Necrology 1623
This is a list of famous people who died in 1623 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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January 1st | Paul Hentzner | German lawyer and travel writer | 64 | |
January 8th | Andreas Crappius | German hymn composer | ||
January 14th | Joachim Stephani | German legal scholar | 78 | |
15. January | Leonhardus Lessius | Jesuit and theologian | 68 | |
15. January | Paolo Sarpi | Italian religious and historian | 70 | |
January 26th | Johannes Olearius | German Lutheran theologian and philologist | 76 | |
January 27th | Caspar Reinhard | Hydraulics specialist and well master |
February
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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February 7th | Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter | English military and politician | 80 | |
21st of February | Johann Spies | German printer and publisher | ||
February 22 | Hans Rudolf Sager | Schultheiss of Bern | ||
Martin Beheim | German painter in Nuremberg | 50 |
March
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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1st March | Francisco de Mendoza | Spanish general in the Eighty Years War | ||
7th March | Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos | Grand Master of the Order of Malta | ||
7th March | Nicolaus de Smit | Dutch textile manufacturer, clothing maker and merchant | 81 | |
9th March | Reinhard Scheffer the Younger | German lawyer and statesman | 62 | |
March 13th | Johann Adolf von Daun-Falkenstein | German nobleman | 40 | |
March 16 | Valentin von Winther | Pomeranian politician, ducal councilor, author of a description of the country | 44 | |
19th March | Philipp Sigismund of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Protestant prince-bishop of Verden and Osnabrück | 54 | |
25th March | Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon | Marshal of France and Duke of Bouillon | 67 | |
March 29 | Scévole de Sainte-Marthe | French writer in French and New Latin | 87 |
April
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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2nd of April | George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal | Scottish nobleman | ||
2nd of April | Michael Wolf | German mathematician, physicist, logician and metaphysician | 38 | |
3rd of April | Hans Adam Gienger von Wolfseck | Vice Cathedral of Upper Austria | 64 |
May
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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May 4th | Asprilio Pacelli | Italian conductor and composer | ||
5th of May | Philip Rosseter | British composer | ||
May 6th | Wolfgang Werther Mühlpfordt | German legal scholar | 47 | |
May 19th | Mariam uz-Zamani | Wife of the Grand Mogul Akbar; Mother of the heir to the throne Jahangir | 80 | |
May 24th | Peter Eberlin | German painter |
June
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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2th of June | Alessandro Peretti | Italian cardinal | ||
June 9th | Johann Jacob Reiter | German medic | 31 | |
June 11th | Gutierre Fernández Hidalgo | Spanish or South American composer | ||
June 13th | Vito Carrera | Italian painter | ||
20th June | Johannes Posselius | German university professor, professor of Greek language | 58 | |
23rd June | Pure Bontius | Dutch medic | ||
June 28th | Federico Ubaldo della Rovere | Prince of Urbino | 18th |
July
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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July 6th | William Byrd | English composer and organist | ||
8th of July | Gregory XV. | Pope (1621–1623) | 69 | |
21 July | Jean de La Ceppède | French Baroque writer |
August
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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6th of August | Anne Hathaway | William Shakespeare's wife | ||
8th August | Johann Theodor de Bry | Publisher and engraver | ||
August 9 | George | Count of Nassau-Beilstein, later Nassau-Dillenburg | 60 | |
August 10 | Erasmus Gold from Lampoding | Lower Austrian sub-marshal | ||
12. August | Antonio Priuli | 94. Doge of Venice | 75 | |
17th August | Aron Bonn | German-Jewish businessman | ||
17th August | Heinrich Leuchter | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian | ||
August 28th | Nicolaus Eck | Mayor and Burgrave of Riga | ||
August | Otto Siegfried Harnisch | German cantor and composer |
September
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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17th of September | Lothar von Metternich | Archbishop and Elector of Trier | 72 | |
21st September | Wichmann school raven | German Protestant theologian, school principal, pastor, superintendent and author | 74 | |
September 27th | John VII | Count of Nassau-Siegen | 62 | |
September 28th | Johann Georg | Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||
September | Jan van de Velde I | Dutch painter and calligrapher |
October
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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October 14th | Jürgen Röttger | German sculptor and carver | ||
October 24th | Sebastian from Bergen | German lawyer and mayor of Hamburg |
November
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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November 5th | Adolf | Count of Tecklenburg | 46 | |
November 9th | William Camden | English historian and antiquarian | 72 | |
November 11th | Philippe Duplessis-Mornay | Reformed theologian and statesman | 74 | |
November 12th | Josaphat Kunzewitsch | Saint and Archbishop of Polock | ||
November 13th | Erdmuthe of Brandenburg | Duchess of Pomerania-Szczecin | 62 | |
November 16 | Francisco Sanches | Philosopher and doctor | ||
November | William Jaggard | Printer and editor in the time of William Shakespeare |
December
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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12th of December | Johannes Schickhardt | municipal clerk in Herrenberg | 37 | |
19. December | Heinrich Brockes I. | Mayor of Lübeck | 56 | |
24th of December | Michel Coignet | Belgian instrument maker and mathematician | ||
25 December | Jakob Ludwig Beuther | Palatinate administrative officer and historian | 50 | |
25 December | Lucio Sanseverino | Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno |
Date unknown
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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Osias Beert the Elder | Dutch still life painter | |||
Ernst von Börstel | High Court Marshal and Prefect of the Collegium Mauritianum in Kassel | |||
Hans Fleming | Flemish builder, stonemason and sculptor | |||
Johann IX. | Wild and Rhine Count of Kyrburg, Count of Salm | |||
Jan Joosten | Dutch seaman and trader | |||
Peder Munk | Danish admiral | |||
Antonio Muttone | Italian architect | |||
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino | Italian conductor and composer | |||
Jacob Paix | German organist, organ builder, conductor, composer and publisher | |||
Mogens Pedersøn | Danish composer | |||
Isaac Posch | Austrian composer and organist | |||
Bartholomaeus Praetorius | German composer and musician | |||
Rogier Michael | Musician and composer | |||
Tulsidas | Indian poet and philosopher | |||
Thomas Weelkes | English Renaissance composer | |||
Hans Werner | German sculptor | |||
Rodrigo Zamorano | Spanish mathematician and cosmographer |