Editing October 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]], Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[François de Malherbe]], French poet and critic (b. 1555)<ref>{{cite web |title=François de Malherbe {{!}} French poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-de-Malherbe |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Johann Rudolf Stadler]], Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lassner |first1=Martin |title=Johann Rudolf Stadler |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/029418/2011-07-18/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS) |access-date=13 April 2020 |language=fr |date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Isaac van Ostade]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]], Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[John Cook (regicide)|John Cook]], English politician, [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] (b. 1608)
*[[1679]] &ndash; [[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery]], Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac]], French-American explorer and politician, 3rd [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|French Governor of Louisiana]] (b. 1658)
*  1730   &ndash; [[Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha]], Greek politician, 139th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1666)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Sylvius Leopold Weiss]], German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Gerard Majella]], Italian saint (b. 1725)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Robert Fergusson]], Scottish poet (b. 1750)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Grigory Potemkin]], Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Marie Antoinette]], Austrian-born queen consort of [[Louis XVI of France]] (b. 1755)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marie-Antoinette {{!}} Facts, Biography, & French Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Antoinette-queen-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1793   &ndash; [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]] (b. 1726)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Veerapandiya Kattabomman]] Indian activist (b. 1760)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Nachman of Breslov]], Ukrainian religious leader, founded the [[Breslov (Hasidic group)|Breslov Hasidic group]] (b. 1772)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Eva Marie Veigel]], Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Théodore Barrière]], French playwright (b. 1823)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[John Wentworth (Illinois politician)|John Wentworth]], American journalist and politician, 19th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1815)