1003 – Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
1649 – Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
1792 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist, dies at 81
1820 – Jacob Andries van Braam, Dutch merchant and colonial administrator (Suriname), dies at 49
1864 – J.E.B. Stuart [James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart], Confederate General in the American Civil War, killed in action at 31
1906 – Gabriel C. Wharton, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 81
1924 – Henri Maréchal, French composer and music critic, dies at 82
1976 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), dies at 65
1989 – Joe Valdez Caballero, American creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
1990 – Andrei Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of Communist Party, dies at 83