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April 12, 1607Born on Friday April 13, 1607
- Antonius Bartolotti, Haarlem
- Anthonius Bartolotti van den Heuvel, Middelburg († 1657)
- Denise de LABORDE, Grosbois-en-Montagne, 21540, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, FRANCE († 1675)
- Augustin della Faille, 6 († 1675)
- Catharina Schlaeber, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
- Jacobus Stalmans, Overpelt († 1622)
- Henricus De Ridder, Schoten
- August Della Faille, Antwerpen († 1675)
- Ellen Wakeman, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
Died on Friday April 13, 1607
- Jacob Hoeve (72)
- Jacob Corstensz van der Hoeve (72)
- Hendrick (62)
- Jacob Corstensz van der HOUVE (72)
- Jacob Constansz Hoeve (van der Houve) (72)
- Jacob Corstensz (72)
- Jacob Corstens (van der) Hoeve (72)
- Jacob Corstensz van der Hoeve (72)
- Jacob Corstensz (72)
- Jacob Corstensz van der Hoeven (72), Woud-Harnasch, den Hoorn, Nederland
Born on April 13
- 1506 » Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus († 1546)
- 1519 » Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France († 1589)
- 1570 » Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (probable; d. 1606)
- 1573 » Christina of Holstein-Gottorp († 1625)
- 1593 » Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1641)
- 1618 » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author († 1693)
- 1636 » Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist († 1691)
- 1648 » Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic († 1717)
- 1713 » Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor († 1797)
- 1729 » Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet († 1811)
Died on April 13
- 1592 » Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
- 1605 » Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (b. 1551)
- 1612 » Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (b. 1585)
- 1635 » Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572)
- 1638 » Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)
- 1641 » Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577)
- 1695 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)
- 1716 » Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
- 1722 » Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
- 1793 » Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
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
- Cornelia
- Marie
- 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 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.
- 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.
- September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.