1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden, King of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65 and 1467-70) and Norway (1449–50), dies at 60
1832 – John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1906 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
1925 – Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon’s Mines, She, Dawn), dies at 68
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67
1938 – Jacobus C J “Jacques” Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 – Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer (Nobel 1913), dies at 89
1966 – Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh – Carmarthen), dies at 64
1997 – Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76