68 – Nero, Emperor of Rome (54-68), commits suicide at 31
1382 – Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1563 – William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
1717 – Louis Le Quointe, Flemish composer and organist (Bouquet de fleurs), dies at 64
1976 – Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1996 – Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
1996 – Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
2006 – Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer, dies of heart failure at 60
2008 – Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
2014 – Gerd Zacher, German composer and organist, dies at 84