ante diem vii idus decembres

424 B.C. -- accession of Darius II (according to one reckoning)

424 B.C. -- battle of Amphipolis (according to one reckoning)

424 B.C. -- battle of Delium (according to one reckoning)

43 B.C. -- death of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) as he half-heartedly fled the proscription of Marcus Antonius et al.

1985 -- death of Robert Graves (I Claudius, among others)