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Born on Wednesday January 26, 1600
- Ariaentgen Eeuwoutsdr, Schiedam
- Pleuntje Gijsbrecht op den Amer, Fijnaart en Heijningen
- Gabriël Nompar II van Caumont Graaf van Lauzun
- Marcus Suerius, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
- Hellwigis (Elisabeth) MERTENS, Dessel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1679)
- Pleuntje Gijbrecht op den Amer, Fijnaart en Heijningen
- Heylwigis (Elisabeth) Mertens (Maas), Dessel († 1679)
- Heylwigis Mertens, Dessel
- Joannes VAN LANGENDONCK, Haacht (Vlaams-Brabant), België († 1675)
- Ariaentgen Eewoutsd KIELA, Schiedam
Died on Wednesday January 26, 1600
- Krein (60), Feudingen, Westfalen, Germany
- Barbara Krein (60), Feudingen, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany
- Nijesgen Claesdr van Der Valck (97)
- Edward MONTAGU, Boughton, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Born on January 26
- 1495 » Emperor Go-Nara of Japan († 1557)
- 1541 » Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator († 1596)
- 1549 » Jakob Ebert, German theologian († 1614)
- 1582 » Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter († 1647)
- 1595 » Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer († 1679)
- 1624 » George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1705)
- 1657 » William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury († 1737)
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
Died on January 26
- 1567 » Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
- 1568 » Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)
- 1630 » Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
- 1636 » Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1641 » Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
- 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1600
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
- August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
- October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
- October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
- December 31 » The British East India Company is chartered.