1434 – King Louis III of Naples
1567 – Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, Marshal of France, dies at 74
1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1869 – Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, dies of a stroke at 61
1948 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer, dies at 81
1996 – John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51
2013 – Aleksandr Serebrov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17), dies at 69
2015 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer and goalkeeper, dies of cancer at 32
2016 – Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian LPGA golfer (3 LPGA wins), dies of cancer at 56