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Born on Sunday December 17, 1617
- Thomas Calvert, Dromgora, Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland († 1685)
- Petrus Christophori Cornely Stoffels, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jan Paans, Capelle, Nederland
- Jeanne DELARIVIERE, Ghislenghien, 7822, Hainaut, Belgique
- Guyon Teilhard, Murat, Cantal, France († 1684)
- Johan II Vrijheer van Boineburg-Bömelberg († 1679)
- Hendrik de Roij, Capelle
- Cornelius Judocuszn Croot, Loon op Zand († 1682)
- Christina Peters van Doremael, St.Oedenrode
- Enoch Greenleaf, Ipswich, Suffolk, England († 1663)
Died on Sunday December 17, 1617
- Peter Wright (Wrayt) (47), Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
- Jehan LANGLOIS, La Coulonche, 61, Orne
- Margaretha Brandt (40), Schweigern, Mosbach, Baden, Germany
- Cornelis Arjens (55), Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- N. Hanses Lentz (37), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Jan WOUTERSZ
- Peter Wright of Knedlington (53), Knedlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Daneel Neesen (79), Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Jacqueline CHEVALIER (47), Couterne,61410,Orne,Normandie,FRANCE
- Peter Wright (47), Knedlington, Yorkshire, England
Born on December 17
- 1554 » Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop († 1612)
- 1556 » Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet († 1627)
- 1616 » Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author († 1704)
- 1619 » Prince Rupert of the Rhine († 1682)
- 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
- 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
- 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
- 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
Died on December 17
- 1419 » William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
- 1471 » Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
- 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
- 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
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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.