1380 – Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
1551 – John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
1859 – Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
1877 – Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1922 – Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1927 – James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
1969 – Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela’s son, dies in a car accident at 24
1976 – Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1976 – Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51