jurist, and politician (b. 1577) 1665 – Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596) 1672 – Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (b. 1615) 1674 – Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593) 1683 – Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643) 1712 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637) 1764 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683) 1779 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711) 1810 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740) 1814 – Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766) 1819 – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742) 1836 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801) 1869 – Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779) 1870 – Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782) 1870 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836) 1874 – François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787) 1901–present 1903 – Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834) 1907 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837) 1912 – Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829) 1918 – George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845) 1919 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871) 1923 – Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841) 1927 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847) 1942 – Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888) 1945 – Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880) 1949 – Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870) 1953 – James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869) 1953 – Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884) 1953 – Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879) 1956 – Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882) 1961 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898) 1962 – Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887) 1962 – Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923) 1967 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903) 1968 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894) 1971 – Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881) 1972 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)