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May 20, 1645Born on Sunday May 21, 1645
- Doedijns
- Gerrit Jansz. Hilgersom, Wilsveen
- Adriaen Dingenisz Snodijck, Colijnsplaat, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1719)
- Elisabeth Croll, Genderen
- Gabriel Egberts, Delft († 1645)
- Anna Verdonck, Hamme
- Adriaan Snoodijk, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1719)
- Catharina de Coene, Heusden (Bel.)
- Gijsbert de Bruijn, Genderen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriaen Dijngenisse Snodijck, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1719)
Died on Sunday May 21, 1645
- Pierre FICHET (29)
- Cornelis Claesz Loosje alias Groenendijck
- Joos Cornelis Joossen (23)
- William Radcliffe (1), 1669508, Lancashire, England
- Franske Machet Mazetti Mazetti, Franeker
- Sohyeon Wang Yi of Joseon (33)
- N.N., Ooltgensplaat
- Elisabeth HOEUFFT (2), Rouen, Haute-Normandie (Frankrijk)
- Cornelis Claaszoon Loosje (85), Poortugaal
- Joost van de Water, Rotterdam
Born on May 21
- 1527 » Philip II of Spain († 1598)
- 1653 » Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland († 1697)
- 1688 » Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator († 1744)
- 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
- 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
- 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
- 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
- 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
- 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
- 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
Died on May 21
- 1607 » John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549)
- 1619 » Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537)
- 1639 » Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)
- 1647 » Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
- 1650 » James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)
- 1664 » Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
- 1670 » Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
- 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)
- 1690 » John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
- 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
Names that were popular for boys in 1645
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- Joannes
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- John
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Thomas
- Jean
- Hendrick
- Leendert
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1645
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Marie
- Trijntje
- Cornelia
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Lijsbeth
- Jannetje
- Anne
- Sarah
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1645
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 10 » Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
- July 2 » Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- July 21 » Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
- August 3 » Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- September 24 » The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
- October 8 » Jeanne Mance open the first lay hospital in North America.