Aug 12 Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 Aug 19 Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies Aug 28 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71 Aug 31 Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66 1653 Famous Deaths by Year 1655