1613 – Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44
1647 – Giovanni Del Turco, Italian composer, dies at 70
1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1863 – Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brigadier general, dies at 33
1933 – Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
1945 – Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
1973 – Maurice T. “Maury” Muehleisen, American musician and songwriter (Jim Croce), dies in a plane crash at 24
1990 – Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
2021 – Sherwood Boehlert, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 84