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June 14, 1607Born on Friday June 15, 1607
- Johne Wobster (Webster), Monifieth, Angus, Scotland († 1643)
- Euphrosine Sybille Prinses van Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen († 1636)
- Pauwels Hendrik, Poppel, Antwerpen, België († 1607)
- Euphrasyne Sibylle van Hohenzollern Sigmaringen († 1636)
- Johanna Suzanne Unverzagt († 1654)
- Euphrasyne Sibylle von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen († 1636)
- John Webster, Monifieth, Angus, Scotland († 1643)
- Euphrasyne Sibylle van Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen († 1636)
- Euphrosine Sibylle von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland († 1636)
- Joannes, Stephanus Puteanus, Leuven (B)
Died on Friday June 15, 1607
- Evrard de BLIER
- Philibert De Laguyche (57), Mornay, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
- Cunera (Knier) Tietesdr. van Hettinga (47), Mantgum, Littenseradiel
- Sara Taelmans, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
Born on June 15
- 1519 » Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1536)
- 1542 » Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer († 1591)
- 1549 » Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman († 1605)
- 1553 » Archduke Ernest of Austria († 1595)
- 1605 » Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright († 1635)
- 1618 » François Blondel, French architect († 1686)
- 1623 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician († 1672)
- 1624 » Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist († 1704)
- 1640 » Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian († 1715)
- 1645 » Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician († 1712)
Died on June 15
- 1389 » Lazar of Serbia (b. 1329)
- 1389 » Miloš Obilić, Serbian knight.
- 1389 » Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1319)
- 1416 » John, Duke of Berry (b. 1340)
- 1467 » Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
- 1521 » Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1442)
- 1614 » Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1540)
- 1724 » Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (b. 1674)
- 1768 » James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
- 1772 » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (b. 1694)
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
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Johanna
- Margaret
- 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)
- 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.
- April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- May 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.