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July 1, 1600Born on Sunday July 2, 1600
- Joannes Nuchelmans, Nuth, Limburg, Niederlande
- Joost Vijgh, Nijmegen († 1666)
- Elisabeth de Block, Temse
- Vranck Cornelisz RIJT,VAN († 1646)
- Sara Jochems, Enkhuizen
- Joost Vijgh, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1666)
- Joost Dirksz Vijgh tot Ijzendoorn, Nijmegen of Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1666)
- Vranck Cornelisz van Rijt, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1646)
- Elie (Hély) Savari, Sedan, Friesland, Nederland
- Arijaentge Pieters Langelaen, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1602)
Died on Sunday July 2, 1600
- Casper van Voorst (20), Slag bij Nieuwpoort, Vlaanderen
- Johan van Voorst (25), Slag bij Nieuwpoort, Vlaanderen
- John KIRKPATRICK, Leffinge Belgium
- Johan Harmensz Croese (40), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Johan Croese (40), Zutphen
- Elizabeth Russell (24)
- Jürgen van Fircks (80), Goldingen, See-Gaster, St. Gallen, Zwitserland
- Claude Orsanne de Neuchâtel, à la bataille de Newport
- Rodrigo de Cervantes (50)
- Jan Croese (40), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
Born on July 2
- 1486 » Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect († 1570)
- 1489 » Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop, theologian, and saint († 1556)
- 1492 » Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England († 1495)
- 1500 » Federico Cesi (cardinal), Italian cardinal († 1565)
- 1575 » Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, English noblewoman and head of state of the Isle of Man († 1627)
- 1597 » Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter († 1637)
- 1647 » Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1730)
- 1648 » Arp Schnitger, German organ builder († 1719)
- 1665 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian († 1726)
- 1667 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector († 1740)
Died on July 2
- 1504 » Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1434)
- 1566 » Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (b. 1503)
- 1578 » Thomas Doughty, English explorer
- 1582 » Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1528)
- 1591 » Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)
- 1621 » Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)
- 1656 » François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
- 1674 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
- 1743 » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
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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.
- 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.