1461 – Charles VII, King of France (1422-61) who drove the English out from Northern France, dies at 58
1676 – Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77
1909 – D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1929 – Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro; Heliopolis), dies at 76
1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
1980 – Fred Kaps [Abram Bongers], Dutch magician (ISM World Champion 1950, 1955 and 1961), dies of cancer at 54
1982 – Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1998 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone, dies at 69
2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer (“Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” cover), dies at 71