1504 – Stephen III (Stefan the Great), ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer (1st person to draw map of the Moon with a telescope), dies at 61 or 62
1663 – Thomas Selle, German composer, dies at 64
1863 – Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
1895 – William Rockstro, English composer and musicologist, dies at 72
1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 82
1963 – Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter, dies at 71
1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (The Beetle), dies at 67
2002 – Earle Brown, American composer (open form), dies at 75
2013 – Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, dies at 91