1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian military leader of Zaporozhian Cossacks (organized rebellion of Ukrainian Cossacks against the Polish), dies (b. c. 1595)
1821 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 64
1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman, dies of a fever at 43
1881 – James Springer White, American theologian (co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church), dies at 60
1900 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German socialist (Social Democratic Party), dies at 74
1946 – Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer (World flyweight title 1937-38), dies of malnutrition-induced respiratory failure at 33
1996 – Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian art critic and writer (Barcelona), dies at 74
2016 – Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (Rep-R-MD, 1985-950), dies at 92
2023 – David LaFlamme, American electric rock violinist (It’s A Beautiful Day – “White Bird”), dies at 82