Famous Deaths In 1679
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 09 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Jan 14 Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602) died on this day in history.
Feb 03 Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 in the year 1679.
Feb 05 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 in the year 1679.
Mar 16 John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) died in the year 1679.
Mar 26 On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
Mar 27 In the year 1679 abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
Apr 17 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.
Apr 18 On this day in history hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
May 01 In the year 1679 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
May 03 In the year 1679 death of james Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
May 26 In the year 1679 death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
Jun 03 In the year 1679 death of jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
Jun 15 In the year 1679 death of guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
Jun 27 On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
Jul 08 On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
Jul 11 In the year 1679 death of william Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
Aug 06 On this day in history death of john Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 in the year 1679.
Aug 24 Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) died in the year 1679.
Sep 17 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 in the year 1679.
Sep 20 On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
Oct 12 William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) died on this day in history.
Oct 24 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 in the year 1679.
Oct 26 On this day in history death of roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
Nov 30 In the year 1679 pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
Dec 04 On this day in history death of thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
Dec 17 On this day in history don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
Dec 20 In the year 1679 johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75
Dec 26 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.
Dec 31 In the year 1679 death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)