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June 24, 1608Born on Wednesday June 25, 1608
- James Stuart (4th Earl of Moray), Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1653)
- James Stuart Earl van Moray, Dyke, Moray, Scotland († 1653)
- Sir James Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Morayshire, Scotland († 1653)
- James Earl of Moray Stewart, Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Morayshire, Schotland († 1652)
- James Stuart 4th Earl of Moray, Dyke, Earldom of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1653)
- Sir James Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Morayshire, Scotland († 1653)
- James Stewart († 1681)
- James 4th Earl of Moray, Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Morayshire, Schotland († 1653)
- Sir James Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmon & Lennox, Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Morayshire, Schotland († 1653)
- James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, Keithan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1653)
Died on Wednesday June 25, 1608
- ARNOLDA HENRICZ COOPS (65), Putten
- Adelheid Vercken
- William MOCKENES (34)
- Richard Busby (3), City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
Born on June 25
- 1484 » Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker († 1561)
- 1526 » Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton († 1565)
- 1560 » Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon († 1634)
- 1568 » Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden († 1597)
- 1612 » John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal († 1634)
- 1709 » Francesco Araja, Italian composer († 1762)
- 1715 » Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances († 1789)
- 1755 » Natalia Alexeievna of Russia († 1776)
- 1799 » David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer († 1834)
- 1814 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer († 1896)
Died on June 25
- 1533 » Mary Tudor, queen of France (b. 1496)
- 1579 » Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
- 1593 » Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)
- 1634 » John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
- 1638 » Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
- 1665 » Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
- 1669 » François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
- 1671 » Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
- 1673 » Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)
- 1686 » Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)
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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 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.
- 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.