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


Jan 22 On this day in history erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 


Jan 25 In the year 1640 robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies 


Feb 04 In the year 1640 hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies 


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


Mar 08 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history. 


Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies on this day in history. 


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

