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Born on Wednesday February 27, 1608
- Allert Bakker, Krommenie († 1692)
- Allert Barents Bakker, Krommenie († 1692)
- Georg Tendler
- Maria Teuwes, Overpelt (BE)
- Uriath Beere, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Johannes De Kinder, Heist-op-den-Berg
- Nicholas Greenberry, Sr. Sr., Corby, Lincolnshire, England († 1673)
- Anne Cawood, Ackworth, Yorkshire, England
- Kunigunde Juliane, Dessau († 1683)
- Maria TEUWENS, Overpelt, 3900, Pelt, Limburg, België
Died on Wednesday February 27, 1608
- David Arnould de Clermont (73), Clermont sur Berwinne, Luik, België
- Henri van Bourbon Montpensier (34)
- Henri Montpensier de Bourbon (34), Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Alice Cloke (65), Elmsted, Kent, England
- Henri Van Bourbon Montpensier (34)
- David Arnould de CLERMONT (73), CLERMONT-sur-BERWINNE, Liège, Belgique
- Lenert Pieters (38)
- Robert SACKVILLE (47), Dorset House, Westminster, Middlesex
- Hendrik de BOURBON-MONTPENSIER (34), Parijs, Île-de-France
- Henri van Bourbon (34), Paris (Ile de France,France)
Born on February 27
- 1535 » Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch († 1593)
- 1567 » William Alabaster, English poet († 1640)
- 1572 » Francis II, Duke of Lorraine († 1632)
- 1575 » John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp († 1616)
- 1622 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter († 1654)
- 1630 » Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate († 1671)
- 1659 » William Sherard, English botanist († 1728)
- 1667 » Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine († 1695)
- 1689 » Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer († 1775)
- 1703 » Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician († 1744)
Died on February 27
- 1483 » William VIII of Montferrat (b. 1420)
- 1558 » Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (b. 1504)
- 1558 » Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (b. 1524)
- 1659 » Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)
- 1699 » Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1625)
- 1706 » John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
- 1712 » Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1645)
- 1720 » Samuel Parris, English-American minister (b. 1653)
- 1735 » John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
- 1784 » Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (b. 1710)
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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.
- 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.
- 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.