498 – Anastasius II, Pope (496-8) dies. Referred to by Dante in his Inferno XI, 8-9
1272 – David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies
1389 – Dimitri Ivanovitch “Donskoi”, monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
1672 – John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever
1910 – Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74
1959 – Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), dies at 73
1983 – Tom Evans, English rock musician (Badfinger), commits suicide at 36
2007 – Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
2012 – Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82