Deaths on June 9

Thomas Tomkins

Died on June 9, 1656

Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-English composer (b. 1572)

Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school.

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Events on 1656

23 Jan

Lettres provinciales
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
30 Jul

Battle of Warsaw (1656)
Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
14 Oct

Puritanism
Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.

Deaths on June 9

Thomas Tomkins

Died on June 9, 1656

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