- 1118 Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
- 1272 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
- 1335 Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)
- 1412 Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)
- 1416 Ferdinand I the Righteous, King of Aragon and Sicily, dies at 52
- 1502 Arthur, Prince of Wales, English crown prince, son of King Henry VII of England, 1st husband of Catherine of Aragon, dies from an unknown illness at 15
- 1507 Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
- 1640 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
- 1657 Ferdinand III, King of Hungary & Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor (1637-57), dies at 48
- 1657 Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
- 1720 Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
- 1742 James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
- 1747 Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
- 1754 Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
- 1787 Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
- 1787 Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer, dies at 55
Comte de Mirabeau
1791 Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 42
Comte de Mirabeau
- 1801 Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761)
- 1812 Louise of Orléans, Daughter of King Louis XV and Queen of Belgium, dies at 38
- 1817 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), dies at 76
- 1827 Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
- 1831 Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
- 1845 Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
- 1852 Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
- 1864 Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, dies at 38
- 1865 A. P. Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39
- 1865 Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
Samuel Morse
1872 Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor of the electric telegraph and Morse Code, dies at 80
Samuel Morse
- 1876 Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
- 1890 Marinus Frederik Andries Gerardus Campbell, Dutch bibliographer, dies at 70
- 1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch baron and genealogist, dies at 79
- 1902 Esther Morris [Esther Hobart McQuigg], American suffragist, anti-slavery activist, and 1st female justice of the peace in the US, dies at 87
- 1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
- 1910 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
- 1914 Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
- 1922 Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (inkblot test - Rorschach test), dies at 37
- 1924 Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82
- 1928 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
- 1930 Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia (1916-30), dies at 53
- 1932 Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (invented bulldogging), dies after being kicked in the head by a bronco at 61
- 1936 Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (Father of The Tank), dies at 75
- 1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
- 1938 Alice Berend, writer, dies
- 1941 Pál Teleki, prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1 and 1939-41), dies at 61
- 1948 Sabahattin Ali, Turkish poet, author and journalist (Esirler, Içimizdeki Şeytan), killed at 41
- 1952 Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
- 1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
- 1956 Albert Marie Leon Adolphe de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39), dies at 82
- 1956 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies at 59
- 1958 Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
- 1964 Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70), dies at 90
- 1966 C. S. Forester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
- 1972 Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
Georges Pompidou
1974 Georges Pompidou, French President (1969-1974) and Prime Minister (1962-1968), dies in Paris at 62
Georges Pompidou
- 1995 Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
- 2000 Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
- 2001 Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
- 2002 Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), dies at 74
- 2004 John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
John Paul II
2005 Pope Saint John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla], Polish Roman Catholic Pope, dies of heart failure at 84
John Paul II
- 2006 Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
- 2009 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), dies at 79
- 2010 Thomas J. Moyer, American judge and Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987-2010), dies at 70
- 2012 Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and print maker (Mother and Child), dies at 96
- 2014 Urs Widmer, Swiss writer, dies at 75
- 2015 Robert Schuller, American Christian televangelist (Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power), dies at 88
Winnie Mandela
2018 Winnie Mandela [Winnie Madikizela-Mandela], South African anti-apartheid activist and ANC politician, dies of a long illness at 81
Winnie Mandela
- 2020 Sergio Rossi, Italian shoe designer, dies of COVID-19 complications at 84