- 1793 - Ernst Friedrich Glocker was born in Stuttgart, Germany
- 1822 - Julius von Haast was born in Bonn, Prussia.
- 1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born in Orcines, France.
- 1999 - Jack Sepkoski died of heart failure.
- 2011 - Anton Ramovš died in Kranj, Slovenia.