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Born on Monday December 26, 1605
- Thomas Swettenham, Swettenham, Cheshire, England († 1658)
- Steven Bentinck tot Berencamp († 1668)
- William Robert Cloud, Calne, Wiltshire, England († 1627)
- Rinske Rintses Rodenburg, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Heilken Hewighis Bonten, Nederweert
- Maritgen Lenaerts, Nootdorp
- Stephan Bentinck Berencamp († 1668)
- Sybrand Gockinga, Gr., NL († 1631)
- Thomas Prather, Wiltshire, England († 1666)
- Stephan Bentinck tot Berencamp († 1668)
Died on Monday December 26, 1605
- Katharina von Seydlitz
- Elisabeth van Seidlitz (55)
- Marie Verduyn (66), Hoorn
- Maria VERDUIJN (66), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Maria Verduyn (66), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Maria Verduyn (66), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Born on December 26
- 1526 » Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile (d.1613)
- 1532 » Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic († 1576)
- 1536 » Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar († 1584)
- 1537 » Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg († 1593)
- 1581 » Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach († 1643)
- 1618 » Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist († 1680)
- 1628 » John Page, American politician († 1692)
- 1646 » Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter († 1709)
- 1687 » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer († 1755)
- 1716 » Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar († 1771)
Died on December 26
- 1441 » Niccolò III d'Este, marquess of Ferrara
- 1458 » Arthur III, duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- 1476 » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan (b. 1444)
- 1530 » Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
- 1574 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1524)
- 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
- 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
- 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
- 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
- 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
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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.