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Famous People Who Died in August 1645

  • 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)

Hugo GrotiusHugo Grotius (1583-1645)

Aug 28 Dutch jurist, father of international law, dies at 62

Hugo Grotius
  • Aug 31 Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)

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