1253 – Theobald de Champagne, French ruler (Count of Champagne; King of Navarre, 1234-53), poet, and troubadour, dies at 52
1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist notable for publishing the largest chemical affinity tables, dies at 49
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, British romantic poet (Adonais; Prometheus Unbound), drowns at 29
1897 – Isham Green Harris, American and Confederate politician (US Senator from Tennessee, 1877-97; Governor of Tennessee, 1857-1862; US Representative from Tennessee, 1849-53), dies at 79
1913 – Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), dies at 32
1957 – Grace Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29) wife of Calvin Coolidge, dies at 78
1974 – Morris “Moose” Charlap, American Broadway composer (Peter Pan; Kelly), dies at 45
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
1988 – Ray Barbuti, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 400m relay 1928), dies at 83
2018 – Alan Johnson, American Emmy Award-winning screen and stage choreographer (The Producers – “Springtime for Hitler”; Legs Diamond), director (To Be Or Not To Be), and dancer (West Side Story), dies at 81