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Born on Friday August 22, 1608
- Alexandre della Faille, Malines en l'église St Rombaut
- Philippus VERMEULEN, Liezele († 1676)
- Johann Peter Acker, Seligenstädt, Offenbach, Hessen, Germany († 1663)
- Anna Nijs, SInt-Gillis-Waas († 1645)
- Symphorienne CORNUAT, Dienville, 10123, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Gerardus MUSKENS, Drunen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1703)
- Philippus Vermeulen, Belgie Liezele Antwerpen († 1676)
Died on Friday August 22, 1608
Born on August 22
- 1570 » Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal († 1636)
- 1599 » Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman († 1636)
- 1601 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright († 1667)
- 1624 » Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet († 1701)
- 1647 » Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking († 1712)
- 1679 » Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal († 1758)
- 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
- 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
- 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
- 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
Died on August 22
- 1545 » Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)
- 1553 » John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
- 1572 » Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
- 1584 » Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
- 1599 » Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
- 1607 » Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
- 1652 » Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1664 » Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
- 1680 » John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
- 1681 » Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
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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.
- 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.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.