Famous Deaths Happened In 1626

Jan 01 On this day in history cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68  

Jan 21 On this day in history john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62  

Jan 24 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) died on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1626 death of william V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)  

Feb 11 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552) died on this day in history.  

Feb 20 John Dowland, composer, dies in the year 1626.  

Feb 28 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 in the year 1626.  

Apr 09 In the year 1626 francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies  

Apr 11 Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) died on this day in history.  

May 04 Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) died in the year 1626.  

May 17 On this day in history death of juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)  

Jul 05 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle in the year 1626.  

Jul 13 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563) died on this day in history.  

Sep 21 François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543) died in the year 1626.  

Sep 26 Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 in the year 1626.  

Sep 30 In the year 1626 death of nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)  

Oct 02 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567) died on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

Nov 25 Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566) died in the year 1626.  

Nov 29 Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580) died on this day in history.  

Nov 30 In the year 1626 death of thomas Weelkes, English composer  

Dec 08 John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) died on this day in history.  

Dec 10 Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) died on this day in history.  

Dec 15 On this day in history adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

Jan 25 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born in the year 1626.  

Feb 05 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born in the year 1626.  

Mar 12 In the year 1626 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)  

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter  

Apr 12 On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer  

Apr 13 In the year 1626 birth of aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised  

May 12 Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.