1717 – Abraham Darby I, English ironmaster (1st to smelt iron ore with coke, pivotal figure in Industrial Revolution), dies at about 40
1734 – Carolomannus Pachschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 33
1862 – Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
1887 – Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 (b. 1813)
1901 – Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1945 – Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1946 – Frederick Lanchester, English Engineer who built the first British petrol automobile (1896), dies at 77
1974 – Willem “Wim” Sonneveld, Dutch singer considered one of the ‘Great Three’ of Dutch cabaret (My Fair Lady), dies from a heart attack at 56
1996 – Jack Churchill, British Army commando, dies at 89
2014 – William Guarnere, American WWII veteran, dies at 90