Famous Deaths In 1640
Monday, 20 March 2023
Jan 14 In the year 1640 death of thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
Jan 22 On this day in history erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
Jan 25 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies in the year 1640.
Feb 04 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies in the year 1640.
Feb 09 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 in the year 1640.
Mar 08 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies in the year 1640.
Apr 02 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Apr 10 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies in the year 1640.
Jun 03 In the year 1640 death of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
Jul 12 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on this day in history.
Oct 20 John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) died in the year 1640.
Oct 26 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 in the year 1640.
Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies on this day in history.
Dec 06 In the year 1640 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
Dec 09 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) died on this day in history.
Dec 30 On this day in history death of john Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)