Editing August 28 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Francis Vere]], English governor and general
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Hugo Grotius]], Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Johannes Banfi Hunyades]], English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (b. 1576)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Sir George Lisle|George Lisle]], English general (b. 1610)
*  1648   &ndash; [[Charles Lucas]], English general (b. 1613)
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Axel Oxenstierna]], Swedish lawyer and politician, [[Lord High Chancellor of Sweden]] (b. 1583)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Elisabetta Sirani]], Italian painter (b. 1638)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1602)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Edwin Stead]], English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[David Hartley (philosopher)|David Hartley]], English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Melchor de Navarrete]], Spanish colonial governor of [[Cartagena de Indias]] (Colombia, 1739–1742); of Spanish Florida (1749–1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754–1758) (b. 1693)<ref name="Vicent1979">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, siglo XVIII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNpLb8wdM_EC&pg=PA95|year=1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04412-1|page=95}}</ref> 
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Junípero Serra]], Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine]], French general (b. 1740)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Alexander Carlyle]], Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]], American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Andrew Ellicott]], American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Edward Dando]], English thief<ref>{{cite book|last1=Impey|first1=Christopher|title=The House on the Hill. Brixton: London's Oldest Prison|date=2019|publisher=Tangerine Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-9106-9142-7}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Julius Krohn]], Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Robert Caldwell]], English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Henry Sidgwick]], English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)