1647 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer, dies at 85
1683 – Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76
1862 – James Streshley Jackson, American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army) dies in battle at 39
1864 – Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brigadier general, dies at about 34
1886 – Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)
1956 – Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
1978 – Tibor Serly, Hungarian violinist and composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
1984 – Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
1996 – Watkins Shaw, British musicologist, dies at 85
1997 – Robin Lee, American figure skater, dies at 77