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Born on Saturday February 17, 1607
- Dochter, Dordrecht († 1607)
- Joannes van Hove, Sint Niklaas
- Justine OTTENDORF, Basel, Zwitserland († 1681)
- Martin DELISLE, Crouy-en-Thelle, Département de l'Oise, Hauts-de-France, France († 1677)
- levenloos geboren kind van Johan de CARPENTIER, Dordrecht († 1607)
- Kunigunde Juliane van Anhalt-Dessau († 1683)
- Susanna ver Meren, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- dochter, Dordrecht († 1607)
- dochter, Dordrecht († 1607)
- Wilhelmus Persoon, Sint-Niklaas
Died on Saturday February 17, 1607
- levenloos geboren kind van Johan de CARPENTIER (0), Dordrecht
- Dochter (0), Dordrecht
- Nn van BEEST, Delft
- dochter (0), Dordrecht
- Theodor Schreiner (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
- dochter (0), Dordrecht
Born on February 17
- 1490 » Charles III, duke of Bourbon († 1527)
- 1519 » Francis, French Grand Chamberlain († 1563)
- 1524 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal († 1574)
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
Died on February 17
- 1500 » Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (b. before 1463)
- 1600 » Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)
- 1609 » Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
- 1624 » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
- 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
- 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
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
- Elizabeth
- Catharina
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Joanna
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Margaret
- Johanna
- Barbara
- Jeanne
- 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 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 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.
- October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.