| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 9 |
Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 |
Jan 18 |
John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 |
Feb 21 |
[Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 |
Mar 28 |
Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69 |
May 4 |
Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) |
May 20 |
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612) |
Jun 15 |
Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67 |
Jun 23 |
Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647) |
Jul 9 |
Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies |
Jul 26 |
Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 |
Aug 28 |
Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54 |
Sep 11 |
James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611) |
Nov 9 |
Aert van der Neer, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73 |
Dec 12 |
Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle |
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