Deaths on May 19

Isaac Beeckman

Died on May 19, 1637

Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)

Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".

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Events on 1637

18 Feb

Battle off Lizard Point
Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
26 May

Mystic massacre
Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.