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Born on Sunday August 12, 1607
- Catharina Freund, Schlüchtern, Hessen, Duitsland
- Digne Jans, Axel
- Peter Adriaen Jan Verbaten, Zundert
- Anna Van Herbosch, Meise, Belgie († 1668)
- Peter Seegmuller, Niederauerbach, Zweibrucken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- HANS DE SCHEPPER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Maria Noens, Temse († 1672)
- Joannes Jan ROORICK, Pollinkhove,8647,West-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- Joanna van LAER, Lier, 2500, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Jeremias Francoisz Haghens, geëmigeerd naar, Delaware, Verenigde Staten († 1678)
Died on Sunday August 12, 1607
- Bridget Raleigh (74), Sydmonton Hall, Hants, England
- Grisell Colville (61), SCOTLAND
- Annigje
- Dieuwer Claesdr, Zevenhuizen
- Grizel Colvile (66), Scotland
- Robert Weaver (47), Walton, Cheshire, England
- Cornelis Huigesz (7), Ridderkerk
- Lady Bridget Raleigh (77), Sydmonton Hall, Hampshire, England
- Dieuwer Claesdr, , Zevenhuizen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Dieuwer Claesdr.
Born on August 12
- 1503 » Christian III of Denmark († 1559)
- 1506 » Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian († 1576)
- 1591 » Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity († 1660)
- 1599 » Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet († 1678)
- 1604 » Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun († 1651)
- 1626 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer († 1690)
- 1629 » Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess († 1685)
- 1644 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer († 1704)
- 1686 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author († 1748)
- 1696 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer († 1755)
Died on August 12
- 1484 » Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)
- 1546 » Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
- 1577 » Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
- 1588 » Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
- 1602 » Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
- 1612 » Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
- 1638 » Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
- 1674 » Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
- 1689 » Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
- 1778 » Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
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.
- 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 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- 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.