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June 25, 1607Born on Tuesday June 26, 1607
- Reijnerus Dirck Willems Jans van den Oetelaar, Schijndel
- Egbert Aertsen Schuurman, Zuuk/Epe
- Reijnerus Dirck Willems van den Oetelaer, Schijndel
- Jean Caillon, Saint-Génitour, Le Blanc, 36018, France
- Jean Jacques WERNER, Colmar (68000, Haut-Rhin, France)
- Petronilla DE BRAUWER, Denderleeuw, 9470, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1676)
- Elizabeth CHICHESTER, Trevena, Eggesford, Devon
- Albrecht Bulsinck, Amsterdam
- Petrina De Brouwer, Denderleeuw († 1676)
- Jeanne de Vassoigne († 1674)
Died on Tuesday June 26, 1607
- Pieter Petrus Wentz (57), Manubach, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Johan Luttema (56), Groningen (Turftorenstraat)
- Richard Gawnte (62), Ringewolde, Kent, England
- Robert Gawnte (72), Ringewolde Kent England
- Machteld Jacobsz Tromper (67)
- Machteld Jacobsdr Tromper, Delft
- Peter (Pedler or Petrus) Wentz (47), Manubach, Rheinland, Germany
Born on June 26
- 1575 » Anne Catherine of Brandenburg († 1612)
- 1581 » San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint († 1654)
- 1600 » Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain († 1659)
- 1681 » Hedvig Sophia of Sweden († 1708)
- 1689 » Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic († 1769)
- 1694 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist († 1768)
- 1699 » Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman († 1777)
- 1702 » Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator († 1751)
- 1703 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic († 1767)
- 1726 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia († 1796)
Died on June 26
- 1487 » John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)
- 1541 » Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)
- 1574 » Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)
- 1688 » Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)
- 1752 » Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
- 1757 » Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
- 1784 » Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
- 1793 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
- 1793 » James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
- 1795 » Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
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
- Marie
- Cornelia
- 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)
- January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
- 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.
- 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.