Deaths on October 25

Evangelista Torricelli

Died on October 25, 1647

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)

Evangelista Torricelli ( TORR-ee-CHEL-ee, also US: TOR-, Italian: [evandʒeˈlista torriˈtʃɛlli] (listen); 15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. The Torr is named after him.

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Events on 1647

14 Mar

Truce of Ulm (1647)
Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
11 May

Dutch colonization of the Americas
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
8 Aug

Battle of Dungan's Hill
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.

Deaths on October 25

Evangelista Torricelli

Died on October 25, 1647

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Events on 1647

Truce of Ulm (1647)

Dutch colonization of the Americas

Battle of Dungan's Hill