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June 21, 1616Born on Wednesday June 22, 1616
- Aleydis GUENS, Balen St-Andries, Balen, Antwerpen, België
- Jan Segers, Niel
- Petrus Van den Broeck, Tielen,, Antwerpen, België († 1685)
- Elisabetha Moirlandts, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
- Maria Dorothea Römer, Kaltenbrunn, Oberfranken, Beieren († 1672)
- Joannes Segers, Niel
- Anna Koppens (Coppens), Oud turnhout
- Petrus Odulphus van Cleijnenbreugel, Best († 1679)
- Agatha Meex, Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
- Maria Lems, Sint-Amands (Puurs), Antwerpen, België
Died on Wednesday June 22, 1616
- Sebastiana Cornelisdr Van Der Cleij (81)
- Annetgen Philipsen Clerck (51), Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Blasius Lourisz.
- Marritje Jacobsdr
- Jacob Dirksz Vercroft (42), Naaldwijk (Westland), Zuid Holland
- Dirck Cornelisz Cleij
- Sebastiaentgen Cornelisdr Cleij
- Jan Cornelisz Cleij
- Sebastiana Cornelisdr. Cley
Born on June 22
- 1477 » Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, English nobleman († 1530)
- 1593 » Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician and militarian († 1671)
- 1680 » Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian († 1754)
- 1684 » Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer († 1762)
- 1704 » John Taylor, English author and scholar († 1766)
- 1713 » John Sackville, English cricketer and politician († 1765)
- 1738 » Jacques Delille, French poet and translator († 1813)
- 1757 » George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer († 1798)
- 1763 » Étienne Méhul, French pianist and composer († 1817)
- 1767 » Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher, academic, and politician, Interior Minister of Prussia († 1835)
Died on June 22
- 1429 » Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
- 1521 » Leonardo Loredan, Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
- 1535 » John Fisher, English bishop and saint (b. 1469)
- 1632 » James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (b. 1570)
- 1634 » Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
- 1664 » Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (b. 1631)
- 1699 » Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
- 1714 » Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (b. 1662)
- 1766 » Carlo Zimech, Maltese priest and painter (b. 1696)
- 1868 » Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
Names that were popular for boys in 1616
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Jacob
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- William
- Jean
- Willem
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Robert
- James
- Johan
- Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1616
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Mary
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Sarah
- Adriana
- Jannetje
- Margaretha
- Margaret
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1616
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 12 » The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
- February 26 » Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
- March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
- March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
- May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
- October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.