1572 – Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
1589 – Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
1867 – French-Andries Durlet, Belgian sculptor and architect, dies at 50
1895 – Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1938 – Ben Harney, American composer and “Father of Ragtime Piano” (You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon, But You Done Broke Down), dies of a heart attack at 66
1996 – Yrrah [Harry Lammertink], Dutch cartoonist (Vrij Netherland), dies at 63
1999 – David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2001 – John Diamond, British journalist, dies of cancer at 47
2007 – Henri Troyat, Russian-French author and historian, dies at 95