288 – St. Sebastian, early Christian martyr (commemorated as his feast day)
1569 – Miles Coverdale, English bishop and translator of the Great Bible (the first authorized English translation of the Bible), dies at about 80
1713 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1873 – The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1901 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (Gramme dynamo), dies at 74
1914 – Emil Liebling, German-American composer, dies at 62
2003 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
2003 – Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
2022 – Elza Soares, Brazilian samba and jazz singer, named one of the Singers of the Millennium by BBC Radio, dies at 91