1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1652 – Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1715 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638)
1819 – Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61
1920 – Isaac Capadose, clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church, dies at 86
1941 – GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
1945 – Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at 86
1961 – Maya Deren (born Eleanora Derenkowskaia) American filmmaker dies of a brain hemorrhage aged 44
1970 – Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
1971 – Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921)