Editing April 12 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Richard Bennett (Governor)|Richard Bennett]], English politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1609)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Nicola Amati]], Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Ambrose Dixon]], English-American soldier (b. 1619)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[William Kent]], English architect, designed [[Holkham Hall]] and [[Chiswick House]] (b. 1685)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Metastasio]], Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Carlo Antonio Campioni]], French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée]], Bavarian general (b. 1710)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Charles Burney]], English composer and historian (b. 1726)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Charles Messier]], French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Adoniram Judson]], American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood]], English politician, founded [[Fleetwood]] (b. 1801)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Nikolaos Mantzaros]], Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[William M. Tweed]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], Confederate general (b. 1826)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[William Crowther (Australian politician)|William Crowther]], Dutch-Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1817)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Crowther |first1=W. E. L. H. |title=Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817–1885) |id2=crowther-william-lodewyk-3297 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)