May 2 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 May 14 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L'Amour tyrannique), dies at 65 May 16 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies May 16 Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42 May 20 Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies May 24 Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1668 Famous Deaths by Year 1670