1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar and Renaissance philosopher (Oration on the Dignity of Man), dies under mysterious circumstances, possibly poisoned, at 31
1512 – Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542)
1826 – Louise Reichardt, German composer, dies at 47
1848 – Joseph Bernard Cannaert “Olim”, Flemish lawyer, dies at 80
1862 – Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, dies at 63
1905 – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I, dies at 68
1985 – Jimmy Ritz [Samuel Joachim], American vaudevillian, actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers – The Gorilla;, Hi’ya, Chum; Straight, Place and Show), dies of heart failure at 81
1989 – Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)
1991 – John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80