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

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 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Mar 17 On this day in history philip Massinger, dramatist, dies  

Apr 02 In the year 1640 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 on this day in history.  

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 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 On this day in history giles Farnaby, composer, dies  

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

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 in the year 1640.  

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

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

Mar 30 John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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)