Aug 15 Cornelis C. Vrancx, Flemish poet and writer (Comfort of Soles), dies Aug 15 Mír 'Imád al-Ḥasaní, Persian calligrapher (Master of the Nasta‘liq style - St. Petersburg Muraqqa), assassinated on Shah's authorization (b. 1554) 1614 Famous Deaths by Year 1616