Editing February 2 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[George Abbot (author)|George Abbot]], English author and politician (b. 1603)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]] (b. 1608)
*  1660   &ndash; [[Govert Flinck]], Dutch painter (b. 1615)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Lucas Holstenius]], German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Ivan Belostenec]], Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Abraham Duquesne]], French admiral (b. 1610)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Guillaume de l'Hôpital]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Martin Lister]], English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[John Sharp (bishop)|John Sharp]], English archbishop (b. 1643)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Antonio Maria Valsalva]], Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Robert Smith (mathematician)|Robert Smith]], English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement XIII]] (b. 1693)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement XIII {{!}} Pope, Italian Statesman & Patron of the Arts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-XIII |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 March 2025 |language=en |date=3 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Ashmall]], English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry  (b. 1695)<ref>{{cite book |author = Nichols|title = Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|year = 1798|publisher = E. Cave|page = 173|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mcZKAQAAMAAJ|first = John}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (b. 1713)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[George Walton]], American lawyer and politician, [[List of Governors of Georgia|Governor of Georgia]] (b. 1749)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Dimech]], Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Letizia Ramolino]], Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I2591&tree=1|title=Maria Laetizia Ramolino|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Théophane Vénard]], French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/39380|title=San Giovanni Teofane Venard|language=it|access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Henry Parker (Australian politician)|Henry Parker]], English-Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1808)