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Born on Monday December 17, 1601
- Elisabeth van Stolberg-Wernigerode († 1612)
- Anna de Mesmaeker, Diessen
- Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, Stolberg,Sachsen,Prussia († 1612)
- Annie Elizabeth Foot (Baker), Chislet, Kent, England († 1660)
- Innocente de Marillac
- Petrus Truyman, Stekene
Died on Monday December 17, 1601
- Henri V de MAGNÉE
- Jan Dircksz Bugge, Delft
- Jehanne FOUCHARD, Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 44850, France
- Jacques van der Laen (20)
- Jacques van der Laen (19), Oostende (Ostende), België
- Bernhard III van Cardenas Hertog van Maqueda (48)
- Jeanne FOUCHARD (52), la Valinière-Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 44850, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, FRANCE
- John PERKINS (29), Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
- Jacgues van der Laen (19)
- Bernardino de Cárdenas (48), Palermo, Italie
Born on December 17
- 1554 » Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop († 1612)
- 1556 » Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet († 1627)
- 1616 » Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author († 1704)
- 1619 » Prince Rupert of the Rhine († 1682)
- 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
- 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
- 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
- 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
Died on December 17
- 1419 » William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
- 1471 » Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
- 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
- 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1601
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 8 » Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the revolt is quickly crushed.
- August 3 » Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
- November 18 » Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.