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===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1563)
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Luis de Góngora]], Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Robert Hues]], English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Mary of Jesus of Ágreda]], Spanish [[Franciscan]] [[abbess]] and [[Spanish mystics|mystic]] (b. 1602)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/sister-maria-de-jesus-de-agreda/|title=Sister María de Jesús de Agreda|date=2009-12-26|website=CatholicSaints.Info|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[Georg Ernst Stahl]], German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]], English admiral and politician, 16th [[Governor of Newfoundland]] (b. 1718)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll]], Scottish field marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire]] (b. 1723)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Sylvestre François Lacroix]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]], German author and composer (b. 1797)<ref>{{NDB|4|129|132|Droste zu Hülshoff, Anna (Annette) Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria Freiin von|Ernst Alker|118527533}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Elmer E. Ellsworth]], American colonel (b. 1837)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]], German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[William Lloyd Garrison]], American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Samuel Palmer]], English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)