1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1695 – Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66
1771 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman, dies at 54
1948 – Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69
1951 РEug̬ne Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)
1995 – Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69
1997 – George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
2003 – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
2006 – Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
2016 – Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87