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Born on Friday September 5, 1608
- Elisabetha Arnoldusdr, Hilvarenbeek
- Baptist Smedley, Wilne, Sawley, Derbyshire, England († 1608)
- Aimé REVIL, Ayse, 74024, 74130, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Johannes Lahm, Fronhofen, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany († 1617)
- Margaret Ramsay 10 S, Inveresk, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died on Friday September 5, 1608
- Lyouts Jacobs (48), Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- Baptist Smedley (0), Wilne, Sawley, Derbyshire, England
Born on September 5
- 1533 » Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician († 1589)
- 1540 » Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark († 1583)
- 1567 » Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō († 1636)
- 1568 » Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian († 1639)
- 1638 » Louis XIV, king of France († 1715)
- 1641 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat († 1702)
- 1642 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess († 1688)
- 1651 » William Dampier, English explorer († 1715)
- 1666 » Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian († 1714)
- 1667 » Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher († 1733)
Died on September 5
- 1526 » Alonso de Salazar, Spanish explorer
- 1548 » Catherine Parr, Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512)
- 1562 » Katharina Zell, German Protestant reformer (b. 1497)
- 1569 » Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (b. c. 1500)
- 1607 » Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1529)
- 1629 » Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1585)
- 1734 » Nicolas Bernier, French composer (b. 1664)
- 1786 » Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1712)
- 1803 » François Devienne, French flute player and composer (b. 1759)
- 1803 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)
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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.
- 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.