1594 – Michel Renichon, priest, executed
1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, dies at 55
1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
1657 – William Harvey, English physician (discovered blood circulation), dies at 79
1913 – Josef Richard Rozkošný, Czech composer, dies at 79
1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938-46), dies at 60
1981 – Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
1983 – Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
1986 – Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, dies at 89
2009 – Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)