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Born on Friday October 20, 1617
- Anthony Lubbertus van Vollenhoven, Schiedam († 1707)
- George Wardlaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland († 1678)
- Anthony Lubbertus van Vollenhoven, Schiedam († 1707)
- Antoni Lubbertsz. van VOLLENHOVEN, Schiedam
- Antoni Lubbertsz van Vollenhoven, Schiedam († 1707)
- Antoine FLEURY, Charnizay, 37290, France († 1668)
- Anthoni Lubbertsz van Vollenhoven, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- antoni lubberts van VOLLENHOVEN, schiedam († 1707)
- Cornelis Vader, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
- Anoni Lubbertsz van Vollenhoven, Schiedam († 1707)
Died on Friday October 20, 1617
- Barend Cornelisz van Neck (62), Burch op Texel
- Barend Cornelisz. Banjaert ( later van Neck (62), Den Burg (Texel)
- Danckert Ranson (0), Amsterdam
- John 1577 (main) Poyntz, III, of Reigate DNA999N (39), Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
- Albrecht Count Of Brandenburg- Ansbach (0)
- John Whiting (56), Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- John Poyntz (40), Reigate, Surrey, England
- Anna van Gameren (77), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- John Poyntz (39), Reigate, Surrey, England
- Henri Pulinck
Born on October 20
- 1554 » Bálint Balassi, Hungarian writer and noble († 1594)
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
Died on October 20
- 1438 » Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439 » Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
Names that were popular for boys in 1617
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Thomas
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Willem
- William
- Hendrik
- Johann
- Johan
- Gerrit
- Jean
Names that were popular for girls in 1617
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Joanna
- Mary
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Catherine
- Barbara
- Grietje
- Agnes
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1617
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 27 » Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.