1234 – Emperor Chūkyō, 85th emperor of Japan, dies at 15
1580 – Juliana van Stolberg, German countess, mother of William of Orange and Jan Nassau, dies at 74
1704 – Thomas “Tom” Brown, English translator and writer of satire (Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London), dies at 41
1749 – Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
1866 – Jacob Abels, Dutch painter, dies at 62
1964 – Alexander Shamil’yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), dies at 58
1967 – Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 23
1971 – Paul Karrer, Swiss organic chemist (Nobel 1937), dies at 82
1971 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout), dies after a car accident at 65
1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (b. 1921)