1471 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, dies in Battle of Tewkesbury at 17, becoming the only heir apparent to the English throne to ever die in battle
1770 – Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, dies at 51
1811 – Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
1859 – Joseph Diez Gergonne, French mathematician, dies at 87
1873 – William Holmes McGuffey, American professor (wrote elementary school McGuffey Readers – 120 million copies sold), dies at 72
1916 – Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)
1972 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
1980 – Kay Hammond, British actress (Blithe Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies at 71
1994 – Karl Francis Hettinger, American police officer (Onion Field survivor), dies at 59
2018 – Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74