1176 – Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
1704 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher, dies at 71
1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman (mechanical reaper), dies at 75
1914 – Tip Foster, English cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903), dies at 36
1931 – Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, dies at 79
1933 – Paul Ernst, German writer, dies at 67
1966 – Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1978 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), dies at 68
1984 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician, dies at 75
2000 – Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)