1066 – Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway (1047-66), dies at the Battle of Stamford Bridge at 51 – his death often considered the end of the Viking Age
1602 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (b. 1525)
1898 – Hieronymus Theodor Richter, German mineralogist and co-discoverer of the element indium, dies at 73
1920 – William F. Sudds, American composer, music publisher, and teacher,, dies at 77
1946 – Heinrich George [Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz], German actor (Hitlerjunge Quex), dies at 52
1968 – Cornell Woolrich, American writer (El Angel Negro), dies at 64
1978 – Claire Adams, actress (Legally Dead, End of the Road), dies at 80
1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet, dies at 97
1987 – George Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (David Copperfield), dies from cancer at 81
1997 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)