1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, richest peer in England, dies at 50 or 51
1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (commanded Dutch fleet during Battle of Leghorn), dies of wounds from the Battle of Leghorn at about 48
1748 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, dies at 63
1786 – Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
1819 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist, dies at 57
1987 – Adriaan Pitlo, Dutch lawyer, dies at 85
1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
1995 – Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author, dies at 74
2000 – Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
2006 – Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82