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Born on Monday January 21, 1608
- Matthaeus Heinlin, Pfullingen, Wuerttenberg, Germany († 1653)
- Margaretha Madeleine van Porcia-Brugnera, Porcia, Frioul-Julisch Venetië († 1654)
- Gerrit Jans Collert, Nijkerk
- Chatharina Keijnens, Mechelen, Antwerpen, België
- Borhaer Cors, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Lady Elizabeth Henderson, Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland († 1708)
- Adam Peter Jan Leijs, Kalmthout (B) († 1613)
- Judoca Van Brussel, Laarne, Belgie
Died on Monday January 21, 1608
Born on January 21
- 1493 » Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat († 1556)
- 1598 » Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō († 1645)
- 1612 » Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count of Nassau-Dietz († 1640)
- 1636 » Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised; d. 1667)
- 1655 » Antonio Molinari, Italian painter († 1704)
- 1659 » Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter († 1722)
- 1675 » Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden († 1733)
- 1714 » Anna Morandi Manzolini, Spanish anatomist († 1774)
- 1717 » Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba († 1779)
- 1721 » James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1794)
Died on January 21
- 1527 » Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (b. 1489)
- 1546 » Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1491)
- 1609 » Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (b. 1540)
- 1638 » Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. 1570)
- 1670 » Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643)
- 1683 » Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621)
- 1699 » Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616)
- 1706 » Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
- 1710 » Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
- 1722 » Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)
Names that were popular for boys in 1608
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Thomas
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- William
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Richard
- Robert
- Johannes
- George
Names that were popular for girls in 1608
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Marie
- Joanna
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Barbara
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Dorothy
- Jeanne
- Margaret
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)
- January 7 » Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
- January 17 » Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
- March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 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.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.