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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1600 February 15 José the Acosta Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at age 59. [1] December 12 John Craig Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies. [1] 1601 February 25 Earl of Essex executed for treason in revolt against Queen Elizabeth. [1] October 13 Tycho Brahe greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague. [1] October 24 Tycho Brahe astronomer, dies in Prague at age 54. [1] 1602 February 3 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 13 Alexander Nowell English churchman, dean of Saint Paul's, dies. [1] February 25 Everard van Reyd Dutch historian, dies at about age 51. [1] 1603 January 5 Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff mayor of Lead, dies at age 73. [1] March 24 Elizabeth I Tudor [Maiden Queen] English queen (1558-1603), dies at age 69. [1] December 4 Maarten de Vos Flemish painter, dies at about age 71. [1] December 10 William Gilbert Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at age 59. [1] December 13 Franciscus Vieta mathematician, dies in Paris at age 63. [1] December 22 Mehmed III sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at age 37. [1] December 27 Thomas Cartwright English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about age 68. [1] 1604 January 17 Santino Garsi composer, dies at age 61. [1] February 29 John Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about age 74. [1] April 4 Thomas Churchyard poet/pamphleteer, dies. [1] May 4 Claudio Merulo composer, dies at age 71. [1] May 5 Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at age 71. [1] 1605 February 19 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, dies at age 54. [1] March 5 Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at age 69. [1] March 17 Pieter Bast [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about age 34. [1] April 6 John Stow British historian, dies. [1] April 15 Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies. [1] April 27 Leo XI [Alessandro O de' Medici] Italian Pope (1605), dies at age 69. [1] May 4 Ulisse Aldrovandi Italian biologist/medical, dies at age 82. [1] 1606 January 28 Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at age 85. [1] January 31 Guy Fawkes convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at age 35. [1] March 23 Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at age 58. [1] May 17 Forges Dimitri czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered. [1] 1607 February 23 Herman Herbertsz vicar, dies at about age 60. [1] April 15 Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about age 78. [1] April 25 Don Juan Alvarez Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle. [1] Jacob van Heemskerck Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle. [1] 1608 April 19 Earl of Dorset poet/statesman, dies. [1] 1609 January 21 Joseph Justus Scaliger French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at age 68. [1] February 7 Ferdinand I cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies. [1] February 28 Paul Sartorius composer, dies at age 39. [1] March 25 Johan Willem duke of Jülich/Cleef/Mark/Mountain/Ravensberg, dies. [1] July 20 Federico Zuccari Italian Mannerist painter, dies (birth date unknown). [1] 1610 April 15 Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about age 62. [1] April 18 Robert Parsons English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at age 63. [1] May 11 Matteo Ricci Italian missionary (China), dies. [1] May 14 Henry IV first Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at age 56. [1] December 11 Forges Dimitri #2 czar of Russia, murdered. [1] 1611 February 8 Jan H Van Linschoten traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies. [1] October 30 Sweden's King Karl IX dies at Nyköping. [7] 1612 January 4 Henry L Spieghel Dutch merchant/writer, dies at age 62. [1] January 20 Rudolf II von Habsburg emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at age 59. [1] January 28 Thomas Bodley diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies. [1] February 6 Christopher Clavius calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown). [1] February 17 Ernst of Bayern prince/bishop of Luik/archbishop of Cologne, dies at age 57. [1] Jodocus Hondius Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at age 48. [1] March 14 Philip Galle Flemish engraver, dies at about age 74. [1] April 18 Emanuel Van Meteren merchant/historian, dies. [1] May 24 Robert Cecil first Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister (1598-1612), dies at age 48. [1] 1613 May 5 Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at age 66. [1] 1614 April 7 El Greco Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown). [1] May 3 Sasbout Vosmeer Roman Catholic theologist/apostole vicar, dies at age 66. [1] December 19 Melchior Bischoff composer, dies at age 67. [1] 1615 March 4 Hans von Aachen German painter, dies. [1] March 6 Pieter Both Dutch Admiral/first Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns. [1] 1616 February 12 John Drusius of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at age 65. [1] March 6 Francis Beaumont Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown). [1] April 23 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at age 69. [1] William Shakespeare English author (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet), dies on his 52nd birthday. [1] July 25 Andreas Libavius German alchemist, dies. [1] December 10 Diogo do Couto Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at age 74. [1] December 31 Jacques Le Maire pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at