Famous Deaths In 1640

Jan 14 Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578) died on this day in history.

Jan 22 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 in the year 1640.

Jan 25 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies in the year 1640.

Feb 04 On this day in history hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies

Feb 09 In the year 1640 murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27

Mar 08 On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50

Mar 17 In the year 1640 philip Massinger, dramatist, dies

Apr 02 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.

Apr 10 On this day in history agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61

May 30 On this day in history andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies

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 In the year 1640 pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63

Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies in the year 1640.

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 in the year 1640.

Dec 30 In the year 1640 death of john Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)

Jan 25 In the year 1640 birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)

Mar 18 In the year 1640 birth of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)

Mar 30 On this day in history birth of john Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)

Apr 01 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun

May 31 In the year 1640 birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)

Jun 05 In the year 1640 birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)

Jun 09 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705) was born in the year 1640.