Editing February 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando I de' Medici|Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1549)
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Juan de Mariana]], Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Abel Servien]], French politician, [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|French Minister of Finance]] (b. 1593)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Molière]], French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles]], English politician (b. 1599)
*  1680   &ndash; [[Jan Swammerdam]], Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Antoine Galland]], French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Louis Marchand]], French organist and composer (b. 1669)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Arthur Onslow]], English lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (b. 1691)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando Carulli]], Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[María de las Mercedes Barbudo]], Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman ''Independentista'' in the island (b. 1773)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[John Martin (painter)|John Martin]], English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Heine]], German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Gomburza]], Filipino priests:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woods |first1=Damon L. |title=The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook |date=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-675-6 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2Z-n_kDTxf0C&pg=PT63 38] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Z-n_kDTxf0C&pg=PT63 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[José Burgos]] (b. 1837)
**[[Mariano Gomez (priest)|Mariano Gómes]] (b. 1799)
**[[Jacinto Zamora]] (b. 1835)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Adolphe Quetelet]], Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Christopher Latham Sholes]], American publisher and politician (b. 1819)