1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1761 – Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
1773 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer, dies at 62
1782 – Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter, dies at 67
1895 – Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker’s Almanack), dies at 75
1948 – Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1952 – Italo Montemezzi, composer, dies at 76
1987 – Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
2017 – Ian Brady [Ian Duncan Stewart], British serial killer (Moors Murders), dies in prison at 79