Famous Deaths Happened In 1679
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Jan 09 On this day in history werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
Jan 14 In the year 1679 death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
Feb 03 Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Feb 05 In the year 1679 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
Mar 16 On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
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 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
Apr 18 In the year 1679 hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
May 01 Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.
May 03 On this day in history death of james Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
May 26 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) died in the year 1679.
Jun 03 On this day in history death of jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
Jun 15 Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628) died in the year 1679.
Jun 27 On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
Jul 08 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies in the year 1679.
Jul 11 On this day in history death of william Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
Aug 06 John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629) died on this day in history.
Aug 20 On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
Aug 24 In the year 1679 death of jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
Sep 17 On this day in history juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50
Sep 20 On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
Oct 12 In the year 1679 death of william Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
Oct 24 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 on this day in history.
Oct 26 In the year 1679 death of roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
Nov 30 Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45 in the year 1679.
Dec 04 In the year 1679 death of thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
Dec 17 In the year 1679 don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
Dec 20 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 in the year 1679.
Dec 26 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 in the year 1679.
Dec 31 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) died in the year 1679.