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===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]], English politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1577)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[George II Rákóczi]], Prince of Transylvania (b. 1621)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Henry Dodwell]], Irish scholar and theologian (b. 1641)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Alexander Spotswood]], Moroccan-American colonial and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Lieutenant Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1676)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Spotswood |title=Alexander Spotswood |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[William Warburton]], English bishop and critic (b. 1698)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Tupper]], American general and surveyor (b. 1738)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/brigadiergeneral00chaf |title=Brigadier General Benjamin Tupper |last=Chaffin |first=William L. |year=1880 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/brigadiergeneral00chaf/page/n2 2]–7|publisher=[Marietta, Ohio, Leader print }}</ref>
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Luigi Schiavonetti]], Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Joseph von Fraunhofer]], German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hughes |first1=Michael L. |title=Splendid Demonstrations: The Political Funerals of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Wilhelm Liebknecht |journal=Central European History |date=2008 |volume=41 |issue=2 |page=231 |doi=10.1017/S0008938908000320 |jstor=20457340 |s2cid=144463141 |issn=0008-9389}}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Hölderlin]], German lyric poet and author (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Holderlin |title=Friedrich Hölderlin |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Norbert Provencher]], Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Charles Baudin]], French admiral (b. 1792)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[David Cox (artist)|David Cox]], English painter (b. 1783)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Patrick Brontë]], Anglo-Irish priest and author (b. 1777)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Antonio Valero de Bernabé]], Latin American liberator (b. 1790)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Chief Seattle]], American tribal chief (b. 1780)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[William Tilbury Fox]], English dermatologist and academic (b. 1836)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Pavlos Carrer]], Greek composer (b. 1829)