- November 15
- Death of Johannes Keppler at age 58 in Regensburg; German mathematician/astronomer, developed the idea that the planets moved in elliptical orbits around the sun. [37] [129]
- December 29
- Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at age 51. [1]
1631
- March 24
- Philipp Dulichius composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- March 31
- John Donne Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown). [1]
- November 30
- Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels dies. [1]
1632
- January 31
- Death of Joost Bürgi in Kassel; watchmaker, astronomer and mathematician, invented logarithms, possibly as early as 1588. [37]
- April 30
- Jean de Tilly fieldmarshal, dies. [1]
- Sigismund III King of Poland/Sweden, dies at age 65. [1]
- November 16
- Armies of Swedish King Gustav Adolf and Imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein meet in battle at Lützen. King Gustav is shot three times in a cavalry engagement early in the battle, and dies. Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar takes over command, and wins the battle. One-third (about 4500) of the Swedish-Finnish army is killed. [7] [37] (November 6 [1427.10])
1633
- March 1
- George Herbert English poet, dies at age 39. [1]
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- December 1
- Isabella of Austria infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at age 67. [1]
- December 18
- Theodoor Galle Flemish engraver, buried at age 62. [1]
1634
- February 25
- Irish captain Walter Devereaux assassinates Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein at age 50, German duke, the commanding general of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War. [1] [37]
- May 12
- George Chapman English dramatist/interpreter, dies. [1]
1635
- February 13
- Georg R Weckerlin German poet, dies at age 50. [1]
- March 3
- Philips de l'Espinoy historian/mayor of Ghent, dies. [1]
- March 19
- Pieter Christiaensz Bor Dutch historian, dies. [1]
- March 24
- Jacques Callot French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about age 42. [1]
- April 25
- Alessandro Tassoni Italian political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at age 69. [1]
- August 27
- Lope Felix de Vega dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at age 72. [1]
1636
- December 9
- Giovanni B Aleotti Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about age 90. [1]
1637
- February 15
- Ferdinand II King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at age 58 in Vienna, Austria. [1] [37]
- May 10
- Susanna van Baerle Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at age 37. [1]
1638
- February 28
- Claude G Bachet de Meziriac French mathematician/poet, dies at age 56. [1]
- Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies. [1]
- March 8
- Jacob C van Neck Admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about age 73. [1]
- March 19
- Paul Moreelse Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about age 66. [1]
- March 26
- Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz painter, dies at about age 30. [1]
- April 13
- Henri II duke of Rohan-Gié, French hugenot leader, dies at age 58. [1]
- May 6
- Cornelius Jansen theologian (Jansenism), dies. [1]
- May 27
- Nicolas Forme composer, dies at age 71. [1]
- December 10
- Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at age 49. [1]
- December 18
- Le Père Joseph French mystic, dies. [1]
1639
- January 20
- Mustapha I sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies. [1]
- January 24
- George Jenatsch Grisons leader, assassinated. [1]
- March 22
- Thomas Carew English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella Italian philosopher/poet, dies at age 70. [1]
- August 20
- Death of Martin Opitz in Danzig; poet and theoretician (Buch von der deutschen Poeterey (1624)); considered the "father of German poetry". [37]
1640
- January 22
- Erasmus Quellinus I Flemish wood carver, dies at about age 55. [1]
- January 25
- Death of Robert Burton; English scholar, author (The Anatomy of Melancholy). [1] [1615.10]
- February 4
- Hendrick C Vroom Dutch seascape painter, dies. [1]
- February 9
- Murad IV sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at age 27. [1]
- March 8
- Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at age 50. [1]
- April 2
- Death of Paul Fleming in Hamburg; poets of the German Baroque period of literature. [37]
- Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at age 45. [1]
- April 10
- Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at age 61. [1]
- Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I, dies at age 60. [1]
- May 30
- André Duchesne French historian/genealogy, dies. [1]
- Peter Paul Rubens Flemish painter, dies at age 62. [1]
- December 6
- Matthijs Elsevier Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at age 75. [1]
1641
- January 3
- Jeremiah Horrocks English astronomical prodigy, dies at age 22. [1]
- January 11
- Franciscus Gomarus [François Gomaer], French theologist, dies. [1]
- May 12
- Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at age 48. [1]
- December 9
- Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck Flemish painter, dies at age 42. [1]
- December 22
- Maximilien de Béthune duke of Sully Prime Minister of France, dies at age 81. [1]
- December 27
- François van d'Aerssen ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at age 69. [1]
1642
- January 8
- Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at age 78 in Arceti, Italy. [1] [5] [129]
- February 24
- Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at about age 66. [1]
- May 6
- Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday. [1]
- October 23
- Death of Sir Edmund Verney, English royal standard-bearer, killed in English civil war. [856.17]
- Death of Earl of Lindsey, second in command to King Charles, killed in English civil war. [856.17]
- December 4
- Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu bishop of Luçon, dies at about age 57. [1]
1643
- May 14
- Louis XIII king of France (1610-43), dies at age 41. [1]
- December 8
- John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about age 59. [1]
1644
- January 30
- William Chillingworth English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies. [1]
- March 5
- Louise Juliana countess of Nassau, dies at age 73. [1]
- March 19
- 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide. [1]
- Si Sang last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide. [1]
- March 24
- Cecilia Renata arch duchess of Austria, dies. [1]
- July 2
- William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at age 24. [1]
1645
- January 10
- William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury is beheaded for treason at age 71. [1]
- April 19
- Anton van Diemen Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about age 51. [1]
- William Smith composer, dies at age 42. [1]
1646
- January 6
- Elias Hill German architect of Augsburg, dies at age 72. [1]
- March 20
- Matthew Vossius historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at age 35. [1]
1647
- January 19
- Johan van Beverwijck physician (Treasurer of Ongesontheyt), dies at age 52. [1]
- March 14
- Frederik Hendrik count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at age 63. [1]
- April 25
- Matthias Gallas Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at age 62. [1]
- May 19
- Sebastian Vrancx Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about age 65. [1]
- May 27
- Achsah Young becomes first woman known to be executed as a witch (Massachusetts). [1]
- July 7
- Thomas Hooker clergyman, father of American democracy, dies. [1]
1648
- January 14
- Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring), dies at age 63. [1]
- January 23
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at age 40. [1]
- February 21
- Christian IV king of Denmark/Norway, dies. [1]
- March 12
- Tirso de Molina Spanish author, dies at about age 63. [1]
- April 11
- Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, dies at age 53. [1]
- April 22
- Catharina Belgian van Nassau daughter of Willem, dies at age 69. [1]
- April 26
- Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 20
- Wladyslaw IV Wasa King of Poland, dies. [1]
1649
- January 30
- Charles Stuart, King of Great Britain (1625-49), is beheaded for treason, at Pontefract Castle, outside Banqueting Hall at Whitehall. [1] [309.41] [394.43] [402.40] [413.92] [832.67] [859.51]
- March 17
- Gerardus Johannis Vossius [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 5
- John Winthrop first Governor Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at age 61. [1]
- May 12
- Isaac Doreslaer English lawyer/diplomat, murdered. [1]
- December 4
- Outgert Arisz Akersloot Dutch silversmith, dies at about age 73. [1]
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