949 Death - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63

1948 Birthday - Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist

1947 Birthday - Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999

1947 Birthday - Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy

1946 Birthday - John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense

1944 Birthday - Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council

1944 Birthday - Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party

1944 Birthday - Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA

1944 Birthday - William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom

1943 Birthday - Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner

1943 Event - Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker

1943 Death - Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74

1943 Birthday - Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire

1943 Birthday - Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London

1941 Death - Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies

1940 Death - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies

1939 Birthday - Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom

1938 Birthday - Harry McGowan, born in England, born Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, Lord McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan

1937 Death - Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, English physicist (Nobel 1908), dies

1937 Death - Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74

1937 Birthday - Philip Chetwode, born in England, born 2nd Baron Chetwode, Baron Chetwode, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, heir apparent is Hon. Roger Chetwode

1937 Birthday - Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman

1936 Death - Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid

1935 Birthday - Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin

1935 Birthday - Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001

1935 Birthday - Dave Wilson, born in Scotland, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, diplomat, administrator, Sinologist, 27th Governor of Hong Kong 1987 - 1992

1935 Birthday - Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate

1934 Death - Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian 1928 Olympics gold

1934 Birthday - Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape

1934 Birthday - Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales

1933 Birthday - John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall

1933 Birthday - Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel

1933 Birthday - Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire

1932 Death - Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87

1932 Birthday - Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield

1932 Event - Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres

1932 Birthday - Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex

1932 Death - Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered

1932 Birthday - James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland

1931 Birthday - William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland

1931 Birthday - Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology

1930 Birthday - Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court

1929 Death - Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66

1929 Death - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76

1928 Birthday - Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington

1928 Death - Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49

1928 Birthday - Rita Gam, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron

1927 Event - Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier

1927 Birthday - John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands

1926 Birthday - Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County

1926 Birthday - Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings

1925 Birthday - Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East

1925 Birthday - John Neville, actor, Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1925 Birthday - Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union

1925 Birthday - Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords

1924 Birthday - Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap

1921 Death - Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian baron/general, dies

1921 Birthday - Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, industrialist

1920 Birthday - Richard von Weizsacker, baron/president, Germany, 1984-94

1920 Birthday - William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator

1920 Birthday - Robert Hersant, press baron

1919 Death - Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70

1919 Birthday - Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down

1918 Birthday - Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords

1918 Death - "Red Baron", Manfred von Richtofen, shot down in WW I at 25

1916 Birthday - Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1916 Birthday - Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch

1915 Birthday - Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor-Maarn Netherlands

1914 Birthday - James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex

1914 Birthday - Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation

1912 Birthday - Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex

1911 Birthday - William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph

1911 Death - Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66

1910 Birthday - Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer

1910 Birthday - Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron

1907 Birthday - Alexander Todd, born in Scotland, born Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, biochemist, Nobel-Prize for Chemistry for structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotide coenzymes

1907 Death - William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies

1907 Event - Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government

1905 Birthday - Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist

1903 Birthday - Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer

1902 Death - John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69

1901 Death - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies

1901 Death - Nils Adolf Erik, Baron Nordenskjold, geologist/explorer, dies

1901 Birthday - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer

1900 Birthday - Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral

1899 Birthday - Marnix Gijsen, baron Jan-Albert Goris, Flemish writer, Grote God Pan

1896 Birthday - Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi

1892 Birthday - Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot

1892 Birthday - Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Red Baron, German WW I ace

1892 Death - Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79

1891 Death - Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81

1890 Death - Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74

1889 Birthday - John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st director-general BBC, 1927-38

1889 Birthday - Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations

1888 Birthday - Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron

1888 Death - Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies

1886 Death - Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies

1886 Birthday - Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer

1883 Birthday - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer

1883 Death - Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70

1881 Birthday - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP

1881 Death - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies

1880 Birthday - Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat

1880 Birthday - Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal

1879 Death - Wolter R baron van Hoevell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66

1878 Birthday - Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II

1877 Death - Cornelius Vanderbilt, U.S. robber baron, dies at 82

1876 Birthday - Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium

1875 Birthday - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator

1870 Birthday - Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron

1868 Birthday - Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker

1867 Birthday - Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland, 1944-46

1863 Birthday - Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games

1859 Birthday - Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer, Sursum Corda, Ace Knave

1858 Event - Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament

1858 Birthday - Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo

1857 Birthday - Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium, 1907

1854 Birthday - Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party

1852 Birthday - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro

1850 Death - Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies

1849 Death - David H Chasse, baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84

1848 Birthday - Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist

1848 Death - Godert AGP baron van Capellen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69

1845 Death - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65

1841 Birthday - John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet

1840 Birthday - Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist

1839 Death - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/General-major (Maastricht), dies at 56

1838 Birthday - Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies

1838 Death - Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73

1838 Death - Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73

1837 Death - Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66

1835 Death - Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67

1834 Birthday - John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie

1832 Birthday - William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper"

1831 Birthday - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies

1830 Event - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)

1826 Event - Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies

1824 Death - Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62

1819 Event - Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies

1818 Event - Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)

1817 Birthday - Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71

1817 Birthday - Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates

1816 Birthday - Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service

1816 Birthday - Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Minister Foreign Affairs, 1852-53

1810 Birthday - William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane

1807 Death - Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies

1806 Death - Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77

1803 Birthday - Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice

1792 Death - Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60

1792 Death - George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies

1791 Birthday - Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance

1789 Birthday - Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician

1782 Birthday - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht

1779 Birthday - Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician

1778 Birthday - Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch Governor-General, Dutch-Indies

1778 Event - Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge

1773 Birthday - Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader

1765 Birthday - Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat

1765 Birthday - David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general, fought Napoleon at Waterloo

1761 Birthday - Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer and Brigadier General

1760 Death - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64

1759 Birthday - Baron Grenville, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1806-07

1755 Death - Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

1747 Death - Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England

1737 Death - Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55

1729 Birthday - Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker

1709 Death - Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60

1708 Death - Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/Lieutenant-General/baron Enfield, dies

1705 Birthday - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick

1704 Death - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63

1699 Event - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague

1699 Death - Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53

1697 Birthday - George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer

1696 Birthday - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer

1694 Death - John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73

1689 Death - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies

1689 Birthday - Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

1684 Birthday - Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature

1682 Birthday - Johan W. van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat, baron and duke

1680 Birthday - Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer, Stabat mater

1675 Death - Karl Rabenhaupt, GermanNetherlands baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73

1672 Event - Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands

1671 Death - Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59

1671 Death - Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68

1651 Birthday - John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700

1634 Death - Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50

1620 Birthday - John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik, 1688-94

1619 Birthday - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron

1610 Event - Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony

1610 Event - Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia

1602 Birthday - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader

1598 Death - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77

1585 Birthday - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian

1580 Death - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed

1578 Death - Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies

1570 Death - Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered

1570 Death - Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43

1560 Birthday - Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France

1557 Birthday - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty

1520 Birthday - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier

1264 Event - Baron's War fought in England













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