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Born on Wednesday December 15, 1610
- David II 'le jeune' Teniers, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1690)
- Catharina Cornelis Adriaen Diercx, Groot Zundert
- Antonius Verbeeck, Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jean MONFRÈRE, Poucet,4280,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Geertruyd Teding van Berkhout, 's-Gravenhage († 1636)
- Dorothy ASHTON, Middleton, Lancashire, England
- Geertruy Teding van Berkhout, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1636)
- Catharina Cornelis Adriaan Uyterhulst, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Magdalena Batens, Bazel
- Geertruyda Ariensdr Teding van Berkhout, 's-Gravenhage († 1636)
Died on Wednesday December 15, 1610
- Isabeau de SOHEIT
- David Lindsay - Laird of Edzell (59), Scotland
- Dorcas Riddlesdale (20), Assington, Suffolk, England
- Isabeau de Soheit
- John Muirhead (54), Scotland
- Dorcas Riddlesdale (20), Assington, Suffolk, England
- David Lindsay (63), Scotland
- Rt. Rev. David LINSAY, Bishop of Ross, Child of Sir David Alexander Lindsay, IX Earl of Crawford (78), Edzell, Angus, Scotland
- Margretha Ackherman (0), Mosbach, Baden, Germany
- Peder Christensen Riber (46), Vejle
Born on December 15
- 1447 » Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria († 1508)
- 1567 » Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist († 1643)
- 1610 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter († 1690)
- 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
- 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
- 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
- 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
- 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
- 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
- 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
Died on December 15
- 1467 » Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and regent of Sweden (b. 1417)
- 1574 » Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
- 1598 » Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
- 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
- 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
- 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
- 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
- 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1610
- 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 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
- May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
- June 5 » The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
- July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
- July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- August 9 » The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.