Nekrolog 1678
This is a list of famous people who died in 1678 . 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 7th | Johann Flittner | German Lutheran clergyman, hymn poet and composer | 59 | |
| January 8th | Detlef von Rumohr | German-Danish squire and major general | ||
| 11th January | Ferrante III. Gonzaga | Duke of Guastalla | 59 | |
| 11th January | Heinrich von Uffeln | Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, general sergeant major, Brandenburg-Lüneburg general sergeant major | ||
| 13th January | Heinrich Michaelis | German lawyer and syndic | 50 | |
| January 16 | Bogislaw von Schwerin | Kurbrandenburg Chamberlain, Privy Council of War and officer, most recently Major General | 55 | |
| January 23 | Matthias Wrede | German businessman and founder | 63 | |
| January 25th | Joan Maetsuycker | Governor General of the Dutch East Indies | 71 | |
| January 29th | Giulio Carpioni | Italian baroque painter and etcher | ||
| January 29th | Jerónimo Lobo | Portuguese explorer, Jesuit and missionary |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Timotheus Ritzsch | German printer, bookseller and inventor of the daily newspaper | 64 | |
| February 7th | Celestin Pestaluz | Abbot of the former Gleink Benedictine Abbey | 69 | |
| February 16 | Lorenz Christoph von Somnitz | Kurbrandenburg civil servant and statesman | 65 | |
| February | Bogislaw Philipp von Chemnitz | German-Swedish constitutional lawyer and historian | 72 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th March | Johann Ernst Noricus | German legal scholar | 43 | |
| March 13th | Samuel von Butschky | popular philosophical writer | ||
| March 23 | Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker | Dutch painter | ||
| March 29 | Pierre Daret | French painter and engraver |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Claude Hardy | French mathematician, linguist, lawyer | ||
| April 5th | Kaspar Zuccalli | Swiss architect and builder | ||
| 20th of April | Chiara Margarita Cozzolani | Italian composer | 75 | |
| April 22 | Sebastiano Mazzoni | Italian painter | ||
| April 24th | Louis VI. | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | 48 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Detlev Lütken | royal Danish colonel and chief of the Oldenburg National Infantry Regiment | ||
| May 3rd | Bernhard | Duke of the Duchy of Saxony-Jena | 40 | |
| May 3rd | Zacharias Prueschenck from Lindenhofen | German lawyer, statesman and minister | 68 | |
| May 4th | Anna Maria von Schürmann | Dutch-German artist, theologian, polymath | 70 | |
| May 16 | Johann Georg Bindrim | German Protestant theologian | 27 | |
| May 21 | Joachim Enzmilner | Representative of the Counter Reformation in Upper and Lower Austria | 78 | |
| May 24th | Christoph Pincker | Saxon lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | 58 | |
| May 26 | Clau Maissen | Bündner Landammann and Landrichter | ||
| 28th of May | Daniel heart | German-Austrian organ builder | 59 | |
| 30th May | Daniel Lagus | German theologian and scientist |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | Boniface Negele | Religious, abbot of the Benedictine monastery Kremsmünster | 70 | |
| 2th of June | Richardus Petri | Preacher, navigation teacher | ||
| June 4th | Catherine Charlotte de Gramont | Princess of Monaco and Duchess de Valentinois, as well as mistress of the French King Louis XIV. | ||
| June 7th | Hermann Jung | German Evangelical Lutheran pastor, didactic and early pietist chiliast |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 6th | Jobst Hermann | Graf zur Lippe, Sternberg and Schwalenberg | 53 | |
| July 12 | Antoine III. de Gramont | French military and diplomat | ||
| July 26th | Heinrich Reule | German master carpenter | ||
| 29th of July | Andrzej Wiszowaty | Polish Unitarian, philosopher and theologian | 69 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Nicolaus Jarre | Hamburg mayor and lawyer | 74 | |
| August 16 | Andrew Marvell | English poet and politician | 57 | |
| 17th August | Karl Ortlob | German evangelical clergyman, hymn poet | 50 | |
| 18th of August | Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach | German lawyer and university professor | 59 | |
| August 19th | Stephan Gorlov | German philologist and Lutheran theologian | 58 | |
| August 22nd | Giovanni Battista Falda | Ital. Draftsman, engraver and printer | 34 | |
| August 25 | Johannes Coccius | Dutch philologist and rhetorician | 51 | |
| August 28th | John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton | English royalist military leader in the English Civil War | ||
| August 31 | Louis VII | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | 20th | |
