1638 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
1688 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Empress of Manchu (1643-62), dies at 74
1763 – Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège, dies at 59
1802 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42
1850 – Philipp Roth, composer, dies at 70
1857 – Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72
1956 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies
1970 – Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
1989 – Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888)