Nekrolog 1691
This is a list of famous people who died in 1691 . 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 | Plazidus I. Büchs | German Benedictine abbot | 63 | |
| January 9th | Gabriel Clauder | German doctor and alchemist | 57 | |
| 10. January | Wolf Caspar von Klengel | Master builder from Saxony | 60 | |
| 13th January | George Fox | Founding father of the Quakers | 66 | |
| January 17th | Richard Lower | English medic | ||
| January 23 | Wilhelm Moritz | Prince of Nassau-Siegen | 42 | |
| January | Charles North, 5th Baron North | English nobleman and politician | 55 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Alexander VIII | Pope (1689-1691) | 80 | |
| February 4th | Paul Ammann | German physician and botanist | 56 | |
| February 8 | Carlo Rainaldi | Italian architect and composer of the Baroque era | 79 | |
| February 12th | Lorenz of the Resurrection | French Carmelite (lay brother) | ||
| 21st of February | Antonio Bichi | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Church and Bishop of Osimo | 76 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. March | Joachim Wilhelm Marshal von Bieberstein | High Princely Saxon-Merseburg Council, court master and chief tax collector | 64 | |
| 5. March | Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer | French lawyer and post pioneer | 83 | |
| March, 15 | Anna Salome from Manderscheid-Blankenheim | Abbess of the women's monastery Thorn, abbess of the women's monastery in Essen | 62 | |
| March 18th | Johann Heinrich Mundt | Czech organ builder of German origin | 58 | |
| 28th March | Philipp Jakob Baudrexel | German theologian and composer | 63 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of April | Jean Petitot | Swiss painter | 83 | |
| 12. April | Daniel Christoph Beckher | German medic | 33 | |
| April 13th | Thomas Bromley | English mystic | 62 | |
| April 13th | Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull | Viceroy of Peru | ||
| April 15th | Joachim Feller | German historian, librarian, polyhistor | 52 | |
| April 23 | Jean-Henri d'Anglebert | French composer, harpsichordist and organist | ||
| April 29 | Paul de Sorbait | Austrian physician, rector of the University of Vienna | ||
| April 29 | Kaspar Stockalper | Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians | 81 | |
| April | Charles François d'Angennes | French nobleman, Marquis of Maintenon | 42 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Constantine Ziegra | German physicist and Lutheran theologian | ||
| May 4th | Johann Friedrich von Printzen | Kurbrandenburg major general, head of a cavalry regiment, governor of Spandau and lord of Jerichow and Alten-Platow | ||
| May 4th | Pierre Borjon de Scellery | French lawyer and composer | 58 | |
| May 7th | Friedrich von Vietinghoff | Danish court master, holder of the Dannebrog order and district administrator of the Pinneberg rule | 67 | |
| May 15 | Conrad Vogt | German poet | 56 | |
| 17th of May | Jakob Leisler | American colonialist of German descent | ||
| 23. May | Adrien Auzout | French physicist and astronomer | 69 | |
| May 26 | Georg Raumer | German Protestant theologian, court preacher, superintendent and consistorial councilor of Dessau | 80 | |
| May 29th | Cornelis Tromp | Dutch naval officer | 61 | |
| May | Hans Gottlieb of Gemmingen | Kurmainz forest official and landlord in Bürg |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7th | Gregor Brandmüller | Swiss painter | 29 | |
| June 9th | Johann Heinrich Lavater | Swiss doctor and naturalist | ||
| 23rd June | Suleyman II | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1687–1691) | 49 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | Salome Burckhardt-Schönauer | Swiss wife of the chief guild master Christoph Burckhardt | ||
| 2nd July | Marc'Antonio Pasqualini | Italian singer, castrato and composer | 77 | |
| 10th of July | Giacinto Platania | Italian painter | 78 | |
| July 13th | Johann Georg Wilke | German educator | 60 | |
| 16th of July | François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois | French statesman and minister of war | 50 | |
| 17th July | Heinrich Ammersbach | German Protestant clergyman and writer | ||
| 21 July | Michael Sennert | German medic | 75 | |
| 22nd of July | Charles Chalmont, Marquis de St. Ruth | French general | ||
| July 23 | Henry Sloughter | Governor of the English colony of New York | ||
| 30th July | Daniel Georg Morhof | German literary historian and polyhistor | 52 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Marie de Hautefort | Confidante of the French King Louis XIII. | ||
| August 2nd | Friedrich I. | Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg (1675–1691) | 45 | |
| August 11th | Nicolaes van Verendael | Flemish painter | ||
| August 14th | Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell | Irish Catholic Royalist nobleman, Lord Deputy of Ireland | ||
