Deaths on December 6

Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)

Jacques Davy Duperron (15 November 1556 – 6 December 1618) was a French politician and Roman Catholic cardinal.

8 Mar

Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
15 May

Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
29 Oct

Walter Raleigh
English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.