What Happened In January 1640 In History

Famous Birthdays on January in 1640

• 5th » Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (d. 1713)
• 17th » Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (d. 1724)
• 25th » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician (d. 1707)

Famous Deaths for January 1640

• 14th » Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1578)
• 25th » Robert Burton (scholar) called Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)

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