Editing February 19 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur]] (b. 1558)
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Orazio Vecchi]], Italian composer (b. 1550)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Henry Savile (Bible translator)|Henry Savile]], English scholar and politician (b. 1549)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Charles Chauncy]], English-American minister, theologian, and academic (b. 1592)
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1646)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Dorothe Engelbretsdatter]], Norwegian author and poet (b. 1634)<ref>{{cite book|first=Katharina M.|last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=London|publisher=Garland|year=1991|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6|page=376}}</ref>
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Mary, Countess of Harold]], English aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1701)<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, Vol. 1, p. 1065.</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Van Dyke (governor)|Nicholas Van Dyke]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1738)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles de Borda]], French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Carter]], English poet and translator (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Carter {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Carter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005093816/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Carter |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Georg Büchner]], German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
*  1837   &ndash; [[Thomas Burgess (bishop, born 1756)|Thomas Burgess]], English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Multatuli]], Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Karl Weierstrass]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)