1384 – Louis I, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies at 45
1418 – Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
1645 – Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68
1899 – Ernest Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1888), dies of effects of carbolic acid at 38
1915 – August Stramm, German poet and playwright dies in battle during WWI at 41
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, dies at 64
1982 – Tom Baker, US actor, dies of a drug overdose in New York at 42
2000 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2002 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2006 – Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)