1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (Friar Bacon), dies at 34
1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1820 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
1962 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1985 – John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
1987 – Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
1994 – Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)