Famous Deaths for Year 1661
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Months in Year 1661: January February March April May June August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 29 of 29
Jan 1st - Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
Jan 3rd - Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29 [NS]
Jan 17th - Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
Jan 19th - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1799)
Feb 2nd - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
Mar 1st - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
Mar 8th - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
Mar 9th - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
Mar 22nd - Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73
Mar 24th - William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston
Apr 4th - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
Apr 7th - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
May 27th - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
Jun 3rd - Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
Jun 8th - John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39
Jun 26th - Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
Aug 6th - Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies
Aug 7th - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
Aug 16th - Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53
Aug 26th - Louis Couperin, composer, dies
Sep 12th - Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
Oct 4th - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
Oct 6th - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
Oct 26th - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies
Oct 28th - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
Oct 30th - Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter, dies at 74
Oct 31st - Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
Nov 29th - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
Dec 29th - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
