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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1650 January 11 Paul Hallman composer, dies at age 49. [1] February 8 John Adriaensz hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about age 74. [1] March 29 Cornelis Galle I Flemish engraver, dies at about age 73. [1] May 20 Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at age 44. [1] May 21 James G Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged. [1] May 28 Gilles Hayne composer, dies at age 59. [1] July 18 Christoph Scheiner German astronomer, dies at age 74. [1] 1651 January 8 Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at age 56. [1] January 13 Abraham C Bloemaert painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at age 86. [1] December 1 Cristobal de Isla Diego composer, dies at age 65. [1] December 6 Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess, dies at age 68. [1] December 17 Wolfgang Schonsleder composer, dies at age 81. [1] December 18 Francisco the Melo Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at age 54. [1] 1652 February 17 Gregorio Allegri Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about age 67. [1] March 21 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at age 55. [1] April 21 Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 27 Jacques Huyn composer, dies at age 39. [1] December 8 Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel Flemish missionary, murdered at age 35. [1] December 23 John Cotton Massachusetts Bay Puritan preacher, dies at age 68. [1] December 31 Frances Cecil second wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies. [1] 1653 February 16 Johannes Schultz composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 19 Luigi Rossi composer, dies. [1] February 21 Adriaen Pauw master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at age 71. [1] March 17 Johan van Galen Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at age 48. [1] March 23 Johan van Galen Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about age 48. [1] May 10 John Bicker ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at age 61. [1] May 18 Carel Reyniersz Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at age 48. [1] May 19 Carel Reyniersz Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at age 48. [1] 1654 January 7 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Netherlands, one dies. [1] February 17 Michael Lohr composer, dies at age 62. [1] March 21 Johann Neukrantz composer, dies at age 51. [1] March 24 Samuel Scheidt German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at age 66. [1] May 3 François van Kinschot treasurer-general/chancellor of Brabant, dies at age 77. [1] 1655 January 7 Innocentius X [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at age 80. [1] March 29 Valerius Andreas Flemish historian, dies at age 66. [1] April 14 Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at age 39. [1] July 28 Cyrano de Bergerac French dramatist/novelist, dies in Paris. [1] September 7 Tristan l'Hermite French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown). [1] October 24 Pierre Gassendi French philosopher, dies at age 63. [1] 1656 February 20 James Ussher Irish bible scholar/Anglican archbishop, dies at age 76. [1] February 27 Johan van Heemskerk Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies. [1] March 21 Armagh James Ussher Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at age 76. [1] March 31 Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 27 Gerard van Honthorst painter, dies at age 65. [1] Jan J van Goyen Dutch landscape painter, dies at age 60. [1] October 3 Myles Standish Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown). [1] 1657 February 10 Sebastian Stosskopf Elizabethian painter, dies at age 59. [1] March 26 Jacob van Eyck Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at age 69. [1] April 2 Ferdinand III King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at age 48. [1] May 9 William Bradford Governor (Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts), dies. [1] 1658 February 5 Maria Margaretha van Angels Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at age 52. [1] March 23 Valentin Dretzel composer, dies at age 79. [1] April 19 Robert Rich second earl of Warwick English Lord High Admiral, dies at age 70. [1] September 3 James I king of England (1603-25), dies at age 92. [1] Oliver Cromwell the Lord Protector of England, dies at age 59. [1] September 22 Georg Philipp Harsdörfer poet (Poetischer Trichter), dies at age 50. [1] December 6 Gracian writer, dies. [1] December 26 Simon Guillain French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at age 78. [1] 1659 January 18 Benedikt Lechler composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 15 Simon Dach German poet, dies. [1] December 