Famous Deaths Oct 1 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer and poet, dies at 66 Oct 20 John Ball, English Puritan clergyman and author (A Short Catechisme, containing all the Principal Grounds of Religion), dies at about 55 Oct 26 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and architect (Aanbidding of the Point), dies at 63 1639 History by Year 1641