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Born on Sunday February 17, 1602
- Margaretha Van Houtven, Heist op den Berg
- Catharina Jan Ooms, Loenhout
- Daniël Janse Verstelse
- Peter Peijnenborgh (Pijnenburg), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1683)
- Jacob Van Laere, Belsele,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Laurentius DILLEN, Kessel, 2560, Antwerpen, België († 1674)
- Emmeken Jan Ooms, Loenhout (B)
- Catharina Jan OOMS, Loenhout (B)
- Margaretha Van Houtven, Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Marie Quenente, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Sunday February 17, 1602
- William Boteler (67), Biddenham, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Anna Mararclla Widmer (38)
- Marie Maes
- Ricklant van den Steenhuys, Tiel (NL)
- Giovanni Pietro Coli
Born on February 17
- 1490 » Charles III, duke of Bourbon († 1527)
- 1519 » Francis, French Grand Chamberlain († 1563)
- 1524 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal († 1574)
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
Died on February 17
- 1500 » Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (b. before 1463)
- 1600 » Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)
- 1609 » Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
- 1624 » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
- 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
- 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
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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.