| August | Jakob von Anthen | German lawyer and senior secretary of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Jan Brueghel the Younger | Flemish painter | 76 | |
| September 8th | Pietro della Vecchia | Italian painter | ||
| 12th September | Placidus Hieber from Greifenfels | Austrian Benedictine abbot and politician | 62 | |
| September 19th | Neri Corsini | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Arezzo and Cardinal | 54 | |
| September 19th | Christoph Bernhard von Galen | Prince-Bishop of Munster | 71 | |
| September 28th | Maurizio Cazzati | Italian Baroque composer | 62 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Peter Leycester | English antiquarian and historian | 64 | |
| October 1 | Paul Zincke | Dresden councilor and mayor | 70 | |
| October 2nd | Wu Sangui | Chinese commander at the Great Wall | ||
| October 12th | Pieter Codde | Dutch painter | 78 | |
| October 13th | Caesar van Everdingen | Dutch painter | ||
| 15th October | Abraham Heidanus | German reformed theologian | 81 | |
| October 18 | Cornelius Galle the Younger | Dutch engraver | ||
| October 18 | Jacob Jordaens | Flemish painter | 85 | |
| October 19th | Samuel van Hoogstraten | Dutch painter | 51 | |
| October 21 | Arnold Sijen | Dutch medic and botanist | 38 | |
| 28th of October | Hans Georg Werdmüller | Swiss military engineer |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | William Coddington | English lawyer and politician | ||
| November 7th | Erasmus Quellinus II. | Dutch painter and engraver | 70 | |
| November 10th | Daniel Zwicker | Medic and Socinian writer | 66 | |
| November 12th | Hermann Löher | German mayor, city councilor and aldermen | ||
| November 12th | Johann Caspar Weissenbach | Swiss poet and playwright | 45 | |
| November 17th | Moritz von Hertingshausen | Hessian court marshal and hereditary chef master | ||
| November 18 | Giovanni Maria Bononcini | Italian violinist, composer and cathedral music director | ||
| 20th November | Daniel Clasen | German legal scholar | 56 | |
| 20th November | Karel Dujardin | Dutch painter and etcher | ||
| November 28th | Johann Ludwig Faber | German hymn poet | ||
| 30th of November | Andries de Graeff | Mayor of Amsterdam | 67 | |
| November | Christopher von Güntersberg | Swedish Major General and Commander in Halmstad |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Justus Glesker | German sculptor | ||
| 6th of December | Damian Hartard von der Leyen | Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Worms | 54 | |
| December 7th | Diederich Schrötteringk | German businessman and senior citizen of Hamburg | 81 | |
| 9th of December | Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury | English nobleman and military | ||
| 9th of December | Robert Nanteuil | French engraver and pastel artist | ||
| 9th of December | Jürgen Ovens | German painter | ||
| 12th of December | Henrick Hooft | Mayor of Amsterdam | 61 | |
| 19. December | Albertus Rusius | Dutch legal scholar | 64 | |
| 20th of December | Vincenz Paravicini | Swiss reformed clergyman | ||
| 23rd of December | Samuel Plaster | German Protestant clergyman and theological writer | 60 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg Franz Braun | German-Bohemian Catholic cantor, composer and hymnbook editor | |||
| Tullio Cima | Italian notary, composer and conductor | |||
| Christian Förner | German organ builder | |||
| Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato | Italian mercenary, historian, geographer and diplomat | |||
| Gilles Guérin | French sculptor | |||
| Johann Baptist Hacque | Book printer | |||
| Wolfgang Heimbach | North German baroque painter | |||
| Bernardo de Iturriaza | Spanish lawyer, Viceroy of Peru | |||
| John Jenkins | English composer, viola player and lutenist | |||
| François-Pierre de La Varenne | French chef and author | |||
| Nicolas Marchant | French pharmacist and botanist | |||
| Johann Gregor Memhardt | Military, builders and politicians | |||
| Friedrich Jacob Merck | German pharmacist and founder of the Engel pharmacy | |||
| Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo | Italian Capuchin missionary, Africa explorer | |||
| Józef Naronowicz-Naroński | Polish builder and geodesist in Prussian service | |||
| Philipp Andreas Oldenburger | German legal scholar | |||
| Antonio de Pereda | Spanish painter | |||
| Willem Piso | Dutch doctor, formerly a tropical medicine | |||
| Hieronymus Roth | Schöppenmeister and politician | |||
| Otto Marseus van Schrieck | Dutch still life painter | |||
| Madeleine de Souvré | French nobles and salonière | |||
| Johann Friedrich Stapel | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and author of edification writings | |||
| Gillis van Tilborgh | Flemish painter | |||
| Giacomo Torelli | Italian painter, architect and set designer |