639 – Dagobert I, king of Austrasia, Soissons, Burgundy and Neustrië, dies at about 36
1647 – Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch writer and town physician of Dordrecht (Treasure of Health, Treasure of Disease), dies at 52
1862 – Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General, killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky at 49
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1893 – Julius Eichberg, German composer, dies at 68
1894 – Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes), dies at 58
1971 – Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
2006 – Wilson Pickett, American RandB singer (“In The Midnight Hour”; “Funky Broadway”), dies of a heart attack at 64
2017 – H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, dies at 99
2023 – Norbert Sattler, Austrian slalom canoeist (World C’ship gold K-1 team 1971, K-1 1973; Olympic silver K-1 1972), dies at 71