| 18th of August | Johann Friedrich von Wolffersdorff | German nobleman, Saxon-Weimar court councilor and chamber director | 52 | |
| August 19th | Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pascha | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | ||
| August 19th | Adam Zrinski | Croatian nobleman and officer in the Austrian Imperial Army | 28 | |
| August 22nd | Georg Green | German Lutheran theologian, poet and historian | 55 | |
| August 25 | Friedrich Wilhelm Leyser | German Protestant theologian and cathedral preacher in Magdeburg | 68 | |
| August 25 | Philipp Karl Franz | Duke of Arenberg and Imperial Colonel Sergeant | 28 | |
| August 31 | Johann Heinrich von Dünewald | Austrian general of the cavalry | 74 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6th | Burkhardt von Berlepsch | German lawyer and administrative officer | ||
| 7th of September | Georg Conrad Bergius | German Reformed theologian and court preacher in Brandenburg-Prussia | 67 | |
| September 10 | Erich Mauritius | German legal scholar | 60 | |
| September 10 | Edward Pococke | British orientalist and theologian | 86 | |
| 16th September | Georg Conrad Jung | German printer, painter, engraver, geographer and cartographer | ||
| September 22 | Johann Georg III. | Elector of Saxony | 44 | |
| September 26th | Laurentius Scipio | Abbot of the Cistercian monastery Ossegg | 79 | |
| September 27th | Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg | Kurbrandenburg privy councilor, chamber president and heir to Emden | 58 | |
| September 28th | Johannes Fatio | Doctor, opponent | 42 | |
| September 28th | Hans Konrad Mosis | Doctor, opponent | 45 | |
| September 29th | Johann Karl von and zu Franckenstein | Bishop of the Diocese of Worms | ||
| September 29th | Esaias Hickmann | German lawyer and composer | 52 | |
| 30. September | Catharina Hooft | Dutch mistress of the golden age | 72 | |
| September | Abraham Hondius | Dutch painter |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of October | Louis Abelly | French bishop and theologian | ||
| 4th of October | Federico Baldeschi Colonna | Cardinal and Nuncio | 66 | |
| October 6th | Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman | Auxiliary Bishop of Constance | 40 | |
| October 11th | Israel Silvestre | French painter and engraver | 70 | |
| October 12th | Hannibal von Degenfeld | Swabian military leader in Venetian service | ||
| October 14th | Celestine Vogl | German, Christian scholar and abbot | 78 | |
| 15th October | Johann King | German organ builder | 52 | |
| October 18 | Christian I. | Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, Prince of the House of Wettin | 75 | |
| October 18 | Joachim Hildebrand | German Lutheran theologian | 67 | |
| October 19th | Isaac de Benserade | French poet | ||
| 30th of October | Hermann of Baden-Baden | Margrave of Baden-Baden, Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council | 63 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 7th | Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt | Dutch painter | 51 | |
| 15th of November | Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp | Dutch painter | 71 | |
| 21st November | Jacob IV. Balthasar | German theologian | 73 | |
| November 23 | Semuel Abas | German rabbi, teacher and translator |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 8th | Richard Baxter | English Puritan pastor and writer of edification | 76 | |
| 13th December | Samuel Rachel | German legal scholar, librarian and diplomat | 63 | |
| 15th December | Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede dead Draakenstein | Dutch botanist | ||
| December 17th | Johann Henrich Voigt | German mathematician, astronomer and calendar writer | 78 | |
| 20th of December | Albert of Caprara | Italian imperial general and diplomat of the Austrian Habsburgs | 64 | |
| December 22 | Konrad von Dorne | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | 66 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine von Ahlefeldt | Chief Chamberlain and Minister of the Electress of Saxony | |||
| João Ferreira de Almeida | Portuguese missionary and translator | |||
| Giovanni Baptista Chizzola | imperial officer | |||
| October to December | Miron Costin | Moldovan-Romanian historian and politician | ||
| Jean de Hotteterre | French master turner and instrument maker | |||
| Antoine Le Pautre | French architect | |||
| Johann Georg Reichwein | German Kapellmeister and composer | |||
| Pedro Ronquillo Briceño | Spanish diplomat, envoy to England | |||
| Christoph Daniel Schenck | German sculptor | |||
| Joseph Donat Surian | French doctor and pharmacist | |||
| Jacques Vaillant | Dutch painter | |||
| François Verwilt | Dutch painter | |||
| Giovanni Battista Volpe | Italian composer and conductor at St. Mark's Basilica |