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Born on Tuesday December 5, 1617
- Dionisius van Gangelt, Sint Pieter
- Elizabetha Van Goirle, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium
- Catharina Van Soom, Ranst
- Elysabeth Zegersen van Riel, Zevenbergen
- Dionisius van Gangelt, Sint Pieter, Nederland
Died on Tuesday December 5, 1617
- Sigismund van Lestwitz
- Margarethe Svantesdotter Sture (70)
- Christian Mor, Sterzing,Bozen,Südtirol,Italien,39049,Vipiteno,I
- Jean de La Goublaye (65), Saint-Alban, Côtes-d'Armor, France
- Margarethe Svantesdotter Sture (70)
Born on December 5
- 1495 » Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer († 1542)
- 1537 » Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shōgun († 1597)
- 1539 » Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author († 1604)
- 1547 » Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer († 1625)
- 1556 » Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess († 1588)
- 1595 » Henry Lawes, English composer († 1662)
- 1661 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department († 1724)
- 1666 » Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer († 1741)
- 1687 » Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer († 1762)
- 1697 » Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer († 1771)
Died on December 5
- 1560 » Francis II of France (b. 1544)
- 1570 » Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
- 1624 » Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
- 1654 » Jean François Sarrazin, French author and poet (b. 1611)
- 1663 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
- 1749 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
- 1758 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
- 1770 » James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
- 1784 » Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
- 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
Names that were popular for boys in 1617
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Thomas
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- William
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Johann
- Johan
- Jean
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1617
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Marie
- Mary
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Barbara
- Catherine
- Agnes
- Grietje
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.