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- Marie-Madeleine Couteau, Cousteau, Saint-Jean-d'Anglely, Saintes, Saintonge, France († 1691)
- Adriaen Vermiert, Herentals († 1659)
- Cornelis Gerrits Van Duijn, Nieuwerkerk, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1706)
- Adrianus ZEGERS, Merchtem,1785,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1668)
- Anthonie Studler van Zurck Heer van Bergen († 1666)
- Baron Ott Janz van Tuyl, Utrecht († 1666)
- Marie-Madeleine Naomie (Couteau Conteau Coustaud Cousteau) Couteau, Saint-Jean-d'Anglely, Saintes, Saintonge, France († 1691)
- Levinnus Lindeman (Lindemans), Dordrecht
Died on Saturday July 1, 1606
- Elyzabethe Bramall (61), Bradfield Hallamshire Yorkshire Engalnd
Born on July 1
- 1506 » Louis II of Hungary († 1526)
- 1534 » Frederick II of Denmark († 1588)
- 1553 » Peter Street, English carpenter and builder († 1609)
- 1574 » Joseph Hall, English bishop and mystic († 1656)
- 1586 » Claudio Saracini, Italian lute player and composer († 1630)
- 1633 » Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author († 1698)
- 1646 » Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher († 1716)
- 1663 » Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist († 1738)
- 1725 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general († 1807)
- 1725 » Rhoda Delaval, English painter and aristrocrat († 1757)
Died on July 1
- 1555 » John Bradford, English reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's (b. 1510)
- 1589 » Lady Saigō, Japanese concubine (b. 1552)
- 1592 » Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer and educator (b. 1535)
- 1614 » Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (b. 1559)
- 1622 » William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, English politician (b. 1575)
- 1681 » Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (b. 1629)
- 1736 » Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1673)
- 1774 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1705)
- 1782 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)
- 1784 » Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)
Names that were popular for boys in 1606
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Willem
- William
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jansz
- Johannes
- Jean
- Adriaen
- Claes
- Richard
Names that were popular for girls in 1606
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Catharina
- Mary
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Cornelis
- Magdalena
- Barbara
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Trijntje
- Johanna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1606
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
- January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
- February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
- April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
- December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.