1166 – William I, the Bad, Norman King of Sicily (1154-66) dies at about 46
1814 – Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
1825 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (Tarare; La Fiera), opera director (Habsburg Court, 1774-92), and Kapellmeister (Austrian Imperial Court, 1788-1824), dies in Vienna at 74
1840 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter, chiefly of landscapes with contemplative figures in the Romantic style, dies at 65
1985 – Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, dies of cancer at 54
1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, American songwriter (“Kentucky Rain”), and country singer (“I Love a Rainy Night”), dies of lung cancer at 56
2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian television news journalist, dies of a heart attack, while covering press conference of Beaconsfield Mine collapse, at 62
2007 – Bianco [Eugene Capobianco], American jazz, easy-listening, and session harpist, dies at 80
2010 – Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress (Sands of Iwo Jima; Angel in Exile), dies at 87
2019 – Georg Katzer, German composer (electro-acoustic music), dies at 84