1618 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1612-18), dies at 60
1717 – Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies
1875 – James W. W. Birch, 1st British resident in Perak, Malaysia is speared to death while in the bath-house of his boat, SS Dragon at 49
1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88
1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64
1962 – Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80
1968 – Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
1986 – Paul Frees [Solomon Hersh Frees], American voice actor (voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), dies at 66
2004 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 1st President of the United Arab Emirates, dies at 85
2018 – Roy Hargrove, American trumpeter, dies of kidney disease at 49