1356 – Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1719 – Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1756 – Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist, and composer dies at 46
1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls’ Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1957 – Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86
1972 – Robert Casadesus, French concert pianist and composer (Symphony No. 7 – “Israel”), dies at 73
1978 – Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
2008 – Alois Pinos, Czech composer, dies at 82
2019 – Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (1987-2011). dies in exile at 83
2021 – Max Wiltshire, Welsh rugby union lock (4 Tests; Aberavon RFC), dies at 83