On This Day

What Happened in October 1669

Famous Deaths


Person of interestRembrandt van Rijn

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

Painter 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)