Editing December 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Honda Tadakatsu]], Japanese general and daimyō (b. 1548)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]] (b. 1591)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh]], British scientist (b. 1615)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=66365 |first=Sarah |last=Hutton |title=Jones [née Boyle], Katherine, Viscountess Ranelagh (1615–1691)}}</ref>
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen]] (b. 1637)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Henri-Guillaume Hamal]], Walloon musician and composer (b. 1685)<ref name="fjfetis">{{cite book |first=François-Joseph |last=Fétis |author-link=François-Joseph Fétis |title=Biographie Universelle des Musiciens et Bibliographie Générale de la Musique |location=Paris |publisher=[[Didot family|Firmin-Didot et Cie.]] |year=1866 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k69720x/f214.item.texteImage |volume=4 |page=209 |edition=2nd |language=fr |via=[[Gallica]]}}</ref>
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Lord John Sackville]], English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (b. 1714)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[John Carroll (bishop)|John Carroll]], American archbishop (b. 1735)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Edward Thonen]], German emigrant to Australia (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web|last=Wickham|first=Dorothy|title=Eureka's Fallen|publisher=Ballarat Heritage Services|year=2019|url=https://ballaratheritage.com.au/article/eurekas-fallen/|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author1=Bamberger, Daniel|author2=Young, Anne|title=Edward Thonen. A forgotten Eureka rebel|publisher=Zeitgeschichtliche Sammlung, [[:de:Museum Industriekultur (Wuppertal)|Zentrum für Stadtgeschichte und Industriekultur Wuppertal]]|language=en|year=2023|chapter=Accounts of his death}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]], American general (b. 1798)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Archibald Tait]], Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Carl Zeiss]], German physicist and lens maker, created the [[optical instrument]] (b. 1816)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Billy Midwinter]], English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Afanasy Fet]], Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)