1412 – Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1703 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, dies at 86
1754 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem), dies at 46
1763 – Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman, dies at 63
1879 – Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799)
1940 – Andrea d’ Angeli, Italian composer, dies at 71
1968 – Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85
1975 – Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (b. 1932)
2000 – Andújar Cedeño, Dominican infielder (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers), dies in a car accident at 31
2010 – Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959)