536 – St. Agapetus I, Bishop of Rome (535-36), dies at 46
1355 – Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
1616 – Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), dies of likely diabetes at 68
1844 – Henri-Montan Berton, French composer, dies at 76
1933 – Henry Royce, English industrialist and automobile founder (Rolls-Royce), dies at 70
1976 – Frutuoso de Lima Viana, Brazilian pianist and composer, dies at 79
1983 – Earl “Fatha” Hines, American jazz pianist and bandleader (Deep Forest), dies at 79
1994 – Jack Bently, English trombonist, dies at 80
1996 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 87
2023 – Mike Coulman, English rugby union prop (9 Tests England, 1 British and Irish Lions; Moseley RUFC) and rugby league front rower (3 Tests GB, 5 England; Salford RLFC), dies at 78