age 31. [1] 1617 January 1 Hendrick Goltzius Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies. [1] January 17 Pieter C Bockenberg Dutch historian, dies at age 68. [1] February 4 Louis Elsevier Dutch publisher, dies at about age 76. [1] February 6 Prosper Alpinus Italian physician/botanist, dies at age 63. [1] February 9 Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at age 44. [1] March 4 Arcangelo Crivelli composer, dies at age 70. [1] March 20 Franciscus Aguilon physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at age 50. [1] March 21 Pocahontas dies. [5] April 4 John Napier Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies. [1] April 24 Carlo Concino French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered. [1] May 7 David Fabricius German astronomer, dies at age 53. [1] 1618 February 28 Filips Willem Prince of Orange, dies at age 63. [1] October 29 Sir Walter Raleigh is executed in London. [1] 1619 March 1 Thomas Campion English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at age 53. [1] March 2 Anne of Denmark daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at age 44. [1] March 13 Richard Burbage English actor (Shakespeare), dies. [1] March 20 Matthias II Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies. [1] April 16 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo] Flemish painter, dies. [1] December 23 Johan Sigismund elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at age 47. [1] December 29 Antoine Arnauld French lawyer (Philippica), dies. [1] 1620 January 17 Diego Alvarez de Paz Spanish missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about age 59. [1] March 9 Aegidius Albertinus German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at age 59. [1] May 31 Willem Louis earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at age 59. [1] 1621 January 28 Paulus V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at age 68. [1] February 15 Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at age 50. [1] March 31 Felipe III King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at age 42. [1] May 15 Henrick de Keyser Amsterdam's master builder, dies at age 56. [1] December 15 Charles d'albert Duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at age 43. [1] 1622 January 23 William Baffin British explorer, dies at about age 38. [1] February 11 Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at age 64. [1] May 15 Peter Plancius Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about age 69. [1] May 20 Osman II sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies. [1] December 13 Jan Campanus composer, dies at age 50. [1] December 28 François de Sales French bishop of Genèva/writer/saint, dies at age 55. [1] 1623 January 14 Paolo Sarpi Italian church historian/politician, dies at age 70. [1] December 1 Thomas Weelkes composer, dies at age 47. [1] 1624 February 21 Dirck van Baburen Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about age 28. [1] February 24 Vicente Espinel Spanish adventure/chaplain (Marcos de Obrégon), dies at age 72. [1] November 21 Jakob Bohme German philosophical mystic, dies. [1] December 26 Simon Marius astronomer, dies in Bavaria at age 54. [1] 1625 January 13 Pieter Bruegel "the Older" (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies. [1] January 17 Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at age 50. [1] January 19 Erhard Buttner composer, dies at age 32. [1] January 27 Adriaen Valerius notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about age 49. [1] March 5 James I (VI) king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at age 58. [1] March 27 James I Stuart king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at age 58. [1] April 23 Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange, dies at age 57. [1] May 18 Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of Denia, dies. [1] December 9 Ubbo Emmius [van Embden] Frisian humanist/historian, dies at age 78. [1] 1626 January 1 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at age 68. [1] January 21 John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about age 63. [1] February 20 John Dowland composer, dies. [1] February 28 Cyril Tourneur English poet/dramatist, dies at about age 51. [1] April 9 Francis Bacon Viscount Saint Albans, statesman, dies. [1] October 30 Willebord van Roijen dutch mathematician, dies at age 35. [1] December 15 Adriaen de Vries Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about age 70. [1] 1627 March 22 Cornelis van Aerssen Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about age 81. [1] May 23 Luis de Góngora y Argote poet/writer, dies. [1] May 27 Everhardus van Bronchorst lawyer, dies at age 73. [1] July 4 Thomas Middleton Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown). [1] December 26 Gonzaga Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies. [1] 1628 January 3 Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, dies at age 64. [1] February 20 Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at about age 63. [1] March 12 John Bull thought to have composed British national anthem (God Save The King), dies. [1] 1629 January 19 Abbas I Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at age 57. [1] January 27 Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at age 68. [1] February 13 Girolamo Giacobbi composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 16 Emilia of Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at age 59. [1] April 8 Willem Teellinck Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at age 50. [1] May 29 Arnold Baert Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about age 74. [1]