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Who died on September 3
102 figures who shaped history died on September 3.
- 102deaths
- 56events
Best known
Best known
Emperor Uda
Emperor of Japan from 887 to 897
Gerard Sasso
Founder of the Knights Hospitaller
Joanikije II
First Serbian Patriarch
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
First duke of Milan
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Scottish prince and statesman (died 1420)
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress
Holy Roman Empress from 1452 to 1467
Emperor Uda — Emperor of Japan from 887 to 897, who died on September 3 931.
Gerard Sasso — Founder of the Knights Hospitaller, who died on September 3 1120.
Joanikije II — First Serbian Patriarch, who died on September 3 1354.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti — First duke of Milan, who died on September 3 1402.
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany — Scottish prince and statesman (died 1420), who died on September 3 1420.
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress — Holy Roman Empress from 1452 to 1467, who died on September 3 1467.
All entries
- 264SSun XiuEmperor of Eastern Wu from 258 to 264
- 618XXue JuFounding emperor of the state of Qin from 617 to 618
- 863UUmar al-AqtaArab Emir of Malatya from the 830s to 863
- 1189JJacob of Orléans12th-century Jewish scholar
- 1301
Alberto I della Scala - 1313AAnne of Bohemia (1290–1313)Queen of Bohemia (1306, 1307–1310)
- 1400JJohn Holland, 1st Duke of ExeterEnglish nobleman (c. 1352–1400)
- 1592
Robert Greene (dramatist)English author - 1609
Jean RichardotFlemish statesman and diplomat - 1634
Edward CokeEnglish lawyer and judge - 1653
Claudius SalmasiusFrench classical scholar, writer and professor in Leiden - 1658
Oliver CromwellEnglish military and political leader - 1720
Henri de Massue, Earl of GalwayBritish Army general - 1729
Jean HardouinFrench classical scholar - 1766
Archibald BowerScottish historian - 1808JJohn Montgomery (Continental Congress)American politician
- 1857
John McLoughlinHudson's Bay Company figure in Oregon - 1866
Konstantin FlavitskyRussian painter - 1877
Adolphe ThiersPresident of France from 1871 to 1873
- 1883
Ivan TurgenevRussian writer - 1886WWilliam W. SnowAmerican politician
- 1893JJames Harrison (engineer)Scottish Victorian politician and engineer
- 1901EEvelyn AbbottEnglish writer and classical scholar
- 1906MMihály KolossaSlovene ploughman and writer
- 1914
Albéric MagnardFrench composer - 1929
John Bigham, 1st Viscount MerseyBritish lawyer, judge and politician - 1936
Nikita BalieffRussian Armenian born vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario and director - 1941
Rafailo MomčilovićSerbian Orthodox saint - 1942
Will James (artist)Canadian-American artist and writer - 1942
Séraphine LouisFrench painter - 1944
John LumsdenIrish physician, founder of the St John Ambulance Brigade Ireland - 1948
Edvard BenešCzechoslovak politician - 1954
Marika KotopouliGreek actress - 1961
Robert E. Gross (businessman)American businessman - 1962
E. E. CummingsAmerican poet and author - 1963
Louis MacNeiceIrish poet and playwright - 1967
Francis OuimetAmerican amateur golfer - 1969
John LesterAmerican cricketer - 1970
Vasil GendovBulgarian actor, film director and screenwriter
- 1970
Vince LombardiAmerican football coach - 1970
Alan Wilson (musician)American blues rock musician - 1974
Harry PartchAmerican composer - 1977
Gianni VellaFormer Maltese artist - 1980
Barbara O'NeilAmerican actress - 1980
Duncan RenaldoRomanian-born American actor - 1981
Alec WaughBritish novelist - 1985
Johnny MarksAmerican songwriter - 1987
Morton FeldmanAmerican composer - 1988
Ferit Melen14th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1972 to 1973 - 1989
Gaetano ScireaItalian footballer - 1991
Frank CapraItalian-born American film director - 1993
David Brown (entrepreneur)English entrepreneur - 1994
James T. AubreyAmerican media executive
- 1994
Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)English footballer - 1995
Mary AdsheadEnglish painter - 1996
Emily Kame KngwarreyeAboriginal Australian artist - 1999
Emma BaileyAmerican auctioneer and author - 2000EEdward AnhaltAmerican screenwriter
- 2001
Pauline KaelAmerican film critic - 2002KKenneth HareCanadian climatologist
- 2002
W. Clement StoneAmerican New Thought author - 2003
Alan DuganAmerican poet - 2003
Rudolf Leiding - 2005RR. S. R. FitterBritish naturalist & author
- 2005
William RehnquistChief Justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005 - 2007CCarter AlbrechtAmerican musician
- 2007
Syd Jackson (Māori activist)New Zealand activist - 2007
Jane TomlinsonEnglish charity sporting fundraiser - 2007
Steve FossettAmerican businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer - 2008
Donald BlakesleeUnited States Air Force officer - 2010
Noah HowardAmerican jazz musician - 2010
Robert SchimmelAmerican comedian - 2012
Griselda BlancoColombian drug lord - 2012
Harold DunawayAmerican stock car and sprint car driver - 2012
Michael Clarke DuncanAmerican actor - 2012
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (J) - 2012
Sun Myung MoonKorean religious leader - 2012
Charlie Rose (politician)American politician - 2013
Ralph M. HolmanAmerican judge - 2013PPedro Ferriz Santa CruzMexican radio and television presenter
- 2013
José Ramón LarrazSpanish film director - 2013JJanet LembkeAmerican author and translator
- 2013DDon MeinekeAmerican basketball player
- 2013LLewis MorleyPhotographer
- 2014
Aarno RaninenFinnish musician - 2014AA. P. VenkateswaranIndian diplomat
- 2015AAdrian CadburyBritish rower and businessman
- 2015
Judy CarneBritish actress
- 2015CCarter LayAmerican businessman
- 2015
Zhang Zhen (general) - 2015
Chandra Bahadur DangiWorld's shortest person - 2017
Walter BeckerAmerican musician, songwriter, and record producer - 2017
John AshberyAmerican poet - 2024
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady SaltounScottish hereditary peer - 2024
Wayne GrahamAmerican baseball player and coach - 2024CCharley JohnsonAmerican football player
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Who died on September 3?
102 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 3, including Emperor Uda, Gerard Sasso, Joanikije II. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 3?
56 documented historical events happened on September 3, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the fleet of Sextus Pompey, the rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Naulochus. On the same day, in another year: Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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