Nekrolog 1631
This is a list of famous people who died in 1631 . 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1st | Thomas Hobson | British courier | ||
| January 3rd | Michelangelo Galilei | Italian Baroque composer | 55 | |
| January 3rd | Semuel da Silva | Portuguese doctor, author and translator | ||
| January 20th | Jacob Matham | Dutch engraver | 59 | |
| January 20th | Johann Zobel | Hesse-Kassel Council, Bremen Mayor, Danish diplomat | ||
| January 26th | Ludwig Friedrich | Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard | 44 | |
| January 27th | Jürgen Schrötteringk | German businessman and senior citizen of Hamburg | ||
| January 30th | Sophia Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast | 69 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 12th | Peter Groening | Mayor of Stargard and founder of the Gröning secondary school | ||
| February 16 | Thomas von Ramm | Mayor of Riga and Vice-President of the Court of Justice in Dorpat |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of March | Bénédict Turrettini | Swiss reformed theologian | 42 | |
| March 13th | Hildebrand Giseler Rumann | German lawyer and Brunswick court councilor | ||
| March, 20th | Dorte Hilleke | Defendants in the Menden witch trials | ||
| March 24th | Philipp Dulichius | German composer | 68 | |
| 25th March | Jakob Varmeier | German lawyer, mathematician and astronomer | ||
| 28th March | Juan van der Hamen y León | Spanish painter | ||
| March 31 | John Donne | English writer | 59 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Nicolò Contarini | Venetian politician, 97th Doge of the Republic of Venice (1630–1631) | 78 | |
| 3rd of April | Philipp Dulichius | German composer | 68 | |
| 11 April | Jeremias Sutel | German sculptor | ||
| April 15th | Paolo Spada | Italian merchant | 89 | |
| April 23 | Francesco Maria II della Rovere | Duke of Urbino | 82 | |
| April, 30th | Wolfgang II of Castell-Remlingen | German sovereign | 72 | |
| April, 30th | Johannes Gelenius | Cologne historiographer | 45 | |
| April, 30th | Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine-Guise, princesse de Conti | French author and Princess von Conti by marriage |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6th | Robert Bruce Cotton | English politician and founder of the Cotton library | 61 | |
| May 14th | Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven | British nobleman | ||
| May 20th | Dietrich von Falkenberg | Swedish colonel and military commander of Magdeburg |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th of June | Mumtaz Mahal | Wife of Shah Jahan; The Taj Mahal was built in her honor | 38 | |
| June 21st | John Smith | English soldier and founder of Jamestown | ||
| June 26th | Justin of Nassau | Dutch admiral |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th of July | Constanze of Austria | Queen of Poland and Sweden | 42 | |
| 10th of July | Wratislaw I. von Fürstenberg | Officer and President of the Reichshofrat | 47 | |
| 16th of July | Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | 47 | |
| July 19 | Cesare Cremonini | Italian natural philosopher and university professor | 80 | |
| July 25th | Johannes Klein | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and university professor | 26th | |
| July 26th | Vratislav Eusebius von Pernstein | Moravian nobleman | ||
| July 27th | Gebhard Johann I of Alvensleben | Squire | 54 | |
| July 28th | Guillén de Castro | Spanish playwright | 61 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Johann von Bodeck | Dutch-German banker | 75 | |
| 5th of August | Johann Rentzel the Younger | German lawyer in Dresden and Leipzig | 61 | |
| 8th August | Konstantinas Sirvydas | Lithuanian author and lexicographer | ||
| August 14th | Henneke from Essen | Mayor of Arnsberg, victim of a witch trial | ||
| 18th of August | Hans Bernd von Botzheim | Saxon-Weimar court official | ||
| August 30th | Carlo II Gonzaga | regent | 22nd | |
| August | Charlotte Brabantina of Orange-Nassau | Princess of Orange-Nassau, by marriage Duchess of La Trémoille and Thouars | 50 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 10 | Volrad von Plesse | Electoral Palatinate Privy Council and Minister of State | 71 | |
| September 15th | Gottlieb Aenetius | German physicist | 57 | |
| 17th of September | Dietrich Ottmar von Erwitte | Bavarian general sergeant during the Thirty Years' War | ||
| September 18 | Dorothea of Pfalz-Simmern | Princess of Anhalt-Dessau | 50 | |
| September 19th | Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | second son of the ruling Duke Johann Adolf | 31 | |
| 21st September | Joachim Zollikofer | Swiss Mayor | 84 | |
| September 22 | Federico Borromeo | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 67 | |
| September 22 | Heinrich Compenius the Younger | German organ builder |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Sophie of Mecklenburg | Wife of King Friedrich II of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Queen of Denmark and Norway | 74 | |
| 5th October | Simon Gedik | German theologian | 79 | |
| October 10th | Johann Velius | German Lutheran theologian | 86 | |
| October, 16th | Georg Gloger | German poet of the baroque | ||
| the 20th of October | Michael Maestlin | German mathematician and astronomer | 81 | |
| October 21 | Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva | Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
| October 26th | Lewis Bayly | Anglican theologian and bishop |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Maria Magdalena of Austria | Archduchess of Austria, by marriage Grand Duchess of Tuscany | 42 | |
| November 5th | Johann Liss | German painter | ||
| November 6th | Heinrich Groeninger | German sculptor | ||
| November 9th | Johannes Arnoldi | German Jesuit and martyr | 35 | |
| 15th of November | Aegidius von der Lancken | ducal holstein-gottorpscher councilor and official | 51 | |
| 30th of November | Jacob de Bondt | Dutch doctor | ||
| November | Eberhard Kieser | German engraver and publisher | 47 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Dorothea von Reuss-Plauen | German nobles | 61 | |
| December 5th | Johann Bacmeister | German physician, university rector and personal physician | 67 | |
| December 5th | Tommaso Caracciolo | Italian field marshal | 59 | |
| 9th of December | Liborius Wagner | catholic priest; was beatified in 1974 | 38 | |
| 12th of December | Johannes Hartmann | German mathematician, logician, chemist and doctor | 63 | |
| 12th of December | Tobias Steinmann | German printer and councilor in Jena | ||
| December 16 | Johann Günther II. | Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 54 | |
| 20th of December | Thomas Mansel | Welsh nobleman and politician | ||
| 23rd of December | Michael Drayton | English poet | ||
| 25 December | Johann Avenarius II. | German legal scholar | ||
| December 28th | Leonhard von Elver | German lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg | 67 | |
| 30th of December | Friedrich Achilles | Duke of Württemberg | 40 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemavijaya | Jain monk and poet | |||
| Adam Baldauf | Austrian sculptor | |||
| Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel | Viceroy of Aragon and New Spain | |||
| Gabriel Dreer | German painter and draftsman | |||
| Samuel Edels | Rabbi and Talmudist | |||
| Giacomo Finetti | Italian composer of the early baroque | |||
| Johannes Schoch | German Renaissance architect | |||
| Gregorius Sickinger | Swiss painter, draftsman, form cutter, eraser and engraver | |||
| Anna Katharina Spee | Victim of a witch trial in Drake | |||
| Christoph Strauss | Austrian composer and organist | |||
| Magnus Tieffenbrucker | German lute and viola maker in Venice |