Famous Deaths In 1640

Jan 14 On this day in history 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 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies in the year 1640.

Feb 04 In the year 1640 hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies

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

Mar 08 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1640.

Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies on this day in history.

Apr 02 On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45

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

May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies in the year 1640.

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

Jul 12 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies in the year 1640.

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

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 In the year 1640 death of pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)

Dec 30 John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597) died on this day in history.

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)

Mar 18 On this day in history 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 In the year 1640 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)

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

May 31 On this day in history birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)

Jun 09 In the year 1640 birth of leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)