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March 11, 1617Born on Sunday March 12, 1617
- Paulus Aertsen Gelde, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jacobus Boulier, Axel
- Maria Claes, Balen
- Cornelis Rochusz
- George Hayward Sr., Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1671)
- Antonius De Moor, Ekeren († 1687)
- Jacob Dircksz Apperloo, Amsterdam
- Geraert Klaassen, Axel
- Maertijnken de Pape, Hoek
- Paulus Aerts Gelten, Wouw († 1664)
Died on Sunday March 12, 1617
- Margaretha (Enneke) Heijns gezegd Smets (89), 12 maart 1617-Mechelen
- Joos Gijsels
- Margaretha Enneken Heijns gezegd Smets (89), 12 maart 1617-Mechelen
- Joos Gijsels (45), Hoek
- Margaretha Enneken Heijns gen. Smets (87), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Born on March 12
- 1515 » Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer († 1553)
- 1607 » Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer († 1676)
- 1613 » André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect († 1700)
- 1626 » John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher († 1697)
- 1637 » Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany († 1671)
- 1672 » Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician († 1729)
- 1685 » George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher († 1753)
- 1710 » Thomas Arne, English composer († 1778)
- 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
- 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
Died on March 12
- 1316 » Stefan Dragutin (b. c. 1244)
- 1539 » Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)
- 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
- 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
- 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
- 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
- 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
- 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
- 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
- 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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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.