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March 19, 1600Born on Monday March 20, 1600
- Hendrik van Palm, Schorndorf, Baden-Württemberg († 1634)
- Laurentius Kleintjens, NIEDERLANDE, Limburg, Heerlen
- Anselmus Logghe, Zedelgem (B) († 1660)
- Marie Catharine Thelen, Nogent, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France († 1668)
- Anchelmus Logghe, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1660)
- Anselmus Logghe, Zedelgem
- Balduinus Cocquut, Brugge (OLV 2de), WVL, B
Died on Monday March 20, 1600
- Pieter Pietersz Maarlevelt (couck) (25), Monsterambacht
- Pieter Pietersz (Coucx) Maerlevelt (20), Monster
- Erik Larssson Sparre (49)
- Pieter Pietersz COUCX van MAERLEVELT (25), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Sten Axelsson Baner (54)
- George Etherington (71), Great Driffield, Yorkshire East Riding, England
- Pieter Pietersz Couck (van Marlevelt) (25), Monsterambacht
- Ture BIELKE (51)
- Gustaaf Banér Heer van Djursholm (52), Linköping, Östergötland, Zweden
- Ture Nilsson Bielke (51)
Born on March 20
- 1469 » Cecily of York († 1507)
- 1477 » Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar († 1527)
- 1479 » Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal († 1520)
- 1502 » Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist († 1575)
- 1532 » Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop († 1611)
- 1612 » Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet († 1672)
- 1615 » Dara Shikoh, Indian prince († 1659)
- 1639 » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine († 1709)
- 1725 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan († 1789)
- 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
Died on March 20
- 1440 » Sigismund I of Lithuania
- 1475 » Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
- 1549 » Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1508)
- 1568 » Albert, Duke of Prussia (b. 1490)
- 1619 » Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
- 1673 » Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (b. 1603)
- 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
- 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
- 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
- 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
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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.
- 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.
- December 31 » The British East India Company is chartered.