Editing October 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel]], English courtier and politician, [[Earl Marshal|Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1586)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (b. 1578)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Pascal]], French nun and composer (b. 1625)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Rembrandt]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Rembrandt (1606-1669) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rembrandt.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Paul Riquet]], French engineer, designed the [[Canal du Midi]] (b. 1609)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish commander and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Surrey]] (b. 1678)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Amaro Pargo]], Spanish corsair (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=340 aniversario del nacimiento del corsario tinerfeño Amaro Pargo |url=https://www.santacruzdetenerife.es/web/noticias-y-agenda/noticias/detalle-noticia/340-aniversario-del-nacimiento-del-corsario-tinerfeno-amaro-pargo |website=SantaCruzDeTenerife.es |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=25 January 2021 |date=25 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Baron Franz von der Trenck]], Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Samuel von Cocceji]], Prussian jurist and statesman (b. 1679)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers |year=2016 |isbn=9781474255981 |editor-last=Klemme |editor-first=Heiner F. |pages=138–139 |chapter=Cocceji, Samuel von |publisher=Bloomsbury |editor-last2=Kuehn |editor-first2=Manfred |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John Rennie the Elder]], Scottish engineer, designed the [[Waterloo Bridge]] (b. 1761)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Grigorios Zalykis]], Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Manuel Godoy]], Spanish general and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1767)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[James Whitcomb]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Indiana]] (b. 1795)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Karl Baedeker]], German publisher, founded [[Baedeker]] (b. 1801)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Joseph Montferrand]], Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Francis Xavier Seelos]], German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Sarel Cilliers]], South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Catherine Booth]], English theologian and saint, co-founded [[The Salvation Army]] (b. 1829)