Alla källor som gick bort år 1640

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July 4th 1627: Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) - English playwright
November 15th 1630: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) - German astronomer
March 31st 1631: John Donne (1572-1631) - English writer
1632: John Webster (1580-1632) - English writer
March 1st 1633: George Herbert (1593-1633)
May 12th 1634: George Chapman (1559-1634) - English writer
September 3rd 1634: Edward Coke (1552-1634)
August 6th 1637: Ben Jonson (1572-1637) - English writer
1639: Henry Wotton, Sr. (1568-1639)

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1640

January 25th: Robert Burton (1577-1640) - English writer

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January 8th 1642: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) - who made fundamental contributions to the development of the scientific method and to the sciences of motion, astronomy and strength of materials.
December 4th 1642: Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
September 8th 1644: Francis Quarles (1592-1644) - English writer
September 8th 1645: Quevedo (1580-1645) - of Spain's Golden Age.
January 30th 1649: Charles I (1600-1649)
August 25th 1649: Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) - known for religious verse of vibrant stylistic ornamentation and ardent faith.
December 4th 1649: William Drummond (1585-1649)
February 11th 1650: Rene Descartes (1596-1650) - French philosopher
August 28th 1654: Count Oxenstierna (1583-1654) - of Sweden from 1612 to 1654.
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