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===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Masaniello]], Italian rebel (b. 1622)
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Andreas Gryphius]], German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[John Pearson (bishop)|John Pearson]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], French politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Secretary of State for War]] (b. 1641)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Johann David Heinichen]], German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Crespi]], Italian painter (b. 1665)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Francis Cotes]], English painter and academic (b. 1726)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[George Howard (British Army officer)|George Howard]], English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron]], French-Russian general (b. 1763)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Sarah Allen (missionary)|Sarah Allen]], African-American missionary for the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (b. 1764)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Allen-Sarah.html|title=Sarah Allen Biography – life, children, name, death, history, wife, school, mother, young|website=www.notablebiographies.com|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Pisarev]], Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Edward Deas Thomson]], Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd [[Chief Secretary of New South Wales]] (b. 1800)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], [[First Lady of the United States]] 1861–1865 (b. 1818)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish poet (b. 1837)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna-Marie|last1=Aldaz|first2=Barbara N.|last2=Gantt|first3=Anne C.|last3=Bromley|title=Poems|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1991|page=xx|isbn=978-0-79140-582-6}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ned Buntline]], American journalist and author (b. 1823)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Edmond de Goncourt]], French critic and publisher, founded [[Académie Goncourt]] (b. 1822)