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===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[John Croke]], English politician and judge (b. 1553)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[William Baffin]], English explorer and navigator (b. 1584)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1584)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Vico]], Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Matthew Stewart (mathematician)|Matthew Stewart]], Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Frances Brooke]], English author and playwright (b. 1724)
*  1789   &ndash; [[John Cleland]], English author (b. 1709)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Edward Rutledge]], American captain and politician, 39th [[Governor of South Carolina]] (b. 1749)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Arthur Guinness]], Irish brewer, founded [[Guinness]] (b. 1725)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Claude Chappe]], French engineer (b. 1763)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[William Pitt the Younger]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1759)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-pitt |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]], German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Robert Craufurd]], Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]] (b. 1767)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth]], English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[John Field (composer)|John Field]], Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Thomas Love Peacock]], English author and poet (b. 1785)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Charles Kingsley]], English priest and author (b. 1819)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Gustave Doré]], French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II]], American lawyer and politician, 16th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1825)
*  1893   &ndash; [[William Price (physician)|William Price]], Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (b. 1800)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dewey |first1=Philip |title=The radical Welsh doctor who became an Archdruid and helped change the law by cremating his son |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/radical-welsh-doctor-who-became-15008914 |website=Wales Online |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*  1893   &ndash; [[José Zorrilla]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)