1142 – Peter Abélard, French scholar and lover of Heloise (b. 1079)
1792 – Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary and independence fighter (Inconfidência Mineira) considered a national hero, hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro at 45
1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)
1898 – Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78
1982 – Joe Sawyer [Sauers], Canadian actor (Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – “Sgt. Biff O’Hara”), dies of liver cancer at 75
2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, dies at 85
2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports administrator (7th President International Olympic Committee 1980-2001), dies of cardio-respiratory failure at 89
2012 – Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 80
2014 – U Win Tin, Burmese journalist, co-founder of the National League for Democracy and a political prisoner for 14 years, dies of multiorgan failure at 85
2021 – Håkon Brusveen, Norwegian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 15 km, silver 4 × 10 km relay 1960), dies at 93