1490 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1482-90), dies at 21
1612 – Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
1805 – Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
1874 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), dies at 79
1918 – Lucretia Garfield, First Lady of the United States as the wife of James A. Garfield (1881), dies at 85
1932 – Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (known for his “frontier thesis”), dies at 70
1969 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts and Letters), dies at 70
1986 – Jozef Kresanek, Slovak composer, dies at 73
2009 – Altovise Davis [née Gore], American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis Jr.’s third wife, dies from stroke complications at 65
2018 – Stephen Hawking, English physicist (Black Holes and Baby Universes), dies at 76