1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart “The old Pretender”, Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland after the death of his father James II, dies at 77
1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)
1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778)
1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist and mathematician, dies at 60
1906 – Sir Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
1986 – Bruce Norris, American Hockey Hall of Fame executive (owner Detroit Red Wings 1952-82), dies at 61
2006 – Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913)
2007 – Tillie Olsen, American writer (b. 1912)
2015 – Mario Cuomo, American Democratic Party politician and the 52nd Governor of New York (1983-95), dies of a heart condition at 82
2018 – Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), dies at 97