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===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Andrea Cesalpino]], Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
*  1603   &ndash; [[Franciscus Vieta]], French mathematician (b. 1540)
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (b. 1543)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Georg Muffat]], French organist and composer (b. 1653)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Leszczyński]], Polish king (b. 1677)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]], Founding Father of the United States (b. 1716)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (b. 1723)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John Keats]], English poet (b. 1795)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada]], Brazilian politician, twice [[Ministry of the Economy (Brazil)|Minister of Finance]], brother of [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva|José Bonifácio]] and [[Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada|Antônio Carlos]] (b. 1775)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rio Branco |first=Barão do |url=https://funag.gov.br/biblioteca-nova/produto/loc_pdf/129/6/obras_do_barao_do_rio_branco_-_volume_vi_a_._efemerides_brasileiras_-_capa_mole.pdf |title=Efemérides Brasileiras |publisher=Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão |year=2012 |isbn=978-85-7631-357-1 |location=Brasília |pages=174–175 |language=pt |oclc=842885255}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[John Quincy Adams]], American politician, 6th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1767)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]], German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Krasiński]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Amanda Cajander]], Finnish medical reformer (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hautausmaita |website=Hautausmaita |url=http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |language=fi |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524153835/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Albrecht von Roon]], Prussian soldier and politician, 10th [[Minister President of Prussia]] (b. 1803)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Woldemar Bargiel]], German composer and educator (b. 1828)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ernest Dowson]], English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)