1549 – Marguerite of Navarre, Queen of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre, dies at 57
1824 – James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson’s disease) and political activist, dies at 69
1864 – William Henry Fry, American composer, dies at 51
1889 – Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 80
1907 – Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58
1959 – Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883)
1974 – James Henry Govier, British artist (b. 1910)
1986 – Willy Coppens, Belgian WW I fighter ace, dies at 94
1993 – Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
2006 – Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed “The Mighty Atom” (world record 1937), dies at 92