Chronology of Burials
... and deaths of Leeuwenhoek and his family and friends. The archives records burial dates and generally do not note death dates.
February 15, 1669
uncle Huijch Thonis Leeuwenhoek buried in Nieuwe Kerk
August 21, 1673
mentor Reinier de Graaf buried
December 15, 1675
Jan Vermeer, the painter, buried
January 26, 1676
sister-in-law Maria de Meij buried
January 22, 1677
mentor Jacob Spoors buried
September 5, 1677
mentor Henry Oldenburg died in London
May 9, 1678
niece Maria Jans de Molijn buried
October 14, 1678
sister Margrieta Philips Leeuwenhoek buried
October 30, 1679
cousin Pieter Abrahams Hogenhouck buried
February 7, 1680
microscopist Jan Swammerdam died
April 29, 1681
cousin Jannitgen Huijchs Leeuwenhoek buried
June 17, 1681
co-worker Daniel Bogaert buried
December 20, 1684
cousin Geertruijt Huijchs Leeuwenhoek buried
December 6, 1691
brother-in-law Jan Jacobs de Molijn buried
September 26, 1693
cousin Sara Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried
November 19, 1693
nephew Johannes Adriaans Swalmius buried
January 6, 1694
wife Cornelia Johannes Swalmius buried
November 24, 1694
cousin Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek buried
January 4, 1701
cousin Lambrecht Huijchs Leeuwenhoek buried
April 19, 1702
cousin Cornelis Lambrechts Leeuwenhoek (1670-1702) buried
March 3, 1703
Robert Hooke died
January 29, 1708
printer-bookseller Hendrik van Cronevelt buried
January 16, 1717
cousin Maria Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried
April 8, 1720
cousin Magdaleentje (Helena) Maertens Leeuwenhoek buried
December 30, 1720
cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck buried
December 19, 1721
grand-nephew Jan Cornelis Haaxman buried
August 26, 1723
Died in his Hippolytusbuurt home, 90 years old
August 31, 1723
Buried in Oude Kerk
April 16, 1729
nephew Anthonij Jans de Molijn buried
April 25, 1745
Maria Thonis van Leeuwenhoek died
April 30, 1745
Maria Thonis van Leeuwenhoek buried