31 János Apáczai Csere Hung theologist (Magyar Logikácska), dies at age 34. [1] 1660 February 2 Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at age 45. [1] Jean BG duke of Orléans brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at age 51. [1] February 13 Sweden's King Karl X Gustav dies of a stroke in Göteborg. [7] February 15 Klaas Geritsz Compaen Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at age 72. [1] February 23 Charles X Gustaaf king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at age 37. [1] April 30 Peter Scriverius Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at age 84. [1] May 29 György Rákóczi II prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle. [1] Peter Scriverius lawyer/historian, dies at age 44. [1] September 27 Saint Vincent de Paul Vincentian Cong founder, dies. [1] December 3 Jacques Sarazin French sculptor/painter, dies at about age 70. [1] December 24 Mary I princess of England, dies at age 29. [1] 1661 January 1 Pieter Claesz Dutch still life painter, dies at about age 64. [1] January 3 Maria Henriëtte Stuart (of Orange) English Princess Royal/eldest daughter of the English king Charles I/mother of English king William III, dies of smallpox at age 29. [1] January 17 Andres Malong Philippines rebel leader, executed. [1] March 8 Jules Mazarin Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at age 58. [1] March 9 Jules Cardinal Mazarin chief minister of France, dies. [1] March 24 William Leddra last Quaker, hanged in Boston. [1] 1662 February 13 Elisabeth Stuart English daughter of James I, dies at age 65. [1] February 23 Johann Crüger German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at age 63. [1] April 4 Davis Mell composer, dies at age 57. [1] Leonhart Kern German sculptor , dies at about age 73. [1] April 20 Gerard Terborch the elder, painter, dies. [1] April 22 John Tradescant traveller/gardener, dies. [1] 1663 January 29 Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies. [1] April 25 Heinrich Pape composer, dies at age 53. [1] December 5 Severo Bonini composer, dies at age 80. [1] 1664 January 18 Moise Amyrault French theologist/vicar, dies. [1] April 4 Adam Willaerts Dutch seascape painter, dies. [1] 1665 January 12 Pierre de Fermat French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at age 63. [1] January 21 Domenico Mazzocchi composer, dies at age 72. [1] Pierre de Fermat French mathematician (Fermat theorem), dies at age 63. [1] February 28 Lodewijk van Nassau Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies. [1] May 24 Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel] Spanish franciscans, dies. [1] May 31 Pieter J Saenredam Dutch architectural painter, dies at age 67. [1] December 10 Tarquinio Mercula composer, dies. [1] 1666 January 18 Adriaen A Bloemaert Dutch landscape painter, dies at about age 56. [1] January 20 Anna of Austria queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at age 64. [1] January 24 Johann Andreas Herbst composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 1 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies. [1] February 24 Nicholas Lanier composer, dies at age 77. [1] May 6 Paul Siefert composer, dies at age 79. [1] 1667 February 20 David ben Samuel Halevi rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies. [1] May 6 Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer, dies at age 50. [1] May 7 Johann Jakob Froberger German organist/singer/composer, dies at age 50. [1] May 14 Georges de Scudéry French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at age 65. [1] May 22 Alexander VII [Fabio Chigi] Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at age 68. [1] 1668 March 27 Clemens Thieme composer, dies at age 36. [1] December 22 Stephen Day first British colonial printer, dies. [1] 1669 January 19 Leo Allatios Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about age 82. [1] January 27 Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at age 87. [1] February 23 Lieuwe van Aitzema Frisian historian, dies at age 68. [1] March 23 Philipp Buchner composer, dies at age 54. [1] May 2 Pieter Jansz Post master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at age 61. [1] May 16 Pietro da Cortona [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies. [1] Reyer Anslo writer/poet, dies at about age 42. [1] May 20 Joris van der Hagen landscape painter, dies. [1] May 24 Pieter Cuypers South Netherlands lawyer, dies at age 48. [1] December 9 Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi] Italian Pope (1667-69), dies. [1] 1670 January 3 George Monck English General (-to the-sea), dies at age 61. [1] January 21 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright, dies at age 80. [1] February 9 Frederik III King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at age 60. [1] April 23 Loreto Vittori composer, dies