Jan 10 Jacob de Witt, Dutch politician (Mayor of Dordrecht), and mathematician, dies at 84 Jan 11 Jan Zoet, Dutch actor, author, playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), dies at 58 Jan 12 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian organist, choral director, composer (Jephta), and priest, dies at 68-ish 1673 Famous Deaths by Year 1675