Famous Deaths Happened In 1640

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

Feb 04 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 In the year 1640 agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61  

May 30 In the year 1640 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 In the year 1640 henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies  

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 In the year 1640 giles Farnaby, composer, dies  

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 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born in the year 1640.  

Mar 30 John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695) was born in the year 1640.  

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

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

May 31 In the year 1640 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, 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.