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Born on Wednesday January 26, 1605
- Maria Bartholomeusdr, Diessen
- Adam Hawkes, Highham, Norfolk, England († 1671)
- Anna Sabine Barones Van Dietrichstein, Finkenstein (Kärnten) Au († 1645)
- Maria Bartholomeusdr Meus, Hilvarenbeek,NB,Nederland
- Guilhelmus SEGHERS, Gooik,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
- Anna Sabine von Dietrichstein († 1645)
- Catharina Martens van Eijnde, Herentals (B)
- Adam Hawkes, Westbury, Leigh, Wiltshire, England († 1671)
- Dorothea Schieck, Bernsbach / Erzgebirge
- Maria MEEUS, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Wednesday January 26, 1605
- Johan van Saporta (65), Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Jan Dirck Gerritsz (75)
Born on January 26
- 1495 » Emperor Go-Nara of Japan († 1557)
- 1541 » Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator († 1596)
- 1549 » Jakob Ebert, German theologian († 1614)
- 1582 » Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter († 1647)
- 1595 » Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer († 1679)
- 1624 » George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1705)
- 1657 » William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury († 1737)
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
Died on January 26
- 1567 » Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
- 1568 » Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)
- 1630 » Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
- 1636 » Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1641 » Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
- 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
Names that were popular for boys in 1605
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Jacob
- John
- Gerrit
- Adriaen
- William
- Leendert
- Thomas
- Johan
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jean
Names that were popular for girls in 1605
- Anna
- Maria
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Barbara
- Anne
- Lijsbeth
- Trijntje
- Cornelia
- Margaretha
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1605
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 16 » The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
- August 8 » The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
- September 27 » The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
- November 5 » Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
- November 8 » Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.