1456 – Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1560 – Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman and admiral, dies at 93
1640 – Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
1881 – Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute, dies at 87
1914 – Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
1935 – Maria H “Mina” Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
1964 – Clarence Kolb, American actor (My Little Margie – “Mr. Honeywell”), dies at 90
2000 – Florizel Glasspole, 3rd Governor-General of Jamaica (1973-91), dies at 91
2006 – Bobby Byrne, American orchestra leader (Club Seven), dies at 88
2010 – Ann Southam, Canadian electronic and classical music and dance composer (Glass Houses; Figures; The Emerging Ground), dies at 73