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May 22, 1607Born on Wednesday May 23, 1607
- Gowin White, West Quantoxhead, Somerset, England († 1665)
- Jozina Huijbertsdochter de HAZE, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1682)
- Josine de Haze, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1682)
Died on Wednesday May 23, 1607
- Eleanor Rogers (62), Long Buckny,Englandamd,Northamptonshire,England
- Maerten Jansz. van den Bosch (42)
- Eleanor Lyne, Watford, Northamptonshire, Royaume-Uni
- Alice Cosford (62)
- Eleanor Unknown (62), Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England
- Eleanor Lyne Taynton (62), Long Buckby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
- Eleanor Lyne Taynton Percy (62), Long Buckby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
- Commer Ewoudts
- Wouter van den Oever (67), Nieuwaal, Gelderland, Nederland
Born on May 23
- 1586 » Paul Siefert, German composer and organist († 1666)
- 1606 » Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher († 1682)
- 1614 » Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter († 1675)
- 1617 » Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician († 1692)
- 1629 » William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel († 1663)
- 1707 » Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist († 1778)
- 1718 » William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician († 1783)
- 1729 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator († 1799)
- 1730 » Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general († 1813)
- 1734 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer († 1815)
Died on May 23
- 1498 » Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452)
- 1523 » Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (b. 1466)
- 1524 » Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (b. 1487)
- 1591 » John Blitheman, English organist and composer (b. 1525)
- 1662 » John Gauden, English bishop (b. 1605)
- 1670 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
- 1691 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
- 1701 » William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
- 1749 » Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
- 1752 » William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
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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.
- 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 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.