Famous Deaths Happened In 1640

Jan 14 Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 in the year 1640.  

Jan 25 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 04 On this day in history hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

Feb 09 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1640.  

Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies in the year 1640.  

Apr 02 In the year 1640 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45  

Apr 10 On this day in history agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61  

May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies in the year 1640.  

Jun 03 In the year 1640 death of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)  

Jul 12 On this day in history henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies  

Oct 20 On this day in history death of john Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)  

Oct 26 In the year 1640 pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63  

Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies in the year 1640.  

Dec 06 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 in the year 1640.  

Dec 09 In the year 1640 death of pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)  

Dec 30 John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597) died in the year 1640.  

Jan 25 In the year 1640 birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)  

Mar 18 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born in the year 1640.  

Mar 30 John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695) was born in the year 1640.  

Apr 01 In the year 1640 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun  

May 31 In the year 1640 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)  

Jun 09 On this day in history birth of leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)