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Born on Friday January 5, 1607
- François HESPEL, Lille, 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1673)
- marie COMMIANT, Blaugies (Belgium) Hainaut
- Francesco GALLINA, Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Michael Vervoort, Geel
- Adrianus BERGHMANS, Mol Belgie
Died on Friday January 5, 1607
- Jan Gerritsz
- Neeltje Dircks, Groote Lindt
- Jan
- Jan Geritsz (57)
- Jan Gerrits (57)
- Jan Gerritsz (57)
- Jan Gerritszn van Driel (57), Groote Lindt, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Alice BRIGHT (80)
- Thomas Sadler (72), Standon, Hertfordshire, England
- William Richard Jones (65), Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
Born on January 5
- 1530 » Gaspar de Bono, monk of the Order of the Minims († 1571)
- 1548 » Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian († 1617)
- 1587 » Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer († 1641)
- 1592 » Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor († 1666)
- 1620 » Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian military commander († 1664)
- 1640 » Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer († 1713)
- 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
- 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
- 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
- 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
Died on January 5
- 1477 » Charles, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433)
- 1524 » Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
- 1527 » Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)
- 1578 » Giulio Clovio, Dalmatian painter (b. 1498)
- 1580 » Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1542)
- 1589 » Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
- 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
- 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
- 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
- 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
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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 30 » An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
- April 25 » Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- May 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- 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.