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July 7, 1607Born on Sunday July 8, 1607
- Elisabeth Rogman, Zele
- Luijtjen Willems, Enkhuizen, Holland
- Pierre de Cornulier, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France († 1656)
- George Veyrat, F74230 Manigod
- Frouwe Jans Ubbens, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1655)
- Jan Penninck, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Luijtje Willemsz Neledoe, Enkhuizen († 1652)
- Jooren de Wolf, Hoek
- William Taylor, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- Petrus van Ercke, Lokeren
Died on Sunday July 8, 1607
- Tjaert Pabesz Broersema (77), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
- John Underwood (2), St Stephen Walbrook London, Middlesex, England
- Margaretha von Gall (62), Oppenweiler, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Tjaert Pabesz Broersema (77), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
Born on July 8
- 1478 » Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright († 1550)
- 1528 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy († 1580)
- 1538 » Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1585)
- 1545 » Carlos, Prince of Asturias († 1568)
- 1593 » Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter († 1653)
- 1621 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet († 1695)
- 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
- 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
- 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
- 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
Died on July 8
- 1538 » Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475)
- 1623 » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
- 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
- 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
- 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
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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 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
- 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.
- 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.