1572 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
1638 – Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
1916 – Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1935 – Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (b. 1847).
1949 – Stanley Marchant, English composer, dies at 65
1951 – Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Russian playwright and journalist, dies at 50
1964 – Dirk Filarski, Dutch painter and lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78se
1984 – Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1992 – Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
1996 – Daniel Chipenda, Angolan politician and field commander, dies at 64