Deaths 1642

galileo galilei



cardinal richelieu



january 8 – galileo galilei, italian astronomer , physicist (b. 1564)
january 12 – johann ernst, count of hanau-münzenberg (1641–1642) (b. 1613)
january 13 – sophia hedwig of brunswick-lüneburg, german noblewoman (b. 1592)
january 21 – alban roe, english benedictine martyr (b. 1583)
february 7 – william bedell, english clergyman (b. 1571)
february 19 – jørgen knudsen urne, danish noble (b. 1598)
march 30 – william augustus, duke of brunswick-harburg (b. 1564)
april 30 – dmitry pozharsky, russian prince (b. 1578)
may 9 – jacques bonfrère, flemish jesuit priest , biblical scholar (b. 1573)
may 24 – polyxena von lobkowicz, politically active czech aristocrat (b. 1566)
june 14 – saskia van uylenburgh, wife of painter rembrandt van rijn (b. 1612)
july 3 – marie de medici, french queen consort , regent (b. 1573)
july 4 – erzsébet thurzó, hungarian noblewoman (b. 1621)
july 5 – festus hommius, dutch theologian (b. 1576)
july 18 – william of nassau-hilchenbach, german count (b. 1592)
july 25 – crato, count of nassau-saarbrücken (1640–1642) (b. 1621)
july 30 – franz von hatzfeld, prince-bishop of würzburg (b. 1596)
august 18 – guido reni, italian painter (b. 1575)
september 3 – countess elisabeth of nassau, regent of sedan (b. 1577)
september 12 – henri coiffier de ruzé, marquis of cinq-mars, french conspirator (b. 1620)
september 8 – herman de neyt, flemish painter (b. 1588)
september 29 – rené goupil, french jesuit missionary, first of canadian martyrs (b. 1608)
october 3 – charles howard, 2nd earl of nottingham, english noble (b. 1579)
october 19 – giovanni doria, spanish noble (b. 1573)
october 23 – george stewart, 9th seigneur d aubigny, scottish obleman , military commander (b. 1618)
october 24 – robert bertie, 1st earl of lindsey, english fen drainage adventurer , soldier (b. 1583)
november 1 – jean nicolet, french explorer (b. 1598)
november 7 – henry montagu, 1st earl of manchester, english politician (b. c. 1563)
november 14 – henry wallop, english politician (b. 1568)
november 24 – walatta petros, saint in ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church (b. 1592)
november 25 – christian günther i, count of schwarzburg-sondershausen (1601–1642) (b. 1578)
december 4 – armand jean du plessis, cardinal richelieu, french statesman (b. 1585)
december 6 – charles caesar, english politician , judge (b. 1590)
december 23 – louis de dieu, dutch theologian (b. 1590)
december 27 – herman op den graeff, dutch bishop (b. 1585)
date unknown – catholicos patriarch eudemus of georgia