Notable Deaths In 1626

Jan 01 Cornelis pieterse hoft: Amsterdam merchant/regent,  

Jan 21 John dowland: English composer (in darkness we dwell),  

Jan 24 Samuel argall: English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)  

Feb 07 William v: Duke of bavaria (b. 1548)  

Feb 11 Pietro cataldi: Italian mathematician (b. 1552)  

Feb 20 John dowland: Composer,  

Feb 28 Cyril tourneur: English poet/dramatist,  

Apr 09 Francis bacon: Viscount st albans, statesman,  

Apr 11 Marin getaldić: Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)  

May 04 Arthur lake: Bishop of bath and wells, english bishop and bible translator (b. 1569)  

May 17 Juan pujol: Catalan composer (b. 1570)  

Jul 05 Stephan fadinger: Austrian boer leader,  

Jul 13 Robert sidney: 1st earl of leicester, english statesman (b. 1563)  

Sep 21 François de bonne: Duc de lesdiguières, constable of france (b. 1543)  

Sep 26 Lancelot andrewes: English theologist/bishop of winchester,  

Sep 30 Nurhaci: Manchurian chief (b. 1559)  

Oct 02 Diego sarmiento de acuña: Conde de gondomar, spanish diplomat (b. 1567)  

Oct 30 Willebord van roijen: Dutch mathematician,  

Nov 25 Edward alleyn: English actor (b. 1566)  

Nov 29 Ernst: Graf von mansfield, german soldier (c. 1580)  

Nov 30 Thomas weelkes: English composer  

Dec 08 John davies: English poet (b. 1569)  

Dec 10 Edmund gunter: English mathematician (b. 1581)  

Dec 15 Adriaen de vries: Dutch sculptor/painter,  

Jan 16 Lucas achtschellinck: Flemish painter  

Jan 25 John van de cappelle: Amsterdam, landscape painter  

Feb 05 Marie de rabutin-chantal: Marquise de sévigné, french author  

Mar 12 John aubrey: English antiquary and writer  

Apr 05 Jan van kessel: Flemish painter  

Apr 12 Paul hainlein: Composer  

Apr 13 Aert jansz van nes: Lt-admiral, baptised  

May 12 Louis hennepin: Flemish missionary