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Born on Sunday December 28, 1608
- Thomas Gerard Cornelis Cauwenbergh, Loon-op-Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1673)
- Trijn Tjebbes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Thomas Gerarduszn Cauwenbergh, Loon op Zand
- Diana van Caumont
- Johannes Jansse van Dietforst, Loenhout, België
- Joannes Jansse van Dietvorst, Loenhout, België
- Thomas Gerard Cornelis Cauwenbergh, Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1673)
- Lucretia van de Campe, Mechelen (B)-St Rombouds
- Martin Pauwels, Temse († 1643)
- Thomas Gerarduszn Roef, Loon op Zand
Died on Sunday December 28, 1608
- Patrick Cheyne - IX Laird of Essilmont (50), Essilmont, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Grizell Sempill (62)
- Geertgen CORNELIS (44)
- Jacob Cornelisz
- Geertgen Cornelisz (44)
- Giovanni DEIDONE
- Myles Jackson (1), Saint Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney, Middlesex, England
Born on December 28
- 1461 » Louise of Savoy, French nun († 1503)
- 1510 » Nicholas Bacon, English politician († 1579)
- 1522 » Margaret of Parma († 1583)
- 1535 » Martin Eisengrein, German theologian († 1578)
- 1619 » Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar († 1688)
- 1635 » Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England († 1650)
- 1651 » Johann Krieger, German organist and composer († 1735)
- 1655 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk († 1698)
- 1665 » George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1716)
- 1722 » Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist († 1793)
Died on December 28
- 1538 » Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (b. 1455)
- 1547 » Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
- 1558 » Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (b. 1527)
- 1622 » Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
- 1663 » Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1671 » Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
- 1694 » Mary II of England (b. 1662)
- 1703 » Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
- 1706 » Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
- 1708 » Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
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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)
- March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
- 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.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.