Oct 7 Paul Scarron, French writer (Virgile Travesti), dies at 50 Oct 14 Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72 Oct 14 Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606) Oct 17 Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) 1659 Famous Deaths by Year 1661