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March 22, 1608Born on Sunday March 23, 1608
- Pierre Lampson, Verviers, België
- Petronella de Schepper, Sint-Niklaas
- Georg Friedrich Gräf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth,, Bayreuth, Unterfranken, Bavaria († 1608)
- Petrus Temmermans, Zele
- Petrus Volckerick, Temse
- Enno Philips Cirksena († 1636)
- Elisabeth van de Heuvel
- Gerritien Everwijns, Putten
- Hendricus Cornelij Dirven, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Frans Thoen, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
Died on Sunday March 23, 1608
- Alyce Pickston Pixton Wards (63), Filby, Norfolk, England
- William Anthony Payne (72), Suffolk, England
- Elizabeth PALYN, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England
- Georg Frederik van Brandenburg-Bayreuth (0), Slot Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Oberfranken, Beieren
- Georg Friedrich Gräf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, (0), Bayreuth, Unterfranken, Bavaria
- Dorothy Neville, Countess of Exeter (60), London, City of London, Greater London, England
- Dorothy Nevill (60), Westminster, Greater London, Middlesex, England
- Ivan Vasilevich Sitski, Kozheozero Monastery, Russia
- Alyce Paston (63), Filby, Norfolk, England
- Dorothy Countess Of Exeter Neville (60), Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England
Born on March 23
- 1514 » Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin († 1548)
- 1599 » Thomas Selle, German composer († 1663)
- 1614 » Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess († 1681)
- 1643 » Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic († 1731)
- 1699 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer († 1777)
- 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
- 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
- 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
- 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
- 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
Died on March 23
- 1483 » Yolande, duchess of Lorraine (b. 1428)
- 1548 » Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese samurai (b. 1489)
- 1555 » Julius III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1487)
- 1559 » Gelawdewos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1521)
- 1596 » Henry Unton, English diplomat (b. 1557)
- 1606 » Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (b. 1547)
- 1618 » James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician (b. 1575)
- 1629 » Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English landowner and politician (b. 1580)
- 1675 » Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1619)
- 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
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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.
- 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.