923 – Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle
1677 – Giovanni Battista Chinelli, Italian composer, dies at 67
1750 – Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
1889 – Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
1987 – J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1931), dies
1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
2001 – Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
2008 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)
2017 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People’s Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), dies at 88
2017 – John Robert Jones [John Dalmas], American sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War), dies at 90