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===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Mózes Székely]], Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[William, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (b. 1592)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F.&nbsp;&&nbsp;B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome&nbsp;III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234 }}; {{cite journal |last=Menk |first=Friedhelm |date=1967 |title=Wilhelm Graf zu Nassau-Siegen (1592–1642) |language=de |journal=Siegerland |volume=Band&nbsp;XLIV |issue=Heft&nbsp;2 |pages=57 }}</ref>
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset]], English-Scottish politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1587)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Charles Le Sueur]], French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Robert Bolling]], English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Thomas King (died 1725)|Thomas King]], English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/king-thomas-1660-1725 |title=KING, Thomas (?bef.1660-1725), of St. Margaret's, Westminster and Sheerness, Kent. |website=[[History of Parliament Online]] |first=A. N. |last=Newman |access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Peter III of Russia]] (b. 1728)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Adam Smith]], Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Martin Dobrizhoffer]], Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Corday]], French murderer (b. 1768)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[John Roebuck]], English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1764)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Karl Tausig]], Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Aleardo Aleardi]], Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Jim Bridger]], American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Tự Đức]], Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles Chapais]], Canadian farmer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1811)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Frederick A. Johnson]], American banker and politician (b. 1833)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Leconte de Lisle]], French poet and translator (b. 1818)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Josef Hyrtl]], Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Thomas McIlwraith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1835)