Editing August 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Hugh Broughton]], English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Juan Ruiz de Alarcón]], Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[René Lepage de Sainte-Claire]], French-Canadian founder of [[Rimouski]] (b. 1656)
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie]], French general (b. 1647)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)|Andrew Hamilton]], Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nix |first1=Foster C. |title=Andrew Hamilton's Early Years in the American Colonies |journal=The William and Mary Quarterly |date=July 1964 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=390–407 |doi=10.2307/1918453 |jstor=1918453 |issn=0043-5597}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial]], Canadian-French politician, [[Governor General of New France]] (b. 1698)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[John Burgoyne]], English general and politician (b. 1723)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Timothy Ruggles]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan]], Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Kristjan Jaak Peterson]], Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Jacob Aall]], Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John Vianney]], French priest and saint (b. 1786)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Viktor Hartmann]], Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Samuel J. Tilden]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Governor of New York]] (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tilden Dead. The Great Statesman Passes Away|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18860805.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=2 August 2020 |work=Los Angeles Herald |date=5 August 1886 |location=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Isaac Levitan]], Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)