1014 – Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, dies in battle at Clontarf
1740 – Thomas Tickell, English writer and poet, dies at 54
1827 – Johanna Cornelia Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth), dies at 65
1907 – Alfred Packer, American prospector ‘The Colorado Cannibal’, dies at 65
1929 – Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
1993 – Daniel Jones, Welsh composer, dies at 80
1995 – Robert Selby Taylor, Anglican bishop, dies at 86
2003 – James H. Critchfield, American C.I.A. officer, dies at 86
2006 – Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot, dies at 94
2013 – Robert W. Edgar, American businessman and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 7th district), dies from a heart attack at 69