Aug 7 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies Aug 8 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 Aug 26 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 Aug 31 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 1615 Famous Deaths by Year 1617