985 – Antipope Boniface VII (974, 984–985)
1320 – King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
1453 – Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1816 – Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1866 – Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies at 39
1897 – Philip Dale Roddey, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 71
1944 – Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 – Rudolf Schmundt, German general /Hitler’s Army adjunct, dies from wounds in attempt to assassinate Hitler at 48
1976 – Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
2005 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), dies from Pulmonary fibrosis at 85