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  • Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Now Italy)
    Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
    Galileo Galilei

    Death

    Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Now Italy)
    Wednesday Jan 8, 1642

    Galileo continued to receive visitors until 1642, when, after suffering fever and heart palpitations, he died on 8 January 1642, aged 77. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, wished to bury him in the main body of the Basilica of Santa Croce, next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors, and to erect a marble mausoleum in his honor.



    Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
    Portrait, attributed to Murillo, of Galileo gazing at the words "E pur si muove" (And yet it moves)
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  • Modena
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1642

    Giovanni Maria Bononcini Birth

    Modena
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1642

    The composer and violinist Giovanni Maria Bononcini was born in Modena.



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  • Florence
    Thursday Aug 14, 1642

    Cosimo III de' Medici Birth

    Florence
    Thursday Aug 14, 1642

    The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de' Medici, was born in Pitti Palace in Florence.



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