1617 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician and writer, dies at 64
1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet, dies at 77
1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French Baroque sculptor (Palace of Versailles), dies at 80
1858 – Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, German biographer, diplomat and soldier (Die Sterner), dies at 73
1864 – David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
1872 – William H. Seward, American politician (Secretary of State, 1861-69, Governor of New York, 1839-42), dies at 71
1877 – Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist, dies at 76
1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), dies at 76
1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete, politician (Rep-D-Ill; joint world record 100m, Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1936), dies of a heart attack at 68
2008 – Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), dies at 93