Editing April 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Antonio Bertali]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Kateri Tekakwitha]], [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]-born [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] saint (b. 1656)
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Juana Inés de la Cruz]], Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)<ref>{{cite web |title= Juana Inés de la Cruz|date=13 April 2024 |publisher=britannica.com |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sor-Juana-Ines-de-la-Cruz}}</ref>
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné]], French author (b. 1626)<ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur Augustus|last=Tilley|title=Madame de Sévigné: Some Aspects of Her Life and Character|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2016|page=154|isbn=978-1-31662-004-5}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1678)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[David Hollatz (dogmatician)|David Hollatz]], Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Johann Mattheson]], German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]], American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|President of Pennsylvania]] (b. 1706)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Richard Jupp]], English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Hannah Webster Foster]], American journalist and author (b. 1758)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morey]], American engineer (b. 1762)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[George Jennings]], English engineer and plumber, invented the [[flush toilet]] (b. 1810)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[E. G. Squier]], American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]], Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1822)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Mackenzie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/mac/alexandermackenzie.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>