1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57
1782 – Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, dies at 41
1896 – Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54
1902 – Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51
1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
1974 – Carlos Isamitt, Chilean composer, dies at 87
1992 – Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Guinness brewing heir, dies at 86
1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer, dies at 79
2004 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)