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April 15, 1600Born on Sunday April 16, 1600
- Anna Stoutenburg, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1675)
- Agnes Melchior~Goyaerts HANEGRAEFF, Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Dijmpna Jan Simon Courtien, Zundert
- Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar († 1632)
- Andreas Brijssinck, Tielrode, O-Vl, BE († 1673)
- Cornelis van de Wiele, Vremdijke
- Andries ( Bryssinck ) Brissinck, Tielrode († 1673)
- Agnes Melchior Goyaerts Hanegraeffs, Heeswijk
- Andreas Bryssinck, Tielrode († 1673)
- Dympna Jan Simon Courtien, Zundert, Nederland
Died on Sunday April 16, 1600
- Anna Katharina Wenger (55), Göttingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- William Thompson (86), St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
- Anna Luirts Dorenbusch te Rollingeweer (50), Maarslag, Leens
- William Thompson II (Sir) (86), St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
- Jenneke Jacobs Dirksdr (62), Hoornaar
- Anna Luirts Dorenbusch (50)
- Maria Ferreira
- Jan Lenaertsz Ruijchrock (30)
- ANNA DORENBUSCH (50), Groot Maarslag, Groningen, Netherlands
- Jan Leenderts RUIJGROK
Born on April 16
- 1488 » Jungjong of Joseon († 1544)
- 1495 » Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer († 1557)
- 1516 » Tabinshwehti, Burmese king († 1550)
- 1569 » John Davies, English poet and lawyer († 1626)
- 1635 » Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter († 1681)
- 1646 » Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon († 1708)
- 1660 » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic († 1753)
- 1661 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury († 1715)
- 1682 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant († 1744)
- 1697 » Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer († 1778)
Died on April 16
- 1496 » Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
- 1587 » Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
- 1640 » Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
- 1645 » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
- 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
- 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
- 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
- 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
- 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
- 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
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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.
- February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- 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.