1362 – Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
1585 – Gregory XIII [Ugo Boncompagni], Italian pope (1572-85) who introduced the Gregorian (New Style) calendar in 1582, dies at 83
1786 – John Byron, British Royal Navy officer and explorer who circumnavigated the globe, grandfather to the poet , dies at 62
1807 – Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
1862 – William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American lawyer and Brigadier General, dies at 40
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (The Prophet; Broken Wings; Sand and Foam), painter, and philosopher, dies of cirrhosis of the liver, with incipient tuberculosis, at 48
1932 – André Baillon, Belgian-French author (and sabots), dies at 56
1961 – Irene Warfield, American silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at about 65 [exact birthdate unconfirmed]
2009 – Richard Arnell, English classical composer, dies at 91
2022 – Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85