Editing February 26 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress]], spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[John Still]], English bishop (b. 1543)
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Antonio Possevino]], Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Anna Vasa of Sweden]], Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[William Brade]], English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]], French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Thomas d'Urfey]], English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (b. 1662)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Tartini]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Joshua Rowley]], English admiral (b. 1730)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Esek Hopkins]], American admiral (b. 1718)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], Haitian-French general (b. 1762)<ref>Alexandre Dumas's death act, February 27, 1806, Musée Alexandre Dumas (Villers-Cotterêts, France).</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1746)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (b. 1737)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Joseph de Maistre]], French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Sybil Ludington]], American figure of the American Revolutionary War (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Michael|title=Biographies of the American Revolution: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Paul Jones, and more|location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services|year=2012|isbn=978-1-61530-685-5|page=101}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]], Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of Canada East]] (b. 1807)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Afzal-ud-Daulah|Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V]], 5th [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Asaf Jahis (1724-1948) |url=https://www.telangana.gov.in/about/history |accessdate=8 April 2021 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414005917/https://www.telangana.gov.in/About/History |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alexandros Koumoundouros]], Greek lawyer and politician, 56th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1817)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Anandi Gopal Joshi]], First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Karl Davydov]], Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)