Editing December 29 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1170]] &ndash; [[Thomas Becket]], English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Barlow |first1=Frank |title=Becket, Thomas [St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London] (1120?–1170), archbishop of Canterbury |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/27201}}</ref>
*[[1208]] &ndash; [[Emperor Zhangzong of Jin]], (b. 1168)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Franke |first1=Herbert |editor1-last=Franke |editor1-first=Herbert |editor2-last=Twitchett |editor2-first=Denis C. |title=The Cambridge History of China |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24331-5 |page=249 |volume=6}}</ref>
*[[1380]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Poland]], queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)<ref>{{cite book |title=Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary |first=Pál |last=Engel |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2005 |page=137}}</ref>
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte|Bhuvanaikabahu VII]], King of Kotte (b. 1468)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Queyroz |first1=Fernão de |title=The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon |date=1975 |publisher=AMS Press |isbn=0-404-09630-1 |pages=292–293}}</ref>
*[[1563]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Castellio]], French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guggisberg |first1=Hans R. |title=Sebastian Castellio, 1515-1563: Humanist and Defender of Religious Toleration in a Confessional Age |date=2002 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-0-7546-3019-7 |page=201}}</ref>