Editing December 21 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 72]] &ndash; [[Thomas the Apostle]], Roman martyr and saint (b. 1 AD)
* [[882]] &ndash; [[Hincmar]], French archbishop and historian (b. 806)
* [[956]] &ndash; [[Sun Sheng (Southern Tang)|Sun Sheng]], Chinese chancellor
* [[975]] &ndash; [[Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah|Al-Mu'izz]], Fatimid caliph (b. 932)
*[[1001]] &ndash; [[Hugh of Tuscany]], Italian margrave (b. 950)
*[[1215]] &ndash; [[Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid]], ''[[Da'i al-Mutlaq|Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq]]'' of [[Tayyibi Isma'ilism]] (b. c. 1128)<ref>{{EI3 | last = Poonawala | first = Ismail K. | title = ʿAlī b. al-Walīd | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_22932}}</ref>
*[[1308]] &ndash; [[Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse]] (b. 1244)
*[[1338]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hemenhale]], bishop of Worcester
*[[1362]] &ndash; [[Constantine III, King of Armenia|Constantine III]], king of Armenia (b. 1313)
*[[1375]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], Italian author and poet (b. 1313)
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Berthold von Henneberg]], German archbishop (b. 1442)
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[John Seymour (1474–1536)|John Seymour]], English courtier (b. 1474)
*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Marguerite de Navarre]], queen of [[Henry II of Navarre]] (b. 1492)
*[[1581]] &ndash; [[Jean de la Cassière]], 51st Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. 1502)
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Peter Canisius]], Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)