Chronology of Notable Deaths

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1680

February 15
  • Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at age 41. [1]
May 29
  • Abraham Megerle composer, dies at age 73. [1]

1681

February 14
  • Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at age 77. [1]
March 12
  • French van Mieris the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at age 45. [1]
April 9
  • Alfonso Marsh composer, dies at age 54. [1]
May 25
  • Caldéron writer, dies at age 81. [1]

1682

April 3
  • Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanish painter, dies. [1]
April 27
  • Theodorus III czar of Russia (1676-82), dies. [1]

1683

January 21
  • Anthony Ashley Cooper first Earl of Shaftesbury, dies at age 61. [1]
December 25
  • Kara Mustapha Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed. [1]

1684

January 5
  • Claude Audran II French painter/engraver, dies at age 44. [1]
January 15
  • Caspar Netscher Dutch portrait painter, dies at about age 48. [1]
February 12
  • Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at age 67. [1]
February 21
  • Pieter van den Abeelen Dutch jeweller, dies at about age 75. [1]
April 5
  • William Brouncker second viscount/first president of Royal Society, dies. [1]
April 18
  • Gonzales Cocx [Coques] painter, dies. [1]

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May 8
  • Henri Dumont composer, dies. [1]

1685

January 6
  • Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at age 68. [1]
February 6
  • Charles II King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at age 54. [1]
May 26
  • Karel monarch of Palts, dies. [1]

1686

January 21
  • Nicolas-François Blondel French architect, dies. [1]
February 8
  • François Tak Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered. [1]
February 10
  • William Dugdale Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies. [1]
February 15
  • Mathias Rauchmüller German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies. [1]
February 24
  • Ferdinando Tacca Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at age 66. [1]
February 26
  • Godefroi L Earl d'estrades French diplomat/marshal, dies at about age 78. [1]
May 11
  • Death of Otto von Guericke in Hamburg; invented an air pump (1650), first to learn that light travels through a vacuum, but sound does not, first to demonstrate that a vacuum can exist, demonstrated the effects of air pressure, built the world's first electric generator (1663). [37]
December 11
  • Louis II Condé duke of Bourbon, dies at age 65. [1]

1687

January 28
  • Johannes Hevelius astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday. [1]
March 19
  • Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle French explorer (Louisiana), murdered in what is now Texas at age 43. [1]
March 28
  • Constantine Huygens diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at age 90. [1]
April 16
  • George Villiers second duke of Buckingham dies at age 59. [1]

1688

February 17
  • Reverend James Renwick hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian. [1]
May 9
  • Death of Friederich Wilhelm at age 68 in Potsdam; elector of Brandenburg. [37]
May 27
  • Sir John Narbrough of England dies of fever on the frigate Foresight, off the Bahama Islands. [262.171]
August 31
  • John Bunyan preacher/novelist/author of "Pilgrim's Progress,", dies. [1]
October 16
  • Death of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, in Jamaica. [262.181]
December 15
  • Gaspar Fagel lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at age 54. [1]
December 23
  • Jean-Louis Lully composer, dies at age 21. [1]

1689

February 21
  • Isaacus Vossius Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies. [1]
April 18
  • George Jeffreys first Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies. [1]
April 19
  • Christina Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies. [1]
July 27
  • Death of commander Viscount Dundee at battle of Killiecrankie. [1052.541]

1690

February 22
  • Charles Le Brun classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at age 70. [1]
April 18
  • Death of Karl IV (Charles V) Leopold in Vienna, Austria; Duke of Lotharingen, Austrian Field Marshal who successfully defended Vienna against the attacking Turks in 1683. [1] [37]
April 25
  • David Teniers the Younger Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at age 79. [1]
May 21
  • John Eliot English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at age 85. [1]
May 27
  • Giovanni Legrenzi Italian composer, dies at age 63. [1]
September 16
  • Death by decapitation of anti-French leader Cornelius Kosterman of Rotterdam. [413.38]

