Editing August 21 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (b. 1560)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=Britannica |first1=Richard |last1=Pallardy |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana]], Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582)
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Jacques Mauduit]], French composer and academic (b. 1557)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford]], English soldier (b. 1599)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[William Cleland (poet)|William Cleland]], Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)<ref name=BTL32/>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]], English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1710)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Zahir al-Umar]], Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[John McKinly]], American physician and politician, first [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1721)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Claude-Louis Navier]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon]], French general (b. 1783)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Thomas Clayton]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Juan Álvarez]], Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|title=Juan Álvarez |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190706072306/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx:80/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez |archive-date= Jul 6, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Ma Xinyi]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (b. 1821)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, eighth [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1825)