1634 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (Father of German surgery), dies at 73
1778 – Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, dies at 80
1818 – Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
1857 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (“Ruslan and Ludmilla”), dies at 53
1896 – E J Nicholson, writer, dies
1974 – Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer, dies at 86
1988 – Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
1995 – Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist and rebel (barricade uprising), dies at 77
1996 – Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
1999 – Jan Masseus, Dutch composer, dies at 86