824 – Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
867 – Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, dies at 7 weeks
1543 – Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga
1829 – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), dies at 78
1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist and poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974), dies at 73
1994 – Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 82