1573 – John Caius, English physician, dies at 62
1752 – Peter Warren, British admiral who served in the Americas, dies at 47 or 48
1808 – Selam III, Turkish sultan (1789-1808) poet and composer, assassinated at 46
1833 – William Wilberforce, English abolitionist, dies at 73
1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-78, 1778-79, 1881-87), dies at 74
1933 – Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (Cohen crime family), dies at 62
1979 – Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
1992 – Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered
2000 – Kobie Coetsee, South African Minister of Defense (1993-94) and Minister of Justice (1980-93), dies at 69