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Born on Wednesday October 16, 1602
- Baertgen van Nierop, Wilsveen
- (Child) Chatfield, Pagham, Sussex, England († 1603)
- Amelberge Manselaert, Temse († 1653)
- Laurentz Hecht, Hermannsdorf, Chemnitz, Saxony
- Joost Snier, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Julien de Savoye, Henegouw, Spanish Netherlands († 1636)
- Simon Van Overloop, Stekene
- William Bartholomew, Burford, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND († 1680)
- Cornelis van Lith de Jeude, Tiel († 1650)
- Cecilia Prescott, Shevington, Standish, Lancaster, England
Died on Wednesday October 16, 1602
- Tristam Coffin (Coffyn) (39)
- angela de ruijter (52)
- Catharina van Zurck
- Phillip Coffin (42), Will, Will, Illinois, United States
- Nicolas Micault
- Peter Tristram (Coffyn) Coffin (77), Brixton, Devon, England
- Nicholas Coffin (67), Brixton, Devon, England
- Tristram Coffin (39), Brixton, Devon, ENGLAND
- Tristam Coffin\Coffyn (39), Will, Will, Illinois, United States
- Maria van Voorst
Born on October 16
- 1483 » Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat († 1542)
- 1535 » Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai († 1585)
- 1588 » Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian († 1657)
- 1605 » Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer († 1677)
- 1620 » Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor († 1694)
- 1678 » Anna Waser, Swiss painter († 1714)
- 1679 » Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer († 1745)
- 1710 » András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal († 1790)
- 1714 » Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic († 1795)
- 1726 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator († 1801)
Died on October 16
- 1553 » Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472)
- 1555 » Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
- 1555 » Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
- 1591 » Gregory XIV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535)
- 1594 » William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
- 1621 » Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1628 » François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- 1637 » Johann Rudolf Stadler, Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605)
- 1649 » Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
- 1655 » Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1602
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
- November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
- December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.