1464 – Zhu Qizhen, Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1435-49 and 1457-64), dies at 36 but not before giving an order to end the practice of burying alive concubines and palace maids so that they could follow emperors to the next world
1507 – Gentile Bellini, Venetian painter (Sultan Mohammed II), dies at about 78 (burial date)
1607 – Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1719 – Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, dies at 36
1961 – Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies at 43
1969 – Joseph Messner, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 75
1970 – Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1994 – Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
2001 – Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2004 – Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)