1616 – John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)
1638 – Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63
1780 – William Cookworthy, English chemist, dies at 75
1910 – Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
1910 – Julie Ward Howe, American poet and author, dies of pneumonia at 91
1934 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852)
1982 – Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
1996 – Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93
2000 – Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924)
2007 – Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (Put Another Nickel In), dies at 76