- 1189 Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
- 1336 Emperor Go-Fushimi, 93rd Emperor of Japan (1298-1301), dies at 48
- 1365 Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 37
- 1395 Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm
- 1464 Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)
- 1510 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
- 1521 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
- 1536 George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded after being tried and convicted for high treason and incest at 32
- 1575 Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
- 1591 Jost Amman, Swiss cartoonist, graphic artist and illustrator, dies at 51
- 1606 Forges Dimitri #1, Tsar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
- 1695 Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies
- 1727 Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
- 1729 Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, dies at 53
- 1765 Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (Clairaut's theorem), dies at 52
- 1797 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir), dies at 77
- 1801 William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
- 1807 John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
- 1809 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies
- 1822 Armand-Emmanuel, Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-18, 1820-21), dies at 55
Talleyrand
1838 Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French statesman, dies at 84
Talleyrand
- 1838 René Caillé, French explorer (b. 1799)
- 1839 Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
- 1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31
- 1868 Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)
- 1875 John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
- 1879 Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)
- 1883 Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
John Deere
1886 John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company) dies at 82
John Deere
Charles Brooke
1917 Charles Brooke, 2nd White Rajah of Sarawak (1868-1917), dies at 87
Charles Brooke
- 1919 Guido von List, German occult author (b. 1848)
- 1927 Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)
- 1930 Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
- 1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies
- 1931 Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
- 1936 Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
- 1938 Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
- 1945 Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
- 1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
- 1947 George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
- 1961 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
- 1963 John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)
- 1964 Otto V Kuusinen, President of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82
- 1967 Nigel Martin Balchin, novelist, dies
- 1969 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
- 1970 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
- 1973 Alexander J. Kropholler, Dutch architect and writer, dies at 91
- 1974 Ernest Nash, German born archaeologist (b. 1898)
- 1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
- 1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
- 1985 Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
- 1987 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
- 1994 Willian Noel Moffet, architect, dies at 82
- 2000 Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (1974-80), dies at 90
- 2001 Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
- 2002 Dave Berg, American cartoonist (The Lighter Side of...), dies at 81
- 2002 James Chichester-Clark, Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), dies at 79
- 2003 Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)
- 2004 Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
- 2004 Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
- 2006 Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
- 2006 Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (b. 1944)
- 2006 Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980)
- 2007 Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)
- 2009 Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet, dies from respiratory and intestinal problems at 88
- 2010 Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929)
- 2013 Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinean dictator, dies from complications from a fall at 87
- 2014 Gerald Edelman, American biologist & Nobel laureate, dies from natural causes at 84