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April 3, 1612Born on Wednesday April 4, 1612
- Guillaume HARDY, Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 44850, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, FRANCE († 1659)
- Mathurin ROY, Chauvigny (Saint-Pierre) 86070,Vienne,FRANCE
- Joane Newman, Bremhill, Wiltshire, England († 1670)
- Thomas Atherton, Bold, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
- Jurrien Michelsz, Werkendam, Nederland († 1693)
- Jurrien Michielsz, Werkendam, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1693)
- Simon Mills, Barnstaple, Devon, England († 1661)
- Catharina Baeyens, Lede
- Jurrien Michielsz, Werkendam († 1693)
Died on Wednesday April 4, 1612
- Hanns Jacob Scheffer (55), Ottenhausen, Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Cathrina Margareth Kunzin (52), Birkenfeld, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Maria van Werthern-Beichlingen (58)
- Maria von Werthern (58)
Born on April 4
- 1492 » Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer († 1564)
- 1572 » William Strachey, English author († 1621)
- 1586 » Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat († 1661)
- 1593 » Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1669)
- 1640 » Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest († 1710)
- 1646 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist († 1715)
- 1648 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor († 1721)
- 1676 » Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer († 1760)
- 1688 » Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer († 1768)
- 1718 » Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar († 1783)
Died on April 4
- 1483 » Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
- 1536 » Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Elena Glinskaya, Grand Princess and regent of Russia
- 1588 » Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1534)
- 1596 » Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)
- 1609 » Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526)
- 1617 » John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)
- 1643 » Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
- 1661 » Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
- 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1612
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
- August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
- August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
- September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
- November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
- November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.