1131 – Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1614 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and the world’s most prolific female serial killer, dies at 54
1673 – John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
1762 – Mary Wortley Montagu, English poet and writer (wrote about life in Istanbul, advocated for smallpox inoculation) dies at 73
1838 – Adelbert von Chamisso, French writer (Peter Schlemihl), dies at 57
1994 – Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch eccentric millionaire, dies at 73
2008 – “Huckle” Jerry Finn, American sound engineer and record producer (Blink-182), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and heart attack at 39
2008 – Buddy Harman, American country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79
2012 – Georg Leber, German politician, dies at 91
2015 – Anna Kashfi [Joan O’Callaghan], Welsh actress and 1st wife of Marlon Barando, dies at 80