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April 10, 1608Born on Friday April 11, 1608
- John Hewes "The Welshman" - (Welsh Immigrant), Royston, Hertfordshire, England († 1671)
- Anna Frick, Reinerzau, Stadt Alpirsbach Kreis Freudenstadt († 1646)
Died on Friday April 11, 1608
- Jacobmijnken Stoffels Danen (43), Sprundel
- Maijken Janssen IJsermans (39)
- Jacomijnken Stoffel Danen (33), Sprundel
- Geert Marijnissen Smit
- Maijken Janssen IJsermans (39)
- Jacomijnken Stoffel Danen (33), Sprundel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
Born on April 11
- 1493 » George I, Duke of Pomerania († 1531)
- 1591 » Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter († 1650)
- 1592 » John Eliot, English lawyer and politician († 1632)
- 1644 » Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy († 1724)
- 1658 » James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer († 1712)
- 1683 » Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor († 1738)
- 1715 » John Alcock, English organist and composer († 1806)
- 1721 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary († 1808)
- 1722 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet († 1771)
- 1749 » Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter († 1803)
Died on April 11
- 1447 » Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)
- 1512 » Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)
- 1554 » Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521)
- 1587 » Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (b. 1530)
- 1609 » John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, English noble (b. 1533)
- 1612 » Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (b. 1566)
- 1612 » Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (b. 1535)
- 1626 » Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (b. 1568)
- 1712 » Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)
- 1723 » John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650)
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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.
- June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
- 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.