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March 5, 1600Born on Monday March 6, 1600
- Maria VON SCHWARTZENBERG, Vaals
- Jacobus Hendricus van Asten († 1693)
- Catharina Roomans, Waasmunster, België
- Jacques van Asten, Alphen
- Jacques Henricxzoon Asten van, Alphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1693)
- Andries van der Horn († 1677)
- Erika van Nassau-Dillenburg, Dillenburg, Hessen († 1657)
- Trijn Lucas Ambrosius, Amsterdam († 1664)
- Maria von Schwartzenberg, Vaals
- Katelijne Rooman, Waasmunster (B)
Died on Monday March 6, 1600
- Leendert Arensz Voorwinde (40), Ooltgensplaat
- Adelheid von Massow (52)
- Adelheid van Massow (52), Koszalin (Köslin), West-Pommeren, Polen
Born on March 6
- 1475 » Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor († 1564)
- 1483 » Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician († 1540)
- 1493 » Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist († 1540)
- 1495 » Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and diplomat († 1556)
- 1536 » Santi di Tito, Italian painter († 1603)
- 1619 » Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright († 1655)
- 1663 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop and poet († 1732)
- 1706 » George Pocock, English admiral († 1792)
- 1716 » Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer († 1779)
- 1724 » Henry Laurens, English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress († 1792)
Died on March 6
- 1466 » Alvise Loredan, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
- 1490 » Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
- 1491 » Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
- 1531 » Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
- 1616 » Francis Beaumont, English playwright (b. 1584)
- 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
- 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
- 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
- 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
- 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
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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.
- 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.