1519 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1546 – Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
1704 – Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1815 – Matthias Claudius, German poet, dies at 74
1831 – Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1872 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1879 – John Blair Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies of pneumonia at 28
1956 – Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
1988 – Abraham Sofaer, Burmese born British actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies at 91
2008 – Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)