1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author, dies at 74
1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Imperial Army field marshal, dies at 67
1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
1901 – Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 55
1910 – Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
1946 – Othenio Able, Austrian artist, fossil creator and founder of paleobiology, dies at 71
1994 – Juan Gil-Albert, Spanish poet and writer, dies at 90
2008 – Thomas M. Disch, American sci-fi author (b. 1940)
2009 – Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b.1938)