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May 18, 1616Born on Thursday May 19, 1616
- Cornelius Marijnis BEVERS, Zundert, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
- Agnes Burton, Dent, Yorkshire, England
- Joannes Teding van Berkhout, 's-Gravenhage († 1616)
- Thomas Biggin ABIG03.THO01A, Norton, Derbyshire, England
- Lambertus DIERNA, Dilsen-Stokkem,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
- Hans Muehlenderlein, Königswalde, Annaberg, Sachsen, Deutschland († 1692)
- Joannes Hanrick Willem Hanrick Jan Emonts, Veghel
- Jenneke Laureys van LIESHOUT, Sint-Oedenrode, 4197, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelius Bevers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nl
- Mathias Coppen, Horst
Died on Thursday May 19, 1616
- René BAUGE (71), Savigné-sur-Lathan, 37340, France
- John Bread (57), Bedfordshire, England
- John Brede Bread (57), Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England
- Thomas Vernon of Haslington 12 E (79), Haslington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Emota Harvie (64), Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Born on May 19
- 1462 » Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect († 1543)
- 1476 » (or 1474) - Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland († 1513)
- 1593 » Claude Vignon, French painter († 1670)
- 1616 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer († 1667)
- 1639 » Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble († 1665)
- 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
- 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
- 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
- 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
- 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
Died on May 19
- 1526 » Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
- 1531 » Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
- 1536 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1533–1536); second wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1501)
- 1601 » Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
- 1609 » García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (b. 1535)
- 1610 » Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
- 1623 » Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542)
- 1637 » Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
- 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
Names that were popular for boys in 1616
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Jacob
- Joannes
- Thomas
- Pieter
- 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
- Anne
- Neeltje
- 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.