1411 – Johannes Parvus [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
1751 – John Wilson, botanist, dies
1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77
1856 – Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1857 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), and teacher, dies at 66
1885 – Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language (‘Séculos Escuros’) (b. 1837)
1916 – Ilya Mechnikov, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist known as the “father of natural immunity” (Nobel 1908), dies of heart failure at 71
1969 – Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
1982 – Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1997 – Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70