Editing August 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Thomas Fleming (judge)|Thomas Fleming]], English judge and politician, [[Lord Chief Justice of England]] (b. 1544)
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], Italian architect, designed [[Teatro Olimpico]] (b. 1548)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford]], English soldier (b. 1575)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Spee]], German poet and academic (b. 1591)
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Martin van den Hove]], Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Jin Shengtan]], Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Francis Blackburne (priest)|Francis Blackburne]], English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French economist and politician (b. 1739)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Joseph Marie Jacquard]], French weaver and inventor, invented the [[Jacquard loom]] (b. 1752)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]], Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848) |journal=Nature |date=1 August 1948 |volume=162 |issue=4110 |pages=210 |doi=10.1038/162210b0 |bibcode=1948Natur.162R.210. |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Mariano Arista]], Mexican general and politician, 19th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1802)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Li Xiucheng]], Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Alfredo Catalani]], Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Jacob Maris]], Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Liebknecht]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)