1634 – John Marston, English poet and playwright known for “The Malcontent”, dies at 57
1671 – Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (Almagestum Novum), dies at 73
1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d’Artagnan, Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611)
1822 – Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German Romantic writer, judge and composer (Undine), dies at 46
1876 – John Patton, American trumpeter, dies at the Battle of the Little Bighorn at 24 or 25
1884 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer, dies at 25
1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDS at 57
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
2023 – John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist (lithium-ion battery), solid-state physicist and Nobel laureate in chemistry, dies at 100
2024 – Jewel Brown, American jazz and blues singer (Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars), dies of colon cancer at 86