On This Day

What Happened in October 1669

Famous Birthdays

  • Oct 19 Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, born in Vienna, Habsburg Empire (d. 1741)

Famous Deaths

Rembrandt van Rijn

Oct 4 Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter, dies at 63

Rembrandt van Rijn
Painter Rembrandt van Rijn
  • Oct 14 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, singer and musician, dies at 46
  • Oct 18 Abraham Willaerts, Dutch painter (A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples), dies
  • Oct 24 William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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