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Born on Friday February 18, 1611
- Pierre DRU, Saint loup de Buffigny aube 10
- Elisabeth Martens van Esch, Schijndel
- Joannes Paulus Van Leemputten († 1661)
- Maria DE PAGE, Sint-Agatha-Rode
- Matthias Saxenbichler, Kreuzen, Kleinprandl († 1682)
- Sijmon Dircks den Danser († 1678)
- Maria Nuyens, Lier
- Jan Govertssen [Overschuijr], Rotterdam
- René Boileau (Boileau IV), Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France († 1705)
- Sieur Rene Boileau, Tours, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France († 1705)
Died on Friday February 18, 1611
- Martin Calvo de la Puerta y Hernandez (60), Cuidad de La Habana, Cuba
- Nijcolaes van Delft
- Martin Calvo de la Puerta (60), Havana, Cuba
- Gertrude SADLEIR (30)
- Heinrich von Schönberg (69)
- François de MARNEFFE, Wanze (Vinalmont),4520,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
Born on February 18
- 1547 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy († 1621)
- 1559 » Isaac Casaubon, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1614)
- 1589 » Henry Vane the Elder, English politician († 1655)
- 1589 » Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Dutch explorer († 1646)
- 1602 » Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland († 1680)
- 1609 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1674)
- 1626 » Francesco Redi, Italian physician († 1697)
- 1632 » Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian violinist and composer († 1692)
- 1642 » Marie Champmeslé, French actress († 1698)
- 1658 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French philosopher and author († 1743)
Died on February 18
- 1502 » Hedwig Jagiellon, duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)
- 1535 » Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)
- 1546 » Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
- 1564 » Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)
- 1654 » Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)
- 1658 » John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, English courtier (b. c. 1591)
- 1683 » Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
- 1695 » William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
- 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
- 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1611
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 28 » Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
- May 2 » The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
- June 23 » The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
- October 29 » Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
- November 1 » Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.