535 – John [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
685 – Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies and is buried in St Peter’s
1577 – Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, Dutch lstatesman and lawyer (Raad van State), dies at 69
1766 – Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
1818 – Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, dies at 78
1853 – Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
1990 – Tomas O’Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies of a heart attack at 66
1996 – Serge Chermayeff, Russian-British architect and designer, dies at 95
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2018 – George Deukmejian, American politician, 35th Governor of California (1983-91), dies at 89