1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life, dies at 43
1823 – Pius VII [Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti], Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), dies at 83
1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (Les Complaintas), dies at 27
1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist and physician (Chemotherapy, Nobel Prize 1908), dies in 61
1945 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer, dies at 73
1952 – Kurt Schumacher, German political chairman (SPD), dies at 56
1959 – Alfred Kubin, Austrian writer and illustrator, dies at 82
1985 – Harchand Singh Longowai [Sant Ji], Indian Sikh leader and President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s, assassinated by Sikh extremists less than a month after he signed a peace accord with the government
1996 – George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81
2012 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84), dies at 96