Editing October 8 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Antoine de Montchrestien]], French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Christen Sørensen Longomontanus]], Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[John Greaves]], English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[John George I, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1585)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Jean de Quen]], French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Yongzheng Emperor]] of China (b. 1678)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Henry Fielding]],  English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]], French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[John Hancock]], American merchant and politician, 1st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (b. 1737)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Andrew Kippis]], English minister and author (b. 1725)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cunningham |first=George Godfrey |author-link=George Godfrey Cunningham |title=Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen: From Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan |date=1837 |publisher=A. Fullarton |pages=57–60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfAxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA57 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Emmanuele Vitale]], Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cochran (judge)|Thomas Cochran]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[James Elphinston]], Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Juan O'Donojú]], last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)<ref>{{Cite book|first=Glen W. |last=Taplin|title=Middle American governors|url=https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-0465-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl/page/54 54]}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[François-Adrien Boieldieu]], French composer (b. 1775)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Franklin Pierce]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1804)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Miguel Grau Seminario]], Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)<ref>{{Cite book|last=De la Puente |first=José Agustín |title=Miguel Grau |year=2003|publisher=Instituto de Estudios Históricos-Marítimos del Perú |location=Lima |page=16 |isbn=9972-633-02-0 |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Austin F. Pike]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Alexei Savrasov]], Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)