946 – Eadgyth, English-born German Queen, wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
1844 – John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77
1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
1920 – Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
1922 – Luigi Denza, Italian composer (Funiculì, Funiculà), dies at 77
1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (One Night of Love), dies at 48
1954 – Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
1973 – Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71
1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor and director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80