1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
1408 – Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
1531 – Louise Van Savoye, French regent of King Francis I, dies at 55
1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (Viviani’s theorem), dies at 81
1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral during World War II, dies at 72
1960 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-British author and child psychoanalyst (object relations theory), dies at 78
1972 – Robert KJE Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
1985 – Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains), dies at 71
2018 – Charles “Chas” Hodges, English musician (Chas and Dave), dies at 74