Editing December 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Stephen Bocskai]], Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=WORMSER |first1=MORITZ |title=Coins and Medals of Transylvania in New York Collections |journal=American Journal of Numismatics |date=1914 |volume=48 |pages=163–164 |jstor=43587813 |issn=2381-4594}}</ref>
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant]], French poet (b. 1594)<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Saint-Amant, Marc Antoine de Gérard, Sieur de |volume=23 |page=1014}}</ref>
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Thomas Sydenham]], English physician and author (b. 1624)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Cook |first1=Harold J. |title=Sydenham, Thomas (bap. 1624, d. 1689), physician |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26864}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Maria Margaretha Kirch]], German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2000 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631007532/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b174962a |access-date=7 November 2022 |format=Collection |title=Maria Winckelmann Kirch |volume=20}}</ref>
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Brook Taylor]], English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Jeans |first1=Susi |last2=Gouk |first2=Penelope |title=Taylor, Brook |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27582}}</ref>
*[[1772]] – [[Ernst Johann von Biron]], 7th [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia|duke of Courland and Semigallia]] (b. 1690){{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Johann Heinrich Rolle]], German composer (b. 1716)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Bauman |first1=Thomas |last2=Pyatt |first2=Janet B. |title=Rolle, Johann Heinrich |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23711}}</ref>
*  1785 &ndash; [[Johan Herman Wessel]], Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bliksrud |first1=Liv |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Herman_Wessel |access-date=12 December 2022 |language=no |chapter=Johan Herman Wessel}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo]], Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bernardo |first1=Luís Miguel |title=Histórias da Luz e das Cores, Volume 1 |date=2009 |publisher=Universidade do Porto |isbn=978-972-8025-87-8 |pages=550–554 |edition=2a. |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Louis David]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Simon |title=David, Jacques-Louis |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T021541 |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Thomas Robert Malthus]], English economist (b. 1766)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Thomas Robert Malthus summary|url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Thomas-Malthus|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=May 4, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Søren Christian Sommerfelt]], Norwegian priest and botanist (b. 1794)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Søren Christian Sommerfelt |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 December 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Søren_Christian_Sommerfelt_-_prest |language=no |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Spotted Elk]], American tribal leader (b. 1826)<ref>{{cite book |title=Notable Native Americans |date=1995 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-8103-9638-8 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1626000020/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d67dd871 |access-date=7 November 2022 |chapter=Big Foot}}</ref>
*  1890 &ndash; [[Octave Feuillet]], French novelist and dramatist (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Feuillet, Octave |volume=10 |pages=304-305 |first=Edmund William |last=Gosse}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Leopold Kronecker]], Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |date=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=32}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Christina Rossetti]], English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Duguid |first1=Lindsay |title=Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830–1894), poet |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24139}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Jacob ben Moses Bachrach]], Polish apologist (b. 1824)<ref>{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=BACHRACH, JACOB BEN MOSES|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2309-bachrach-jacob-ben-moses|author=[[Louis Ginzberg]] and [[Gotthard Deutsch]]|volume= 2|page=423}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[William James Linton]], English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Barnhill |first1=Georgia B. |title=Linton, William James (1812-1897), wood engraver, printer, and poet |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700526}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ilia Solomonovich Abelman]], Russian astronomer (b. 1866)<ref>{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=ABELMAN, ILIA SOLOMONOVICH|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/231-abelman-ilia-solomonovich|author=[[Herman Rosenthal]]|volume=1|page=52}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[John Henry Leech]], English entomologist (b. 1862)<ref>{{cite book |last1=South |first1=Richard |title=Catalogue of the Collection of Palæarctic Butterflies Formed by the Late John Henry Leech, and Presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by His Mother, Mrs. Eliza Leech |date=1902 |publisher=British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology |page=iii}}</ref>