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===1601–1900===
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Vincent Voiture]], French poet and author (b. 1597)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Robert Filmer]], English theorist and author (b. 1588)
*[[1679]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand Maria]], Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Elector Palatine|Charles II]], German elector palatine (b. 1651)
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Zeb-un-Nissa]], Mughal princess and poet (b. 1638)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=A Short History of Aurangzib, 1618-1707|location=New Delhi|publisher=Orient Longman|year=1979|page=14|isbn=978-0-86131-083-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDxuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Samuel Pepys]], English politician (b. 1633)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Pepys {{!}} English diarist and naval administrator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Pylyp Orlyk]], Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672) 
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Thomas Southerne]], Irish playwright (b. 1660)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[James Burnett, Lord Monboddo]], Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly]], Russian field marshal and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (b. 1761)
*  1818   &ndash; [[Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza]], Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Capel Lofft]], English lawyer (b. 1751)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)|Sidney Smith]], English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Jakob Bernays]], German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Abdelkader El Djezairi]], Algerian ruler (b. 1808)