1580 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
1680 – William Bedloe, English fraudster and Popish Plot informer, dies at 30
1799 – Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, German composer, dies at 37
1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (Les Complaintas), dies at 27
1908 – Louis Varney, French composer, dies at 64
1945 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer, dies at 73
1992 – Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59
1998 – Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (“Seven Lonely Days”), dies at 82
2006 – Claude Blanchard, French Canadian singer, comedian and actor, dies at 74
2017 – Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer, dies at 89