Deaths on August 26

Frans Hals

Died on August 26, 1666

Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)

Frans Hals the Elder (UK: , US: , Dutch: [frɑns ˈɦɑls]; c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem.

Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group portraiture. He is known for his loose painterly brushwork.

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Events on 1666

19 Aug

Holmes's Bonfire
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
3 Sep

Great Fire of London
The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
28 Nov

Battle of Rullion Green
At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

Deaths on August 26

Frans Hals

Died on August 26, 1666

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