1547 – King Francis I of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52
1703 – Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer, dies at 60
1727 – Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer (Gravity, Laws of Motion), dies at 84
1850 – John C. Calhoun, US Vice President (1825-32), dies of tuberculosis at 68
1900 – Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v South Africa 1898-99), dies
1945 – Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers), dies at 85
1945 – Hans Fischer, German organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1930), commits suicide at 63
2002 – Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
2003 – H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
2021 – Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), dies at 82