| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 10 |
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded, for treason, in the Tower of London at 71 |
Apr 16 |
Tobias Hume, English composer |
Apr 19 |
Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51 |
Apr 19 |
William Smith, composer, dies at 42 |
Jun 13 |
Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman |
Jul 17 |
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician |
Jul 22 |
Gaspar de Guzman, premier of Spain (1621-43), dies at 58 |
Jul 23 |
Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies |
Aug 6 |
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575) |
Aug 18 |
Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608) |
Aug 28 |
Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) |
Aug 31 |
Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566) |
Sep 2 |
lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded |
Sep 8 |
Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author/poet, dies at 64 |
Sep 8 |
John Coke, English politician (b. 1563) |
Sep 8 |
Francisco de Quevedo, La hora bruja |
Sep 14 |
Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65 |
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