1218 – Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1809 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (Ohm’s law), dies at 65
1922 – Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), dies at 59
1932 – Kenneth Grahame, British author (The Wind in the Willows), dies at 73
1961 – Enrique Larreta [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat and writer, dies at 86
1971 – Horst Lange, German writer (The Long Lament), dies at 66
1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (commander-in-chief of Eighth Route Army), dies at 89
2005 – L. Patrick Gray III, American lawyer and bureaucrat (Acting FBI Director, 1972-73), dies at 88
2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (Bewitched), dies at 80