1609 – Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
1631 – Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia), dies at 54
1753 – Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau and governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies at 73
1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)
1883 – Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788)
1902 – Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1946 – Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies
1954 – Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
1974 – Kitty Gordon, English entertainer, dies at 96
2001 – Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta the secretary in Liar Liar), dies at 67