at age 69. [1] May 24 Ferdinand II ruler of Toscane, dies at age 59. [1] December 16 Dorothy first English marquis of Halifax, dies. [1] 1671 May 7 Edward Montagu English baron Kimbolton, dies at about age 68. [1] Pieter Stockmans Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at age 62. [1] June 16 Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow. [1] 1672 April 22 Georg Stiernhielm Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at age 73. [1] September 16 Anne Bradstreet American poet, dies (birth date unknown). [1] December 13 Jan II Kazimierz king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63. [1] December 16 John II Casimir Vasa cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63. [1] 1673 February 2 Kaspar Forster composer, dies at age 56. [1] February 17 Jean Baptiste Poquelin French author and dramatist, dies. [1] Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] French playwright (Learned Lady), dies in Paris at age 51. [1] March 15 Salvatore Rosa Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at age 57. [1] April 5 François Caron Admiral/Governor (Formosa), drowns at about age 72. [1] May 7 Johannes Teellinck Dutch vicar, dies at about age 58. [1] December 16 Juan de Padilla composer, dies at age 68. [1] December 28 Joan Blaeu Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at age 77. [1] 1674 January 10 Jacob de Witt Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/Member of Parliament, dies at age 84. [1] January 11 Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at age 58. [1] January 12 Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at age 68. [1] February 22 John Wilson composer, dies at age 78. [1] March 6 Johann Paul Schor German barok painter, dies at age 58. [1] April 6 Charles de Méan Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at age 69. [1] December 9 Edward Hyde first earl of Clarendon English Prime Minister (1660-67), dies at age 65. [1] December 21 Rutger van Haersolte viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about age 66. [1] 1675 May 18 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at age 37. [1] December 5 John Lightfoot English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at age 73. [1] December 15 John Vermeer Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at age 43. [1] 1676 January 14 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian (opera)composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 17 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, dies at age 73. [1] February 8 Aleksei M Romanov Czar of Russia, dies at age 46. [1] March 23 Paulus Wirtz [Würtz], German/Netherlands army commander, dies at age 63. [1] April 29 Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch Rear-Admiral, (Newport), killed at age 69. [1] October 18 Nathaniel Bacon rallied against Virginian government, killed at age 29. [1] December 4 Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at age 39. [1] December 20 John Galle Flemish engraver/printer, dies at age 76. [1] December 26 Domenicus van Tol Dutch painter, dies. [1] 1677 January 9 Aernout "Aert" van der Neer cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at age 73. [1] January 18 John A van Riebeeck Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at age 57. [1] February 21 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza philosopher, dies at age 44. [1] March 28 Wenzel Hollar Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about age 69. [1] April 22 Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at age 68. [1] December 12 Jacob Binckes/Benckes Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle. [1] 1678 January 4 Johan Maetsuyker Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at age 71. [1] January 7 Johannes Flittner composer, dies at age 59. [1] January 24 Joan Maetsuyker Governor-General of Netherlands East-Indies, dies at age 72. [1] May 5 Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about age 70. [1] May 6 Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at age 44. [1] October 2 General Wu San-kuei invited Manchus in China, dies trying to expell them. [1] 1679 January 9 Werner Fabricius composer, dies at age 45. [1] February 3 Jan Havicksz Steen Dutch painter (Saint Nicolas Feast), dies at age 53. [1] February 5 Joost van den Vondel Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at age 91. [1] March 27 Abraham Mignon Dutch still life painter, dies at age 38. [1] April 17 John van Kessel Flemish painter, dies at age 53. [1] April 18 Hofmannswaldau writer, dies. [1] May 1 Esaias Reusner composer, dies at age 43. [1] December 17 Don Juan ruler of Spain, dies. [1] December 20 Johan Maurits count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at age 75. [1] December 26 John van de Cappelle Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at age 53. [1]