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August 6, 1616Born on Sunday August 7, 1616
- Geertruid Daniels van Diessen, Oisterwijk († 1687)
- Jacob Gijsbertse, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Walterus Polleunis, Bunsbeek
- Job de Visch, Haamstede († 1649)
- joanna diercx (diricx), ranst
- Petrus Petrus Anthonissen, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
- Pieter Buyl, Denderhoutem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Petrus Theuns, Wuustwezel, provincie Antwerpen
- Petronella Petri Theodori Heijnen, Gemert
- Petrus Theuns Anthonissen, Wuustwezel
Died on Sunday August 7, 1616
- William Savage Lord of Elmley castle (62)
- William Savage, Lord of the Manor of Elmley Castle, Worcs (62), Worchester, England
- Jan Poppen (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Maria Buyst, Sint Gilles-Waas
- Adriaan Joosten van der valk (77), Naaldwijk
- Marritje Jacobs Souburgh
- Willem van Efferen Prins-Bisschop van Worms (53), Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg
- William Savage (61)
- Joan Tippinge (56), Derby, Derbyshire, England
- Jan Poppen (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on August 7
- 1533 » Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet († 1595)
- 1560 » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and serial killer († 1614)
- 1571 » Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer († 1627)
- 1574 » Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer († 1649)
- 1598 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist († 1672)
- 1613 » William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder († 1664)
- 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
- 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
- 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
- 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
Died on August 7
- 1485 » Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany (b. 1454)
- 1547 » Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)
- 1613 » Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)
- 1616 » Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)
- 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
- 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
- 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
- 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
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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 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.
- 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.