1417 – Pope Gregory XII [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies
1604 – Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)
1812 – Henry Martyn, English missionary (India and Persia), dies of a fever at 31
1876 – Francis Preston Blair, American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
1921 – King Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria (1913-18), dies at 76
1932 – William E. Upjohn, American physician who invented dissolvable pills (Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company), dies at 79
1956 – Charles Strite, American inventor who invented the automatic pop-up toaster, dies at 78
1961 – Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American silent film actress (The Dragon Painter), dies at 69
1972 – Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
1983 – Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricket batsman (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 189no; Bombay, Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), dies at 52