Famous Deaths for Year 1678
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Months in Year 1678: January February May June August October November
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
Jan 4th - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
Jan 7th - Johannes Flittner, composer, dies at 59
Jan 24th - Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
Jan 29th - Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
Feb 10th - Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
May 5th - Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
May 6th - Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
Jun 2nd - Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
Jun 17th - Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer and architect dies at 69
Aug 5th - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
Aug 16th - Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57
Aug 28th - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
Oct 2nd - Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
Oct 12th - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
Oct 18th - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
Oct 18th - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85
Oct 26th - John Jenkins, composer, dies
Nov 1st - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
Nov 7th - Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70
Nov 18th - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
Nov 20th - Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
Nov 30th - Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67
