1746 – Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, Italian composer and castrato singer dies at 67
1785 – Karel Blazej Kopriva, Czech organist and composer, dies at 29
1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (Collected Poems) and one of the most important figures in American poetry, dies of nephritis at 55
1889 – Alfred Potocki, Austrian politician (Prime Minister, Governor, Viceroy of Galicia), dies
1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, dies at 72
1958 – Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1991 – Reno Browne, American Western actress, dies at 70
1994 – Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer, songwriter and programmer, dies at 71
1995 – Johnny Van Derrick, British jazz violinist (Pink Panther Theme), dies at 68
2005 – Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)