1614 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and the world’s most prolific female serial killer, dies at 54
1813 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, dies at 67
1814 – Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (Royal Institution of Great Britain), dies at 61
1867 – Juan Álvarez, Mexican revolutionary leader (President of Mexico 1855), dies at 77
1870 – Ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China (b. 1821)
1898 – Niccolò van Westerhout, Italian composer, dies at 40
1919 – Laurence Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1902-06, US Nationals 1903), dies of toxemia at 43
1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
1995 – James Truitte, American ballet dancer (Lester Horton; Alvin Ailley), dies at 72
2015 – Anna Kashfi [Joan O’Callaghan], Welsh actress and 1st wife of Marlon Barando, dies at 80