695 – Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]
1663 – Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1679 – Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1711 – Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar and linguist (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies at 67
1829 – Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80
1907 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist (Kelvin Scale) and engineer (transatlantic telegraph), dies of a chill at 83
1948 – Edgar Istel, German composer, dies at 68
1969 – Arturo da Costa e Silva, 27th President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67
1975 – Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86
2008 – Dave Smith, American baseball player (b. 1955)