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Born on Friday September 26, 1608
- Bernardus BERGHMANS, Mol Belgie
- Martha Eltonhead, Prescot, Lancashire, England († 1689)
- Jan van Grevenbroeck
- Eleanor Eltonhead, Eltonhead, Lancashire, England
- Antonius de Cock van Opijnen († 1636)
- Antonius de Cock van Opijnen († 1636)
- William Eaton, Staple, Kent, England († 1673)
- Cornelius Bols, Weelde
Died on Friday September 26, 1608
- Henri de Joyeuse (41), Rivoli
- Catharina Weber (64), Alsenz, Bayern, Germany
- N. Burghgraef (0), Amsterdam
- Henri De Joyeuse (41), Rivoli,, Italy
- Godetha GREEN (63), Grantham Lincolnshire
- Henri de Joyeuse (41), Rivoli
Born on September 26
- 1462 » Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves († 1506)
- 1526 » Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken († 1569)
- 1637 » Sébastien Leclerc, French painter († 1714)
- 1641 » Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist († 1712)
- 1651 » Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia († 1720)
- 1660 » George William, Duke of Liegnitz († 1675)
- 1698 » William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire († 1755)
- 1711 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty († 1779)
- 1750 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral († 1810)
- 1758 » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician († 1820)
Died on September 26
- 1417 » Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
- 1468 » Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)
- 1536 » Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
- 1588 » Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (b. 1532)
- 1600 » Claude Le Jeune, French composer (b. 1530)
- 1620 » Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
- 1623 » Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
- 1626 » Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1554)
- 1716 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
- 1764 » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
Names that were popular for boys in 1608
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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.
- March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 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.
- July 3 » Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.