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Born on Thursday December 18, 1603
- Joannes Lijssens, Bazel (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1687)
- François Baudry, Luché Pringé, 72800, France († 1664)
- Cornelis Jansz, Amsterdam
- Jacob Admiraal, Enkhuizen
- Gatienne MATIGNON, Abilly, 37160, France († 1660)
- Jehanne GRIFFAULT, ( Mougon, 79370, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRANCE
- Maria Peters, Etten, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joannes Lijssens, Bazel († 1687)
- Margaret Barkham, London, England († 1640)
- Dorothy Holte, Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Died on Thursday December 18, 1603
- Robert Tyrone Needham II (Sheriff Of Shropshire) (68), Adderley, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
- Adolf van Raesfeld (53)
- Lucia van Egmond van Merenstein (33)
- Adolf van Raesfeld (53)
- Lucia van Egmond van Merenstein
- Sheriff of Shropshire (68), England
- John Rolin Sharpe lll (62), Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Hil Ages van Osinga (2)
- Robert Needham ANEE01.ROB01A (70), Shavington Hall, Adderley, Shropshire, England
- Adolf van Raesfelt
Born on December 18
- 1507 » Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō († 1551)
- 1552 » Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician († 1616)
- 1590 » William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken († 1640)
- 1602 » Simonds d'Ewes, English historian and politician († 1650)
- 1610 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian († 1688)
- 1620 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar († 1668)
- 1626 » Christina, Queen of Sweden († 1689)
- 1660 » Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1715)
- 1661 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor († 1751)
- 1662 » James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland († 1711)
Died on December 18
- 1442 » Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
- 1495 » Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
- 1577 » Anna of Saxony, Princess consort of Orange (b. 1544)
- 1645 » Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
- 1651 » William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580)
- 1692 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
- 1737 » Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
- 1787 » Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
- 1799 » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
- 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1603
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 24 » James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
- March 24 » Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
- July 25 » James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
- November 17 » English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.