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Born on Monday January 28, 1608
- Capt. Abraham Perkins, Hillmorton, Rugby Borough, Warwickshire, England († 1683)
- Adriaen SCHOORMANS, Dordrecht
- Margreth Breler, Fulda,Regierungsbezirk Kassel,Hesse,Germany
- Hendrik Hendricksen van Brenen, Nijkerk
- Abraham Perkins, Warwickshire, England († 1683)
Died on Monday January 28, 1608
- Karsil Van Pallant (68)
- Auck Scheltesdr van Aylva (49), Schraard
- Karsil van Pallant (68)
- Auck Scheltesdr van Aylva (49), Schraard
- Karsil von Pallandt (70)
- Carsil V von Pallant (68)
- John Robert Foote II (aka Robert Foote of Shalford) (arrived aboard "Fortune") (54), Shalford, Essex, England
- Walraven van den Bogaert
- Auck van Aylva (49)
- Auck Scheltesdr Aylva (49), Schraard, Friesland, Nederland
Born on January 28
- 1533 » Paul Luther, German scientist († 1593)
- 1540 » Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic († 1610)
- 1582 » John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author († 1621)
- 1600 » Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church († 1669)
- 1608 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist († 1679)
- 1611 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician († 1687)
- 1622 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker († 1691)
- 1693 » Gregor Werner, Austrian composer († 1766)
- 1701 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer († 1774)
- 1706 » John Baskerville, English printer and typographer († 1775)
Died on January 28
- 1501 » John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)
- 1547 » Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
- 1613 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
- 1621 » Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- 1666 » Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
- 1672 » Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 » Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
- 1687 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
- 1688 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
- 1697 » Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
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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.
- June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
- July 3 » Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.