1606 – Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)
1644 – William Chillingworth, English religious leader, dies at 41
1816 – Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver and art collector, dies at 74
1867 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
1964 – Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
1973 – Jack MacGowran, Irish actor (King Lear, The Quiet Man, The Exorcist), dies of influenza at 54
1976 – Mance Lipscomb, American blues musician (Shine On, Harvest Moon), dies at 80
1994 – Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
2006 – Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of ovarian cancer at 78
2008 – Jeremy Beadle, British television host (Beadle’s About), dies of pneumonia at 59