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August 1610Born on Sunday August 1, 1610
- Maria Jacobsdr, Naaldwijk
- Joanna De Winter, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, Antwerpen, België
- Petrus Jan Willemssen WILLEMS, Essen, Antwerpen, België
- Cornelis Aryensz. Meulendijck, Ridderkerk
- Joanna De Winter, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Waver
- Petrus Willemssen, Nispen-Essen
- Gertrude Dederens (Dijederen (Dederen), Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
- \ Joanna de Winter, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, Antwerpen, België
- Leendert Bastiaans SPRUYT, Poortugaal
- Leendert Bastiaensz Spruijt, Poortugaal
Died on Sunday August 1, 1610
- Sigismund von Rechenberg (63)
- Hammond\Hamman Paulin\Pollin\Pollyn (39)
- Gilles III van Crisgnée Heer van Lizen (75)
- Henrick Jansz Duijvesteijn
- William Forrester
- Pers Laytye (80), , Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
- Pers Leyty (70), Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England
Born on August 1
- 1492 » Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince († 1566)
- 1520 » Sigismund II, Polish king († 1572)
- 1545 » Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar († 1622)
- 1555 » Edward Kelley, English spirit medium († 1597)
- 1579 » Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright († 1644)
- 1626 » Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist († 1676)
- 1630 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer († 1673)
- 1659 » Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter († 1734)
- 1713 » Charles I, German duke and prince († 1780)
- 1714 » Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic († 1782)
Died on August 1
- 1464 » Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386)
- 1494 » Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)
- 1541 » Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
- 1543 » Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)
- 1546 » Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
- 1557 » Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
- 1580 » Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
- 1589 » Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
- 1603 » Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
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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.
- August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
- October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.