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Born on Sunday November 2, 1608
- Anna Volckerick, Bazel,9150,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE († 1676)
- Cornelis Wouters Jongbloed, Schoonhoven († 1637)
- Anneken Teunisdr, Oud Alblas
- Catharina VAN GESTEL, Zundert,4880,Noord-Brabant,Breda,NEDERLAND
- Arent Cornelisz. van Geest, Naaldwijk, ZH, Nederland
- Arnoldus Baecken, Neerpelt, Limburg, Belgium
- Cecilia Cauwers, Sint Niklaas († 1678)
- Arent van Geest, Naaldwijk
- Anna van de Velde, Bazel († 1632)
- Celia Cauwers, Sint Niklaas
Died on Sunday November 2, 1608
- Christoph van Kreckwitz (58)
- Gerrit Gerritsz Kranendonk (48), Zevenbergen
- Albrecht Johanns NORDBECK (58), Hardingen, Uelsen Bentheim, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- Apollonia Feyerabend (20)
Born on November 2
- 1549 » Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain († 1580)
- 1553 » Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg († 1633)
- 1636 » Edward Colston, English merchant and politician († 1721)
- 1649 » Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond († 1660)
- 1692 » Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat († 1766)
- 1696 » Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge († 1760)
- 1699 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter and educator († 1779)
- 1709 » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange († 1759)
- 1734 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer († 1820)
- 1739 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer († 1799)
Died on November 2
- 1483 » Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1454)
- 1521 » Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon and nun (b. 1463)
- 1610 » Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)
- 1618 » Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568)
- 1716 » Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
- 1807 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
- 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
- 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
- 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
- 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.