1537 – Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England (1536-7), dies of postnatal complications at 28
1669 – William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
1789 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet, dies at 68
1889 – Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
1902 – Władysław Zaremba, Ukrainian pianist and composer, dies at 69
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American Baseball HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), dies from a heart attack at 53
1982 – James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58
1996 – Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, British politician and diplomat, dies at 96
2016 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive, “Spin Me Round”), dies of a cardiac arrest at 57