Famous Deaths In 1674

Jan 10 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84 on this day in history. Share it »

Jan 11 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58 on this day in history. Share it »

Jan 12 On this day in history giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 Share it »

Feb 22 On this day in history john Wilson, composer, dies at 78 Share it »

Feb 24 Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) died on this day in history. Share it »

Mar 06 On this day in history johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58 Share it »

Mar 08 Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) died on this day in history. Share it »

Apr 18 On this day in history death of john Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620) Share it »

Jun 04 On this day in history john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66 Share it »

Jun 11 On this day in history susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52 Share it »

Jun 14 Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600) died on this day in history. Share it »

Jul 02 On this day in history death of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614) Share it »

Aug 12 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on this day in history. Share it »

Aug 13 On this day in history lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 Share it »

Sep 12 Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80 on this day in history. Share it »

Sep 27 On this day in history robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies Share it »

Oct 22 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621) died on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 27 Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614) died on this day in history. Share it »

Nov 04 On this day in history kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 Share it »

Nov 08 John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65 on this day in history. Share it »

Nov 24 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 died on this day in history. Share it »

Dec 09 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on this day in history. Share it »

Dec 21 On this day in history rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 Share it »

Jan 12 Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) Share it »

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) Share it »

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of johann Augustin Kobelius, composer Share it »

Mar 30 On this day in history birth of jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised Share it »

May 31 Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »

Jun 20 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane) was born on this day in history. Share it »

Jun 22 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo was born on this day in history. Share it »