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May 8, 1607Born on Wednesday May 9, 1607
- Antoine de Bourbon († 1632)
- Antoine van FRANKRIJK (BOURBON), Moret-sur-Loing, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk († 1632)
- John Shipley, Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom († 1678)
- Anna Verstappen, Geel
- Antoine Bourbon-Bueil († 1632)
- Robert Kinsman, Overton, Wiltshire, England († 1664)
- Olive LAMBERT, Véron, 89510, France († 1676)
- Antoine de Bourbon-Bueil
- Robert Kingsman, Overton, Wiltshire, England († 1664)
- Esther Roussignol, La Rochelle, 17300 Charente-Maritime, France († 1669)
Died on Wednesday May 9, 1607
- Elizabeth Bradford (0), St Thomas, London, England
- Katharina Fugger (31)
- Thomas Mercer (0)
- Anne Suys
- George Sweerts
Born on May 9
- 1540 » Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler († 1597)
- 1555 » Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila († 1630)
- 1594 » Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War († 1662)
- 1617 » Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege († 1655)
- 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
- 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
- 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
- 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
- 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
- 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
Died on May 9
- 1443 » Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
- 1446 » Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)
- 1590 » Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)
- 1657 » William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
- 1707 » Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
- 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
- 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
- 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
- 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
- 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
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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.
- 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.
- October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.