Famous Deaths for Year 1656
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Months in Year 1656: January February March April June July August September October November
Deaths 1 - 19 of 19
Jan 3rd - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
Feb 27th - Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
Mar 21st - Armagh James Ussher, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (claimed world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
Mar 31st - Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64
Apr 24th - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
Apr 27th - Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65
Apr 27th - Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
Jun 9th - Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies
Jul 2nd - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
Jul 7th - Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55
Jul 8th - Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
Jul 27th - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
Aug 11th - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
Sep 8th - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
Oct 2nd - Stephan Otto, German composer, dies at 53
Oct 3rd - Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
Oct 8th - Johann Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
Nov 6th - Johan IV, duke of Braganca/king of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
Nov 6th - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
