Famous Birthdays Jan 16 Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter (Wooded Landscape), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1699) Jan 25 John van de Cappelle, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1679) Famous Deaths Jan 1 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant & regent, dies at 68 Jan 21 John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 Jan 24 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer, dies at 45 1625 History by Year 1627 What Happened in 1626 St. Peter's Basilica November 18, 1626
