Editing February 8 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Alexis of Russia]] (born 1629)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexis {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Accomplishments |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexis-tsar-of-Russia |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Ivan V of Russia]] (born 1666)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Ivan V {{!}} Tsar, Romanov, Reformer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-V |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Torelli]], Italian violinist and composer (born 1658)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punzi |first=Ludovica Punzi |date=2021-05-12 |title=Torelli and Platti |url=https://earlymusicseattle.org/torelli-and-platti/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Early Music Seattle |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walczyk |first=Joseph M. |date=11 April 2019 |title=Extended Program Notes For Graduate Trumpet Recital: Giuseppe Torelli's Sonata in D, G.1, Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Eugene Bozza's Rustiques, and George Antheil's Sonata for Trumpet |url=https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2225&context=gs_rp |website=[[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]]}}</ref>
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Peter the Great]], Russian emperor (born 1672)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-04 |title=Peter I {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, Reforms, Facts, Significance, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-the-Great |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Jan van Huysum]], Dutch painter (born 1682)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan van Huysum {{!}} Still Life, Flower Painting & Landscape |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-van-Huysum |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]], English playwright and poet (born 1685)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaron Hill {{!}} Playwright, Poet, Dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aaron-Hill |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]] (born 1719)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |url=http://emco.swansea.ac.uk/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Swansea University]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[François Habeneck]], French violinist and conductor (born 1781)<ref>{{Cite web |title=François-Antoine Habeneck {{!}} Conductor, Violinist, Composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Antoine-Habeneck |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*  1849   &ndash; [[France Prešeren]], Slovenian poet and lawyer (born 1800)<ref>{{Cite web |title=France Prešeren {{!}} Slovenia's National Poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/France-Preseren |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Agostino Bassi]], Italian entomologist and academic (born 1773)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=Agostino Bassi {{!}} Microbiology, Disease Control & Entomology |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agostino-Bassi |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>