1602 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier, dies at 43
1785 – Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1822 – Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, Portuguese composer, dies at 78
1864 – William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brigadier general, dies
1897 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (theory of functions), dies at 81
1996 – Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver, dies at 71
1997 – Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
1999 – Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
2008 – Teo Macero [Attilio Joseph Macero], American jazz saxophonist, composer and record producer (Miles Davis), dies at 82
2008 – Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)