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===1601–1900===
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]], English-American politician, 2nd [[Governor of Plymouth Colony]] (b. 1590)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[Dieterich Buxtehude]], German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real]], Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Tomaso Antonio Vitali]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair]], Scottish field marshal and diplomat, [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France|British Ambassador to France]] (b. 1673)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]], German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]], French general and engineer (b. 1715)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[William Clingan]], American politician (b. 1721)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Francis Hopkinson]], American judge and politician (b. 1737)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Schiller]], German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac]], French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Garlieb Merkel]], Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Ernst von Lasaulx]], German philologist and politician (b. 1805)<ref>{{Catholic Encyclopedia |prescript= |wstitle=Ernst von Lasaulx}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[John Sedgwick]], American general and educator (b. 1813)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[William S. Harney]], American general (b. 1800)