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===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cartwright (theologian)|Thomas Cartwright]], English minister and theologian (b. 1535)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Cartwright, Thomas|volume=5}}</ref>
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Giustiniani]], Italian banker (b. 1564)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giustiniani.info/english.html|title=History of Giustiniani From Genova (Italy)|first=Enrico|last=Giustiniani|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926013842/http://www.giustiniani.info/english.html|archive-date=September 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Francis van Aarssens]], Dutch diplomat (b. 1572){{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Herman op den Graeff]], Dutch bishop (b. 1585)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Graeff,_op_den_(Opdegraf,_Updegrave,_Updegrove)_family |title=Graeff, op den (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove) family - GAMEO}}</ref>
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Andrew White (Jesuit)|Andrew White]], English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579)<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Andrew White}}</ref>
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Hervey Bagot]], English politician (b. 1591)<ref>{{cite web|first=Leigh |last=Rayment |title=Backhouse to Barratt |url= http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm|access-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191024070706/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Christine of France]], Duchess of [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]] (b. 1606)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orr |first=Clarissa Campbell |title=Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: the role of the consort |date=2004 |publisher=Cambridge university press |isbn=978-0-521-81422-5 |location=Cambridge |pages=21}}</ref>
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Jacques Rohault]], French philosopher (b. [[1618]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Copleston |first=Frederick Charles |author-link=Frederick Copleston |title=A history of philosophy |volume=4 |publisher=Continuum International |year=2003 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtDGtgARkzMC&pg=PA174| isbn=978-0-8264-6898-7}}</ref>
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Maria Francisca of Savoy]], [[Queen consort of Portugal]] (b. 1646)<ref>"Illness and death of Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy (1646-1683), queen of Portugal", Donne, Cultura e Società nel Panorama Lusitano e Internazionale (secoli XVI-XXI), Viterbo, Edizione Sette Città, 2017, pp. 73-91.</ref>
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Gervase Bryan]], English clergyman (b. 1622)<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Bryan, John (d.1676) |first=Alexander|last=Gordon|authorlink=Alexander Gordon (Unitarian)|volume=7|page=}}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Henri de Villars (died 1693)|Henri de Villars]], French prelate (b. 1621)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdvillh.html|title=Archbishop Henrie de Villars |website=catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927191710/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdvillh.html |archive-date=September 27, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Henrik Span]], naval officer in the Dutch (b. 1634)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=henrikspan|title=Henrik Span|language=Danish |publisher=gravsted.fk |accessdate=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927192039/https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=henrikspan|archive-date=September 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Hans Albrecht von Barfus]], Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[Jean Mabillon]], French monk and scholar (b. 1632)<ref>Smith, W. (2008). Dom Jean Mabillon, 1632–1707 'Most Learned and Humble of Men' ~ Part I ~. The Downside Review, 126(442), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/001258060812644202</ref>
*1707 &ndash; [[Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale]], English earl, politician (b. 1654)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/leke-robert-1654-1707|title=LEKE, Robert, Lord Deincourt (1654-1707), of Duke Street, Westminster. |accessdate=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928202658/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/leke-robert-1654-1707|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[William Bowyer (1663–1737)|William Bowyer]], English printer (b. 1663)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Hyacinthe Rigaud]], French painter (b. 1659)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Henri Pitot]], French engineer, invented the [[Pitot tube]] (b. 1695)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Johann Rall]], Hessian colonel (b. {{circa|1726}})
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Henry Home, Lord Kames]], Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Hugh Blair]], Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Joanna Southcott]], English religious leader (b. 1750)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Charles Lamb]], English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Stephen F. Austin]], American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Pierre François Boëly]], French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Eivind Astrup]], Norwegian explorer (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eivind Astrup |first=Susan |last=Barr |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eivind_Astrup |language=no|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[John Brown (industrialist)|John Brown]], English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong]], English engineer and businessman, founded [[Armstrong Whitworth]] (b. 1810)