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Born on Friday February 23, 1607
- Henry ARUNDEL, St Andrew Holborn, London, Middlesex († 1694)
- Georg Tendler
Died on Friday February 23, 1607
- Claes Adriaensz. van Adrichem (69), Delft
- Herman Herberts (67), Gouda
Born on February 23
- 1529 » Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian († 1568)
- 1539 » Henry XI of Legnica, thrice Duke of Legnica († 1588)
- 1539 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire († 1612)
- 1583 » Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer († 1656)
- 1592 » Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter († 1663)
- 1633 » Samuel Pepys, English diarist and politician († 1703)
- 1646 » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun († 1709)
- 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
- 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
- 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
Died on February 23
- 1447 » Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
- 1464 » Emperor Yingzong of Ming (b. 1427)
- 1473 » Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (b. 1410)
- 1526 » Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479)
- 1554 » Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)
- 1603 » Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
- 1603 » Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
- 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
- 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
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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 25 » Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.
- October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.