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Born on Friday December 20, 1647
- Bastiaan Aelbrecht Buijs, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1709)
- Elskena Teeckings, Neder-Elten
- Jacob Macaré, Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1677)
- Elskena Teeckinck, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- BARBARA GELDOLF, BAZEL,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Hester Gunnison, Probably Kittery, York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Gerhaerdt Hildebrands Meinhards, Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bastiaan Aelbrechtsz Buijs, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1709)
- Marguerite Thiry, Mortier, België
- Jacobus Ciers, Schriek († 1688)
Died on Friday December 20, 1647
- Isabeau Morel (63), Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
- Sara de Famars (33), Hanau, Hessen
- Lambrecht Cornelis Lambrechts (78), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
- Lambrecht Cornelis Lambrechts (78), Wuustwezel (B)
- Lambrecht Cornelissen, Wuustwezel
- Anna Tack (0), Elversele (B)
- Weyntgen Jans van REUMELAER, Utrecht
- Pieter Engelszn Goudswaard, goudswaard
- pieter engelsz GOUDSWAARD, goudswaard
- Lambrecht Cornelissen, Wuustwezel
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 20, 1647 at Delpher
Born on December 20
- 1494 » Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer († 1555)
- 1496 » Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician († 1575)
- 1537 » John III, king of Sweden († 1592)
- 1576 » John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint († 1620)
- 1626 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician († 1692)
- 1629 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter († 1684)
- 1641 » Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician († 1724)
- 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
- 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
- 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
Died on December 20
- 1539 » Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506)
- 1552 » Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (b. 1499)
- 1590 » Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)
- 1658 » Jean Jannon, French designer and typefounder (b. 1580)
- 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
- 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
- 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
- 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
- 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
Names that were popular for boys in 1647
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- John
- Willem
- Jean
- Thomas
- Johann
- William
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1647
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Lijsbeth
- Margaretha
- Anne
- Sarah
- Grietje
- Jeanne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1647
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 14 » Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- August 8 » The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.