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Depicted here is the Death of King Władysław Jagiellończyk (r. 1424-1444 CE) at the Battle of Varna. This was a decisive moment in the Crusade of Varna, as the Turks under Sultan Murad II (r. 1421-1444 CE and 1446-1451 CE) won a decisive...

An illustration depicting the death of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. Magellan was killed on 27 April 1521 at the Battle of Mactan on the island...

Death of Buddha, Thareli, Gandhara, 3rd-4th century CE. Taxila Museum, Pakistan.

Death of Marat, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1793. Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels.

A 15th century CE painting depicting the death of French king Louis IX in 1270 CE during the Eighth Crusade at Tunis.

An Attic red-figure stamnos depicting the death of Orpheus, c. 470 BCE. (Louvre, Paris)

An early 20th-century illustration showing the death of King Philip, aka Metacom (l. 1638-1676) who led a coalition of Native American tribes in King Philip’s War (aka Metacom’s War, 1675-1678) against English colonists.

The death of Mercutio in Act III Scene I of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. By Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904.

The death of Dr. Joseph Warren, one of Massachusetts' most influential revolutionary leaders, at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. Oil on canvas painting by John Trumbull, 1786. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Death of Clodobert, the young son of King Chilperic I and Queen Fredegund. Clodobert and his brother Dagobert died of dysentery in 580, depriving Chilperic of suitable heirs. Chilperic and Fredegund are depicted praying as their son lies...