945 – Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies
1685 – Pietro Reggio, Italian composer and musician, dies at 53
1757 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist (La Silvia), dies at 71
1923 – Charles Dupuy, French statesman, 3 times Prime Minister of France (1893, 1894-95, 1898-99), dies at 71
1924 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
1933 – Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
1951 – Robert Flaherty, American filmmaker and the father of documentary film (Nanook of North), dies at 67
1986 – Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, Finnish composer, dies at 73
1994 – Henry William Collins, English artist, dies at 84
2007 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist (human consciousness), dies at 91