Death year 1689 celebrities

Death year 1689

Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper Facts

Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway (baptised 21 March 1635 – 27 January 1689) was the colonial governor of Virginia, 1677–1683.

Robert Wright Facts

Sir Robert Wright (c. 1634 – 1689) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 1687–89. Early lifeWright was the son of Jermyn Wright of Wangford in Suffolk, by his wife Anne, daughter of Richard Bachcroft of Bexwell in Norfolk.

Christina, Queen of Sweden Facts

Christina (Swedish: Kristina Augusta; 18 December  1626 – 19 April 1689), later adopted the name Christina Alexandra, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1633 to 1654, using the titles of Queen of Swedes, Goths and Vandals, Grand Princess of Finland

Aphra Behn Facts

Aphra Behn (10 July 1640 – 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.

Pjetër Bogdani Facts

Pjetër Bogdani (ca. 1630 – 1689), known in Italian as Pietro Bogdano, is the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He is author of the Cuneus Prophetarum (The Band of the Prophets), 1685, the first prose work of substance written orig

Marie Louise of Orléans Facts

Marie Louise d’Orléans (26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689), Queen Consort of Spain from 1679 to 1689 as the first wife of King Charles II of Spain. She was a granddaughter of Louis XIII of France; this made her a petite-fille de France (“Granddaugh

John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee Facts

John Graham of Claverhouse, 7th Laird of Claverhouse (later 1st Viscount Dundee) (c. 21 July 1648 – 27 July 16