1266 – Birger jarl, Swedish statesman (b. 1210)
1765 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect, dies at 73
1881 – Eduard Heine, German mathematician known for the Heine-Borel theorem, dies at 60
1961 – Nils Johan Einar Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn), dies at 62
1967 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), dies at 94
1993 – James Leo Herlihy, American novelist (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
1996 – Wang Li, politician, dies at 78
2009 – Louise Cooper, British fantasy author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 57
2020 – Frank Bough, British sports and current affairs television presenter, dies at 87
2022 – Peter Schjeldahl, American poet (Since 1964) and art critic (The New Yorker, 1998-2022), dies at 80