Famous Deaths In 1640

Jan 14 Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578) died in the year 1640.  

Jan 22 In the year 1640 erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55  

Jan 25 On this day in history robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 In the year 1640 guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies in the year 1640.  

Apr 02 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 in the year 1640.  

Apr 10 In the year 1640 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 12 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Dec 06 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Dec 09 On this day in history death of pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)  

Dec 30 On this day in history death of john Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)  

Jan 25 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707) was born in the year 1640.  

Mar 18 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 30 In the year 1640 birth of john Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)  

Apr 01 In the year 1640 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

Apr 22 In the year 1640 birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun  

May 31 MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born in the year 1640.  

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

Jun 09 On this day in history birth of leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)