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Born on Tuesday August 29, 1600
- Jeanne ALLARD, Taingy (89 Yonne), France († 1669)
- Magtel(t) Pietersdochter Hasselaer, Amsterdam
- Godefridus Nys, Dessel,,2480
- Martin Michael Johann Beck, Ebingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Württemberg, Germany († 1634)
- John Stawell († 1662)
- John Sir Stawell van Cothelstone († 1662)
- Magtel(t) Pieters Hasselaer, Amsterdam
- Susanna van den Bogaerde, Amsterdam († 1657)
Died on Tuesday August 29, 1600
- Adolf Graaf van Schwarzenberg (47), Slag bij Papa, Hongarije
- Catarina IN 'T SCHAEP (40)
- Johann Georg I Zu SOLMS LAUBACH (52), Laubach (DE)
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- Johann Georg ZU SOLMS-LAUBACH (52), Laubach
- Johan Georg I Graaf van Solms-Laubach (52), Laubach, Hessen
- Catarina in 't Schaep (40)
- John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach (53)
- Count Johann Georg (Twin) Solms-Laubach (53), Hesse, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
- Johann Georg I.v.Solms-Laubach (52), Laubach/Wetter
Born on August 29
- 1514 » García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral († 1577)
- 1534 » Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr († 1572)
- 1597 » Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War († 1645)
- 1619 » Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances († 1683)
- 1628 » John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1701)
- 1632 » John Locke, English physician and philosopher († 1704)
- 1724 » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author († 1803)
- 1725 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1767)
- 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
- 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
Died on August 29
- 1499 » Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)
- 1523 » Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
- 1526 » Louis II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506)
- 1526 » Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
- 1533 » Atahualpa, Inca emperor (b. 1497)
- 1542 » Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
- 1604 » Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (b. 1527)
- 1657 » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
- 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
- 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
Names that were popular for boys in 1600
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Jacob
- Joannes
- Gerrit
- Jean
- John
- Thomas
- Johan
- Hendrik
- Adriaen
- Petrus
- Claes
- Johannes
Names that were popular for girls in 1600
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Anne
- Trijntje
- Mary
- Jeanne
- Barbara
- Margaretha
- Cornelia
- Grietje
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 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
- 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.