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Born on Monday December 18, 1600
- Agnes Elisabeth Barby
- Agnes Elisabeth van Barby-Mühlingen, Mühlingen († 1651)
- Henricus PESKENS, Vorst, 2430, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Agnes von Mühlingen von BARBY, Mühlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland († 1651)
- Agnes Elisabeth von Barby-Mühlingen († 1651)
- Jan Moens, Denderbelle († 1663)
- Agnes Elisabeth Gräfin von Barby, Mühtingen (graafschap Barby,,,Saksen) († 1651)
- Agnes Elisabeth von Barby und Mühlingen, Mühlingen († 1651)
- Agnes Elisabeth v.Barby, Mühlingen/ANH († 1651)
- Wilhelm Schrassert (Schrasser), Nijkerk
Died on Monday December 18, 1600
- Arijen Cornelisz (14), Vlaardingen
- John 'Oge' Power
- Petrus Cant, Stalhille,, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Pieter Jacobs (20)
- Alice Tyrell (56), Suffolk (Suffolk) England
- George Brooke (56), Suffolk (Suffolk) England
- Arijen Cornelisz.
- Pieter CANT (64), Stalhille, Jabbeke, Province of West Flanders, Belgium
- John Oge 4th Baron le Power and Coroghmore Lepoer Power (30), Waterford, Waterford, Munster, Ireland
Born on December 18
- 1507 » Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō († 1551)
- 1552 » Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician († 1616)
- 1590 » William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken († 1640)
- 1602 » Simonds d'Ewes, English historian and politician († 1650)
- 1610 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian († 1688)
- 1620 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar († 1668)
- 1626 » Christina, Queen of Sweden († 1689)
- 1660 » Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1715)
- 1661 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor († 1751)
- 1662 » James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland († 1711)
Died on December 18
- 1442 » Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
- 1495 » Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
- 1577 » Anna of Saxony, Princess consort of Orange (b. 1544)
- 1645 » Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
- 1651 » William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580)
- 1692 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
- 1737 » Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
- 1787 » Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
- 1799 » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
- 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
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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)
- March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
- 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.