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March 1, 1608Born on Sunday March 2, 1608
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- Dingema Petri VAN TICHELT, Wuustwezel, 11053, Antwerpen, Belgique
- Juliana Terzi, Gorizia (Görz), Frioul-Julisch Venetië († 1667)
- Magdalena Christine van Poser († 1672)
- Vibeke van Putbus Vrouwe van Krapperup, Krapperup Gods, Höganäs, Skäne, Zweden († 1645)
- Judith du Pon, Leiden
- Claude RETHORE, Crouy-en-Thelle, 60185, Oise, Picardie, France
- Jan Claas Huybrechts Rombouts, Kl. Zundert
- Nyclaes Adamsz GARDIJN, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
- Anthone VanWymeersch, Zulzeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
Died on Sunday March 2, 1608
- Henry Perkins (53), (5 Apr 1579) Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
- Ralph ARDERNE (83)
Born on March 2
- 1453 » Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer († 1512)
- 1459 » Pope Adrian VI († 1523)
- 1481 » Franz von Sickingen, German knight († 1523)
- 1545 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library († 1613)
- 1577 » George Sandys, English traveller, colonist and poet († 1644)
- 1628 » Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1684)
- 1651 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet († 1730)
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
- 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
Died on March 2
- 1589 » Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
- 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
Names that were popular for boys in 1608
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Thomas
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- William
- 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
- Johanna
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.
- March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 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.