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Born on Saturday December 15, 1607
- Henri NITHARD, Eschentzwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
- Nicolle SOURDRILLE, ( Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes, 44170, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
- Catharina Van Den Bulck
- Robert Elam, Broadsworth, Yorkshire, England († 1679)
- Michaël Wittock, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen) België-Belgium († 1653)
Died on Saturday December 15, 1607
- Bertha von Raesfeld (52), Middelburg
- Hendrick SWARTHAMEL
- Henry Burton Hall Constable, Kt. (50), London, City of London, Greater London, England
- Joseph Constable (57), London, City of London, Greater London, England
- Henry CONSTABLE (54), London, Middlesex
- Sir Henry Constable van Burton (57), London, England
- IJsbrand Willemsz Bontekoe (47), Hoorn
- Ijsbrant Willemsz Bontekoe X13 (47), Hoorn, Nederland
- Sir Hendrik Constable Van Burton * (57), London, City of London, Greater London, England
- Sir Henry Constable (56), St George The Martyr, Surrey, England
Born on December 15
- 1447 » Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria († 1508)
- 1567 » Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist († 1643)
- 1610 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter († 1690)
- 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
- 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
- 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
- 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
- 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
- 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
- 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
Died on December 15
- 1467 » Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and regent of Sweden (b. 1417)
- 1574 » Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
- 1598 » Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
- 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
- 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
- 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
- 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
- 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
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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)
- February 24 » L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
- March 10 » Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- May 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
- September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.