1034 – Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assassinated by wife at 66 or 67
1648 – Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
1798 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
1812 – Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
1842 – John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies
1875 – Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies
1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter, dies at 82
1989 – Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68
1992 – Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
2016 – Emile Ford, Caribbean-born British singer and engineer (first black male singer to top UK charts), dies at 78