Famous Birthdays Oct 19 Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, born in Vienna, Habsburg Empire (d. 1741) Born in 1669 Famous Deaths Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Oct 4 Dutch painter (Night Watch), dies at 63 Oct 14 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, singer and musician, dies at 46 Oct 18 Abraham Willaerts, Dutch painter (A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples), dies Oct 24 William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600) Sep 1669 History by Year Nov 1669 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning