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Born on Thursday December 11, 1608
- William Pitkin, Hertfordshire, England († 1645)
- Sybolt Franzes Franses, Heeg,Wymbritseradiel,Friesland,Niederlande
- Robert Williams († 1693)
- Kunigunde Hesselbach, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1609)
- Elizabeth Boeve Boovy, London, Essex, England
- Anna GRAES GENAAMD CATT, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
- Richard Spencer, Stotfold, Groot Brittannie († 1614)
- Richard Spencer, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England († 1609)
- Henry Spencer, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
- Theunis de HAEN, Dordrecht
Died on Thursday December 11, 1608
- Agate Schwarz (53)
- Douglas Baroness Sheffield Howard (63), Effingham, Surrey, England
- Douglas HOWARD, COUNTESS OF LEICESTER, BARONESS OF SHEFFIELD (70), Effingham, Surrey, England
- Douglass Baroness Sheffield Howard (70), Effingham, Surrey, England
- Lady Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield (70), Effingham, Surrey, England
- Jane Douglas Howard (66)
- Margaret Howard (70), Effingham, Surrey, England
- Lady Margaret Howard, Lady of Salisbury (57), Westminster, London, England
- Douglas Howard
- Morgan Awbrey (81), London
Born on December 11
- 1465 » Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun († 1489)
- 1475 » Pope Leo X († 1521)
- 1566 » Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer († 1650)
- 1595 » Heo Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar († 1682)
- 1613 » Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman († 1644)
- 1680 » Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer († 1736)
- 1712 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic († 1764)
- 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
- 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
- 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
Died on December 11
- 1474 » Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (b. 1425)
- 1532 » Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (b. 1455)
- 1582 » Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (b. 1508)
- 1610 » Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two (b. 1578)
- 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
- 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
- 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
- 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
- 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
- 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
Names that were popular for boys in 1608
Names that were popular for girls in 1608
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 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.
- 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.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.