1521 – Juan de Padilla, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary, killed at 52
1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann Abschatz, German poet and nobleman, dies at 53
1821 – John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter and etcher, dies at 52
1833 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
1844 – Henri-Montan Berton, French composer, dies at 76
1865 – Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
1877 – James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer, dies at 70
1899 – Ned Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; first recognised Test in 1877), dies at 59
1930 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63
2000 – Toon Hermans, Dutch poet (Kolderliedjes), dies at 83