1680 – Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56
1774 – Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69
1815 – Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
1819 – Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61
1822 – Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64
1904 – Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
1950 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1951 – W G (Billy) Quaife, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies
2005 – Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2018 – Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English Labour politician, dies at 77