Editing December 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Bauhin]], Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Jean François Sarrazin]], French author and poet (b. 1611)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Severo Bonini]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye]], Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Fasch]], German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[James Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling]], Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Phillis Wheatley]], Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Henry Ross]], Canadian-Australian gold miner (b. 1829)<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>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg]], German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Dumas]], French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Eliza R. Snow]], American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Pedro II of Brazil]] (b. 1825)