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===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Philip William, Prince of Orange]] (b. 1554)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[John Dowland]], English [[lute]] player and composer (b. 1563)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] (b. 1701)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Laura Bassi]], Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|title=Laura Bassi {{!}} Italian scientist|last=Gregersen|first=Erik|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-date=2017-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003181343/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1741)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Lachlan McIntosh]], Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Andreas Hofer]], Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Valentín Canalizo]], Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=Valentín Canalizo|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526220351/http://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[William Wallace Lincoln]], American son of [[Abraham Lincoln]] (b. 1850)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Paul Kane]], Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], American general (b. 1818)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Frederick Douglass]], American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Washakie]], American tribal leader (b. 1798)