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April 28, 1607Born on Sunday April 29, 1607
- Paschasius van Esbroeck, Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Joannes DE SMEET, Overpelt, 3900, Pelt, Limburg, België
- Petrus Coolman, Brugge
- Catharina Vraetzen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
- Elisabeth Thijsmans
- Janneken Joris Cornelisse, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Maria (Clintgens) Kleintjes, Heerlen
- Marcus Marcus van Aquen
- Maria Kleintjens, NIEDERLANDE, Limburg, Heerlen
- Aelt ten Hove, Putten
Died on Sunday April 29, 1607
- William Wheeler (18), 1656724, Bedfordshire, England
Born on April 29
- 1469 » William II, Landgrave of Hesse († 1509)
- 1587 » Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania († 1635)
- 1636 » Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer († 1679)
- 1665 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1745)
- 1667 » John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath († 1735)
- 1686 » Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain († 1742)
- 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
- 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
- 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
- 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
Died on April 29
- 1594 » Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)
- 1630 » Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)
- 1658 » John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)
- 1676 » Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
- 1688 » Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)
- 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
- 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
- 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
- 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
- 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
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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.
- 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 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.
- September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.