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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1680 February 15 Jan Swammerdam Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at age 41. [1] March 17 François Duc de La Rochefoucauld writer, dies. [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] December 8 Gerard Terborch the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies. [1] 1682 January 13 Simon van Leeuwen Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at age 55. [1] February 23 Abraham de Wicquefort Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at age 75. [1] February 25 Alessandro Stradella Italian violist/composer, murdered at age 37. [1] March 14 Jacob I van Ruysdael physician/landscape painter, dies at about age 53. [1] 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] February 18 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at age 62. [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] 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] February 11 David Teniers III Flemish painter, dies at age 46. [1] May 15 Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies. [1] May 26 Karel monarch of Palts, dies. [1] May 28 Pieter de la Court economist/historian, dies at about age 67. [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] 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] March 9 Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at age 89. [1] May 9 Frederick William Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at age 68. [1] May 22 Johann A Quenstedt German Lutheran theologist, dies at age 70. [1] August 31 John Bunyan preacher/novelist/author of "Pilgrim's Progress,", dies. [1] 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] 1690 February 22 Charles Le Brun classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at age 70. [1] March 18 Charles duke of Lutherans, dies. [1] April 12 Miguel Gomez Camargo composer, dies at age 71. [1] April 18 Charles V Leopold Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies. [1] 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] 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 on orders of King William III. [1] February 24 Antimo Liberati composer, dies at age 74. [1] 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] December 28 Queen Mary II of England dies after five years of rule at age 32. [1] 1695 January 4 Duke of Luxembourg Luxembourg/French marshal, dies. [1] January 7 Mary II Stuart queen of England, dies 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] 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 January 27 William Temple statesman, dies. [1] 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]