1228 – Stephen Langton, English Cardinal and scholar, Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1228), negotiated the Magna Carta, thought to have divided Bible into chapters (b. c. 1150)
1673 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and music theorist, dies at 47
1704 – Yan Ruoqu, Chinese scholar of Qing dynasty, dies at 67
1828 – Gilbert Stuart, American portrait painter (unfinished portrait of George Washington), dies at 72
1850 – Bab [Shirazi, Sayyid Ali Muhammad], Persian founder of Babism, executed by firing squad on orders of the Persian government at 30
1852 – Thomas M. T. McKennan, American politician who served as the 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior for only 11 days (1850), dies at 58
1923 – William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 74
1960 – Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist, dies at 66
1986 – Lê Duẩn, Vietnamese communist politician (General Secretary of Vietnam 1960-86), dies at 78