What Happened In History Year 1623

Famous Birthdays in 1623

• 27th March » Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach (d. 1658)
• 30th April » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)
• 26th May » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)
• 30th May » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1686)
• 15th June » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
• 19th June » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)
• 6th July » Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
• 5th August » Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669)
• 23rd August » Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
• 17th October » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian (d. 1687)
• 1st November » Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui, the Yongli Emperor, the 4th and last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty of China (d. 1662)

Famous Deaths in History for 1623

• 15th January » Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
• 8th February » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
• 16th June » Christian the Younger of Brunswick (b. 1599)
• 4th July » William Byrd, English composer (b. 1540)
• 8th July » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
• 21st October » William Wade (English politician) known as William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)
• 9th November » William Camden, English historian and topographer (b. 1551)
• 11th November » Philippe de Mornay, French theorist and author (b. 1549)
• 30th November » Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)

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