1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian physician, burnt at stake for heresy at Champel near Geneva
1605 – Akbar, 3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), dies at 63
1771 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies
1796 – Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45
1848 – Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, dies at 46
1958 – Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74
1977 – James M. Cain, American writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
1990 – Jacques Demy, French director (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), dies of AIDS at 59
1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
2017 – Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), dies at 71