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May 2, 1607Born on Thursday May 3, 1607
- Jacob Albertsz, Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Janae Knowles, Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire, England († 1672)
- Walter Unknown, Penshurst, Kent, England († 1643)
- Hubert Jordens, Deventer
- Dorothea Meres, Völkenroth, Rhein-Hunsruck-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1676)
- Franscke Fransdr Camminga (Kamminga) († 1654)
- Jacob Siewerts Crol, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1673)
- Leendert van 't Zelfde, Rijsoord
- Leendert Dammisz van 't Zelfde, Rijsoord
- Franscke Frans VAN CAMMINGHA, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1654)
Died on Thursday May 3, 1607
- Lady Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (33), Argyll, Scotland
- Agnes Douglas (33)
- Anna von Liechtenstein
- Agnes Countess of Argylle Douglas (33), Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Lady Agnes Douglas (33), Argyllshire, Scotland
- Jean TURPINEAU (45), Mondion, 86230, France
- Lady Anne Agnes Douglas, Countess of Morton (33), Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland
- Agnes (Countess of Argyll) Douglas (33), Argyllshire, Scotland
- Anna von Lichtenstein (52)
- Agnes Countess of Argyll Douglas (33), Argyllshire, Scotland
Born on May 3
- 1461 » Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal († 1521)
- 1469 » Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher († 1527)
- 1479 » Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1552)
- 1481 » Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular († 1534)
- 1536 » Stephan Praetorius, German theologian († 1603)
- 1632 » Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec († 1668)
- 1662 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle († 1736)
- 1678 » Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair († 1747)
- 1695 » Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube († 1771)
- 1729 » Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer († 1774)
Died on May 3
- 1501 » John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (b. 1463)
- 1524 » Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)
- 1534 » Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (b. 1481)
- 1589 » Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1528)
- 1606 » Henry Garnet, English priest and author (b. 1555)
- 1621 » Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
- 1679 » James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
- 1693 » Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
- 1704 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
- 1724 » John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
Names that were popular for boys in 1607
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Willem
- Jacob
- William
- Johannes
- Robert
- James
- Jean
- Petrus
- Richard
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1607
- Anna
- Maria
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Johanna
- Margaret
- Jeanne
- Barbara
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1607
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
- April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.
- September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
- September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.