Famous People Who Died in 1685

Feb 6 Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54

Feb 11 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
Feb 24 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
Mar 22 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
May 2 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
May 15 Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
May 26 Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
May 28 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
Jun 30 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55
Jul 15 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II, executed at 36
Jul 23 Pietro Reggio, Italian composer and musician, dies at 53
Jul 28 Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
Aug 8 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna), dies at 75
Sep 1 Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
Oct 3 Fidel Molitor, Swiss composer, dies at 58
Oct 12 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59
Oct 12 Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
Oct 12 Gerard Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian, dies at 59
Oct 30 Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. 1603)
Dec 12 John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)