Famous Deaths for Year 1617

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Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

Jan 1st - Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
Jan 17th - Pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68
Jan 17th - Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
Feb 4th - Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76
Feb 6th - Prosper Alpinus/Prospero Alpini, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
Feb 9th - Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44
Mar 4th - Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70
Mar 20th - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
Mar 21st - Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)
Apr 4th - John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies
Apr 5th - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
Apr 24th - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
May 7th - David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
Jun 28th - Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle
Aug 13th - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
Aug 30th - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
Sep 25th - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1617)
Sep 25th - Francisco Suarez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1548)
Sep 27th - Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
Oct 2nd - Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies
Oct 11th - Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
Oct 27th - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
Nov 10th - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
Nov 22nd - Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies


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