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May 1616Born on Sunday May 1, 1616
- Captain Richard Anthony Beers, Gravesend, Kent, England
- Margaretha Lunge (Dyre) († 1653)
- Catharina Weinbach, Niederlahnstein, Lahnstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
- Hester Burden, All Cannings, Wiltshire, England († 1681)
- Christian Hannes, Wesel,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany,Willibrordikerk († 1672)
- Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ansbach, Allemagne († 1634)
- Cornelis Thuysbaert - Theysbaert, Stekene, Belgique
- Johann Viktorin Karl van Waldstein († 1673)
- Johann Viktorin Karl von Waldstein († 1673)
- Anna Lijftochts, Betekom,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
Died on Sunday May 1, 1616
- James NUGENT Governor of Finagh Marshal of the army of the Confederates (39)
- Seibert Reutelsberg (31), Kreis Wittgenstein, Duitsland
- Jeanne CHAMPAIN (76), Couffé, 44048, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
- Robert NUGENT (42)
- Marijke van Breugel
Born on May 1
- 1527 » Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician († 1579)
- 1545 » Franciscus Junius, French theologian († 1602)
- 1579 » Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland († 1662)
- 1582 » Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer († 1643)
- 1585 » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint († 1612)
- 1591 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer († 1666)
- 1594 » John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut († 1653)
- 1602 » William Lilly, English astrologer († 1681)
- 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
- 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
Died on May 1
- 1539 » Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)
- 1555 » Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- 1572 » Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
- 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
- 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
- 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
- 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
- 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
- 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
- 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
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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.
- February 26 » Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
- 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.