1494 – Gian Galeazzo, Italian duke of Milan (1476-94), dies
1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53
1707 – Cloudesley Shovell, British Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet, drowns in Scilly Naval disaster at 57
1881 – Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, dies at 67
1954 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (one of the modernist Group of Five), dies at 64
1970 – René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
1989 – Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama; The Smothers Brothers; Jet Pilot; Meet Millie), dies at 84
1996 – Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42
1999 – Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 206; Wellington, Canterbury) and rugby union centre (1 Test England 1947), dies at 82
2006 – Choi Kyu-hah, President of South Korea, dies at 87