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Born on Saturday October 17, 1648
- Johann zur Horst (Koester), Brink, Rastede, Dld
- Margarita van Velthuysen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1672)
- Pieter Huijbertsz. van Hensbergen, Wassenaar RK
- Christianus (Christiaen) van Inneveld, Roosendaal († 1714)
- Christiaen van Innevelt 1648-1714 Van Innevelt, Roosendaal, Staats-Brabant, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden († 1714)
- Petrus van Hensbergen, Wassenaar
- Neeltje Lagerwerf, Rijsoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1730)
- Catharina Peter Aert van Tychelt, Loenhout (B) († 1649)
- Laurentius VRERIX, Diepenbeek, 3590, Limburg, België († 1654)
- Brigitte Schneider, Benfeld, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Died on Saturday October 17, 1648
- Catharina VAN LOOCK (29), Niel,2845,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Isack van Waesberge (42)
- Richard Risley (44), Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Cathelijne BOGAERTS
- Floris van DUIJN (0), Delft
- Sebastiaen Denijsz RONGE (33)
- Catharina Van Loock (23), Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium
- William Griffith (50), Of The Plague
- Maaiken Scherrier
- Guillemette CHOQUENE (59), Amanlis, 35150, France
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 17, 1648 at Delpher
Born on October 17
- 1577 » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter († 1621)
- 1577 » Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince († 1642)
- 1582 » Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic († 1637)
- 1587 » Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor († 1620)
- 1623 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic († 1687)
- 1629 » Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias († 1646)
- 1688 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer († 1726)
- 1711 » Jupiter Hammon, American poet († 1806)
- 1719 » Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic († 1792)
- 1720 » Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer († 1795)
Died on October 17
- 1552 » Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575 » Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586 » Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587 » Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
- 1616 » John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660 » Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776 » Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Petrus
- Jean
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Hendrik
- William
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1648
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Jannetje
- Johanna
- Sarah
- Trijntje
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1648
- Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
- June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
- June 15 » Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
- October 18 » Boston Shoemakers form first American labor organization.
- December 6 » Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".