Famous Deaths Happened In 1640

Jan 14 In the year 1640 death of thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)  

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

Jan 25 In the year 1640 robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies  

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

Feb 09 On this day in history murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27  

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 On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45  

Apr 10 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 in the year 1640.  

May 30 In the year 1640 andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies  

Jun 03 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584) died in the year 1640.  

Jul 12 In the year 1640 henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies  

Oct 20 In the year 1640 death of john Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)  

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 On this day in history 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 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 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1640.  

Apr 22 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born in the year 1640.  

May 31 In the year 1640 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

Jun 05 Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born in the year 1640.  

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