Editing April 13 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Boris Godunov]], [[Tsar of Russia]] (b. 1551)
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Sasaki Kojirō]], Japanese samurai (b. 1585)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Fakhr-al-Din II]], Ottoman prince (b. 1572)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Henri, Duke of Rohan]] (b. 1579)
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Richard Montagu]], English bishop (b. 1577)
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Jean de La Fontaine]], French author and poet (b. 1621)<ref>{{cite book |first1=Alison |last1=Aves |first2=Frank |last2=Northen Magill |first3=Christina J. |last3=Moose|title=Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4: The 17th and 18th Centuries |location=Chicago, London |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-89356-316-5 |page=783}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington]], English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Charles Leslie (nonjuror)|Charles Leslie]], Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gaspard Chaumette]], French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Chamfort]], French playwright and poet (b. 1741)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Franz Danzi]], German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)<ref>{{cite book |first=Melvin |last=Berger |title=Guide to Chamber Music |location=Mineola, NY |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-48641-879-7 |page=143}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Leopold Gmelin]], German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
*  1853 &ndash; [[James Iredell, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Governor of North Carolina]] (b. 1788)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Henry De la Beche]], English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Tewodros II]] of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Robert Fortune]], Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Bruno Bauer]], German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[John Humphrey Noyes]], American religious leader, founded the [[Oneida Community]] (b. 1811)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Samuel J. Randall]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1828)