1428 – Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)
1529 – Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer, dies at 61
1666 – Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1904 – Kate Fanny Loder, English composer and pianist, dies at 79
1914 – Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
1917 – Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1935 – Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62
1949 – Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies at 72
1964 – Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
2015 – Oliver Sacks, English Neurologist and author (Awakenings), dies at 82