1710 – David Mitchell, Scottish admiral in the British Royal navy (b. 1642)
1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
1846 – Gregory XVI [Bartolomeo Alberto Mauro Cappellari], Pope (1831-1846), dies at 80
1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary, dies at 28
1973 – Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), dies at 86
1996 – Stephen Jones, English art historian, dies of cancer at 41
2001 – Queen Aiswarya of Nepal, killed by her son Dipendra in the Nepalese Royal Massacre at 51
2004 – William Manchester, American historian (Death of a President), dies at 82
2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, dies at 59
2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)