1691

January 13
  • George Fox founder of Quakers, dies at age 66. [1]
January 20
  • Christian de Placker composer, dies at age 77. [1]
February 1
  • Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at age 80. [1]
  • George Etherege English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at age 56. [1]
February 8
  • Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi Italian architect/composer, dies at age 79. [1]
April 23
  • Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies. [1]
May 16
  • Jacob Leisler becomes first American colonist hanged for treason. [1]
May 29
  • Cornelis Tromp Admiral-General/son of Maarten T, dies at age 61. [1]

1692

January 19
  • John Commelin director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at age 62. [1]
February 13
  • MacDonald clan murdered by Campbell clan on orders of King William III. [1] [1052.542]
March 25
  • Gerardus L Blasius Flemish anatomist, dies at about age 66. [1]
April 14
  • Carlos de Gurrea Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies. [1]
May 18
  • Elias Ashmole antiquary, dies. [1]

1693

January 6
  • Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey), dies at age 51. [1]
February 13
  • Johann Kaspar von Kerll German composer, dies at age 65. [1]
March 1
  • Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at age 39. [1]
March 9
  • Antonio Caraffa Italian General (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at age 46?. [1]
April 5
  • Anne M L of Orléans duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at age 65. [1]
December 13
  • Dodoftei Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies. [1]
  • Willem Van de Velde Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about age 82. [1]

1694

January 6
  • Francesco Morosini Italian army General , dies. [1]
February 1
  • John L baron van Elderen 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at age 73. [1]
April 3
  • Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, buried at age 64. [1]
April 27
  • Johan Georg IV elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at age 25. [1]
October 12
  • Matsuo Basho greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies. [1]
November 30
  • Marcello Malpighi father of microscopic anatomy, dies. [1]

1695

January 4
  • Duke of Luxembourg Luxembourg/French marshal, dies. [1]
January 7
  • Queen Mary II of England dies after five years of rule at age 32. [1]
February 6
  • Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies. [1]
February 22
  • Robert Southwell English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest. [1]
February 28
  • Death of Sir William Phips, likely of influenza, in London, England. [262.176]
April 3
  • Melchior de Hondecoeter Dutch still life painter, dies at about age 58. [1]
April 5
  • George Savile first marquis of Halifax, dies at age 61. [1]
April 13
  • Jean de La Fontaine poet, dies. [1]
April 14
  • Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables), dies at age 73. [1]
April 20
  • Georg Caspar Weckler composer, dies at age 63. [1]
April 23
  • Henry Vaughan poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at age 72. [1]
April 27
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz [Asbaje] Mexican poetress/nun, dies at age 44. [1]
May 17
  • Cornelis de Heem painter, dies. [1]

1696

January 8
  • Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at age 75. [1]
January 29
  • Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies. [1]
April 21
  • Andres de Sola composer, dies at age 61. [1]
May 10
  • Jean de La Bruyère French author, dies at age 50. [1]
May 24
  • Albertine Agnes princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 62. [1]
May 31
  • Heinrich Schwemmer composer, dies at age 75. [1]
December 23
  • Johann David Mayer composer, dies at age 60. [1]

1697

January 6
  • Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at age 56. [1]
January 16
  • Richard Savage poet, dies. [1]
February 3
  • Sjoucke Gabbes Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island. [1]
March 25
  • Hendrik Casimir II King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies. [1]
March 29
  • Nikolaus Bruhns composer, dies. [1]
April 5
  • Charles XI King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at age 41. [1]
April 8
  • Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht), dies at age 67. [1]

1699

February 6
  • Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies. [1]
April 21
  • Jean Racine French playwright (Phèdre), dies at age 59. [1]
April 22
  • Hans A baron von Abschatz Silesian poet, dies at age 53. [1]
April 29
  • Samuel Apostool vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at age 50. [1]
December 15
  • Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein Dutch botanist, dies at about age 63. [1]

End of 1680-1699. Next: 1700.

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