540 – Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies
1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1640 – Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer and poet, dies at 66
1708 – John Blow, English baroque composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1943 – Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 – Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1973 – Joe Devlin, American actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 77
2001 – Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), dies of a heart attack at 58
2016 – Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58