Aug 6 Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant, dies at 70 Aug 18 Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608) Aug 28 Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, father of international law, dies at 62 Aug 31 Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1644 Famous Deaths 1646