Famous Deaths Dec 4 Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 Dec 4 William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet, dies at 63 Dec 7 Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary in New France, killed at 43 Dec 8 Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) Nov 1649 History by Year Jan 1650 What Happened in 1649 Misery of The King's ExecutionerJune 20, 1649