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Died on Friday January 18, 1608
- James Richards (50), Taunton, Somersetshire, England
Born on January 18
- 1519 » Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary († 1559)
- 1540 » Catherine, Duchess of Braganza († 1614)
- 1641 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War († 1691)
- 1659 » Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian († 1708)
- 1672 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author († 1731)
- 1688 » Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1765)
- 1689 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher († 1755)
- 1701 » Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist († 1785)
- 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
- 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
Died on January 18
- 1425 » Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
- 1471 » Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
- 1479 » Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)
- 1547 » Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
- 1586 » Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)
- 1589 » Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)
- 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
- 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
- 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
- 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
Names that were popular for boys in 1608
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Joannes
- Thomas
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Cornelisz
- Willem
- William
- Petrus
- Jansz
- Jean
- Richard
- Gerrit
- Van
Names that were popular for girls in 1608
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Marie
- Joanna
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Cornelis
- Neeltje
- Jeanne
- Barbara
- Cornelia
- Van
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1608
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
- May 14 » The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
- June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.