This is a list of unusual deaths, including unique or extremely rare causes of death recorded throughout history, as well as less rare but still unusual causes of death of prominent persons.
* 456 BC: Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to legend, died when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
* 453: Attila the Hun, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
* 1063: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler, served as a human sacrifice.
* 1277: Pope John XXI was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory.
* 1534: Pope Clement VII who died after eating the death cap mushroom.
* 1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, died of a bladder infection after refusing to leave for the bathroom during a banquet for the sake of good manners. However, newer research suggest, that he died of mercury poisoning.
* 1626: Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, died of possible pneumonia after purchasing a chicken to see if cold could preserve meat, and becoming chilled while stuffing it with snow.
* 1671: Fran
* 456 BC: Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to legend, died when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
* 453: Attila the Hun, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
* 1063: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler, served as a human sacrifice.
* 1277: Pope John XXI was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory.
* 1534: Pope Clement VII who died after eating the death cap mushroom.
* 1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, died of a bladder infection after refusing to leave for the bathroom during a banquet for the sake of good manners. However, newer research suggest, that he died of mercury poisoning.
* 1626: Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, died of possible pneumonia after purchasing a chicken to see if cold could preserve meat, and becoming chilled while stuffing it with snow.
* 1671: Fran