858 – Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
1625 – Pieter Bruegel “the Older”, (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
1790 – Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral, dies at 77
1958 – Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
1981 – Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
1982 – Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
2004 – Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
2009 – Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
2012 – Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
2014 – Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer, dies at 82