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Born on Monday February 8, 1616
- Lijntje Jansdr. in't Veld, Ridderkerk
- Lijntje Jansdr in't Veld, IJsselmonde
- Lijntje Jansd in ’t Veld, IJsselmonde († 1666)
- Elisabeth MESKENS, Wolvertem, 1861, Meise, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1671)
- Ann Prudden, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, England († 1689)
- Lijntje Jans In 't Veld, IJsselmonde († 1698)
- Aegidius Westelinx, Temse († 1670)
- Joannes Claes, Betekom
- Lijntje Jansd in 't Veld, IJsselmonde, South Holland, Netherlands († 1666)
- Lijntje Jansdochter in 't Veld, IJsselmonde
Died on Monday February 8, 1616
Born on February 8
- 1487 » Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg († 1550)
- 1514 » Daniele Barbaro, Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar († 1570)
- 1552 » Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier († 1630)
- 1577 » Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar († 1640)
- 1591 » Guercino, Italian painter († 1666)
- 1685 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author († 1770)
- 1700 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1782)
- 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
- 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
Died on February 8
- 1537 » Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, Italian humanitarian (b. 1481)
- 1587 » Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
- 1599 » Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)
- 1623 » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
- 1676 » Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
- 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
- 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
Names that were popular for boys in 1616
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Jacob
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- William
- Jean
- Willem
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Robert
- James
- Johan
- Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1616
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Mary
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Sarah
- Adriana
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
- Margaret
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1616
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 12 » The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
- March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
- March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
- May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
- July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.