| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies |
Jan 17 |
Pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68 |
Jan 17 |
Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551) |
Feb 4 |
Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 |
Feb 6 |
Prosper Alpinus/Prospero Alpini, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 |
Feb 9 |
Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 |
Mar 4 |
Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70 |
Mar 20 |
Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 |
Mar 21 |
Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. 1595) |
Apr 4 |
John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies |
Apr 5 |
Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) |
Apr 24 |
Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered |
May 7 |
David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 |
Jun 28 |
Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle |
Aug 13 |
Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540) |
Aug 30 |
Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586) |
Sep 25 |
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1617) |
Sep 25 |
Francisco Suarez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1548) |
Sep 27 |
Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies |
Oct 2 |
Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies |
Oct 11 |
Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 |
Oct 27 |
Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563) |
Nov 10 |
Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer |
Nov 22 |
Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies |
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