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Born on Friday February 16, 1607
- Susanna Wheeler, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England († 1649)
- Sir John Edwards, Hopton Castle,, Wales († 1677)
- Anna Ursula Gräfin von Hohenzollern († 1667)
- Susannah Wheeler, Wharley, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom († 1649)
- John Edwards, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
- Anna Ursula van Hohenzollern Sigmaringen († 1667)
- Anna Ursula von Hohenzollern
- Dierck Nauwen
- Anna Ursula von Hohenzollern
- Leendert Willems Groenewegen, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1666)
Died on Friday February 16, 1607
- Aelke Ruurds Juckama (1)
- Beatrix Gerritsdr Moijenkindt | Moeijenkind (87)
- Annetgen CORNELIS, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on February 16
- 1471 » Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire († 1529)
- 1497 » Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic († 1560)
- 1514 » Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker († 1574)
- 1519 » Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral († 1572)
- 1543 » Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator († 1590)
- 1620 » Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg († 1688)
- 1643 » John Sharp, English archbishop († 1714)
- 1698 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1758)
- 1727 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist († 1817)
- 1740 » Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver († 1813)
Died on February 16
- 1390 » Rupert I, Elector Palatine (b. 1309)
- 1391 » John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)
- 1531 » Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
- 1560 » Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493)
- 1579 » Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Spanish explorer (b. 1509)
- 1645 » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
- 1710 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
- 1721 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
- 1754 » Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
- 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
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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.
- 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.
- May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.