1241 – Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies
1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia), dies at 69
1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72
1793 – Louis de Noailles, Marshal of France, dies at 80
1890 – Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian foreign minister, diplomat and poet, dies at 69
1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
1937 – David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies
1966 – Apolinary Szeluto, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82
1980 – Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), dies at 89
1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (Maggie-Blue and Grey), dies of cancer at 67