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March 14, 1600Born on Wednesday March 15, 1600
- Gilles Bouchery, Verlinghem, 59237,fr, Frankrijk († 1671)
- Katherine Mayhew #0801, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England († 1612)
- Cornelia Magdalena Volmer, Grindelwald, Bern, Switzerland († 1630)
- Magdalena Jossi († 1665)
- Gilles Bouchery, Verlinghem, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1671)
- Lysbeth Wildermans, Lier
- Jacquemin des HESELLES, CHARNEUX, Liège, Belgique
- Thomas Marchant, Wellow, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Jacquemin de HESELLES, CHARNEUX, Liège, Belgique
- Magdalene Elizabeth Michelle Jossi, Eversley, Hampshire, England († 1630)
Died on Wednesday March 15, 1600
- Ritske Folkerts
- Cors Cornelisz.
- Andrea BUFFA (58), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Jelcke Minnes Juma (67)
- Pleun Huijgensz. (60)
- Jan Rozdrazewski
- Louweris Sijmonsz den Elsen
Born on March 15
- 1493 » Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat († 1567)
- 1513 » Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg († 1573)
- 1516 » Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince († 1550)
- 1582 » Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist († 1645)
- 1584 » Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg († 1663)
- 1591 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer († 1660)
- 1611 » Jan Fyt, Flemish painter († 1661)
- 1638 » Shunzhi Emperor of China († 1661)
- 1666 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche († 1738)
- 1754 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist († 1842)
Died on March 15
- 1536 » Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 35th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493)
- 1575 » Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527)
- 1644 » Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576)
- 1657 » David Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591)
- 1673 » Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)
- 1711 » Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)
- 1820 » Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
- 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
- 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
- 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
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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 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
- 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.