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Born on Wednesday December 17, 1608
- Elisabeth Guldentops († 1668)
- Mary Pinney, Hardington, Somerset, England († 1631)
- Adriaen Marten Huybrecht Hereijgens, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1667)
- Adriaan Marten Huybrecht Hereygens, Rijsbergen († 1667)
- Johane Pinney, Somerset, England († 1631)
- pieternella dingemans, dirksland (goeree overflakkee) († 1683)
- Jacob Baur, Schorndorf, Württemberg, Germany
- Adriaan Merten Huybrecht HEREYGENS, Rijsbergen,Gemeente Zundert,NOORD-BRABANT,NEDERLAND († 1667)
- Adriaan Marten Huybrecht Marten Hereijgers, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1667)
- Adrianus Marten Hubert HEREYGERS, Rijsbergen, Zundert, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 1667)
Died on Wednesday December 17, 1608
Born on December 17
- 1554 » Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop († 1612)
- 1556 » Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet († 1627)
- 1616 » Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author († 1704)
- 1619 » Prince Rupert of the Rhine († 1682)
- 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
- 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
- 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
- 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
Died on December 17
- 1419 » William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
- 1471 » Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
- 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
- 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
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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.
- April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
- 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.