1798 – Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1897 – Joseph O. Shelby, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 66
1919 – Matteo Albertone, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies at 78
1921 – Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
1927 – Brooks Adams, American philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1937 – C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
1959 – William Axt, American film scores composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 70
1991 – Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
2005 – Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
2010 – John Reed, British singer of Gilbert and Sullivan (b. 1916)