1397 – Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56
1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart] (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]
1790 – Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, German composer and violinist, dies at 67
1905 – Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75
1913 – George Washington Custis Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 80
1959 – Eric Zeisl, Austrian American composer, dies at 53
1977 – Ralph Graves, American actor (Dirigible, Extra Girl, Flight, Dream Street), dies at 77
1996 – Jack Thieuloy, French writer, dies at 64
2006 – Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), dies at 68
2015 – Jerome Kersey, American NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 52