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March 18, 1617Born on Sunday March 19, 1617
- Gertrudis BEECK, Roermond (NL/LI) († 1619)
- Pietertge Brederode, Dirksland († 1655)
- Margaret Farewell, Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England († 1672)
- Joannes Van Pottelberghe, Sint-Pauwels (B) († 1669)
- Frances Stuart Stewart († 1694)
- Jan Ernst( Count) van Nassau- Dietz, Arnhem, Chr Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1617)
- Gores Reijntjes, Amsterdam
- Françoise Jeanne Renault***, Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 1695)
- Johan Ernst NASSAU, Arnhem
- Gores, Amsterdam
Born on March 19
- 1534 » José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint († 1597)
- 1542 » Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman († 1605)
- 1601 » Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect († 1667)
- 1604 » John IV of Portugal († 1656)
- 1641 » Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian author and scholar († 1731)
- 1661 » Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer and educator († 1727)
- 1684 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar († 1766)
- 1721 » Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian poet and author († 1771) (baptised on this day)
- 1734 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania († 1817)
- 1739 » Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician († 1824)
Died on March 19
- 1539 » Lord Edmund Howard, English nobleman (b. c. 1478)
- 1563 » Arthur Brooke, English poet
- 1568 » Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)
- 1581 » Francis I, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
- 1612 » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1637 » Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
- 1649 » Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
- 1687 » René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (b. 1643)
- 1697 » Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
Names that were popular for boys in 1617
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Thomas
- 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.