739 – Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81
1581 – Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1678 – Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70
1802 – Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50
1859 – Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61
1924 – Hans Thoma, German painter, dies at 75
1941 – Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
1967 – John Nance Garner, (VP-D, 1933-41), dies at 98
1979 – Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
2016 – Janet Reno, first female US Attorney General (1993-2001), dies at 78