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Born on Friday February 17, 1617
- Jean Guillaume de Groeff van Erkelens, Brugge, 8000, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1681)
- Cornelis Mathijs Fransen van der Meijden, Boxtel
- Edmund Littlefield
- Cornelis Mathijs Fransen van der Meijden, Boxtel (Boxtel) (Noord-Brabant)
- Jacob Brule, Bergen op Zoom (Noord-Brabant, Nederland)
- Ludwig Carl Mueg von Bofzheim, Straatsburg, Temple Neuf, Frankrijk
- Bernhard Heinrich von der Lippe, Gut Wintrup, Steinheim, Allemagne († 1689)
- Elizabeth Elspet Burnett, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Cornelis Mathias Franciscus van der MEIJDEN, Boxtel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hendrick Rutger Corste Spierings, S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Friday February 17, 1617
- Catharina van der Dussen (62)
- Catharina Adriaensdr van der Dussen (62), Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands
- Catharijne Adriaensd van der DUSSEN (62), Delft
- Petrus Laurentius (HYPOTHETICAL) HOETZ HEUTZ HEUTS (62), Jabeek (NL/LI)
- Anna Jasper (39), Botesdale, Suffolk, England
- Siewert Dirksz, Enkhuizen
- Petrus Laurentius Heuts (Hoetz, Heutz) (63), Jabeek
- Catharina Adriaensdr van der Dussen (57), Delft
- Catharine van der Dussen (62), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Gerrit Fransz Dane (47), Willemstad
Born on February 17
- 1490 » Charles III, duke of Bourbon († 1527)
- 1519 » Francis, French Grand Chamberlain († 1563)
- 1524 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal († 1574)
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
Died on February 17
- 1500 » Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (b. before 1463)
- 1600 » Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)
- 1609 » Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
- 1624 » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
- 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
- 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
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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.