1820 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1767-1806), dies at 68
1892 – Taiso Yoshitoshi, Japanese woodblock artist and painter, dies at 53
1892 – Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, German musician and composer, dies at 59
1897 – Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (Sirius B), dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40″ lens at 64
1922 – Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56
1939 – Owen Moore, Irish actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1973 – Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
1977 – Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies
1980 – Leonhard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73
1996 – Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81