1994 Death Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48 1929 Birthday Donald Howard Keats, composer 1895 Birthday G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer, elected 1958 1821 Death John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 1821 Death John Keats, writer, dies at 25 1818 Event Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly" 1818 Event Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears" 1818 Event Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair" 1795 Birthday John Keats, born in London, England, romantic poet, Ode to a Grecian Urn