1167 – Empress Matilda [Maud], claimant to the English throne, daughter of Henry I of England, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1404-19), assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France at 48
1519 – John Colet, English churchman and educator
1765 – Jacob Gilles, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at about 74
1845 – Karl August von Lichtenstein, German composer, dies at 78
1868 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German composer and harpist, dies at 79
1905 – Pete Browning, American baseball player, dies at 44
1960 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga – matushka-reka), dies at 63
1965 – Robert “Bobby” Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42
1991 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), dies at 83