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May 17, 1617Born on Thursday May 18, 1617
- Nicolas GAUTIER, Mûrs-Erigné, 49610, Maine et Loire, Pays de la Loire, Erigne († 1691)
- Johannes Stiritz, Lauffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1694)
- Catherine Guillou, Névez, Finistère, France († 1667)
- Digna Goossen Lenaert Cocx, Zundert
- Joannes Baptiste van de Biestraten, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België († 1663)
- Richard HOWARD, PALLING, NORFOLK, ENGLAND
- Merretgen Theunissen, Scherpenzeel,, Gelderland, Nederland
- William Child, Wrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Adam van Podewils Heer van Krangen, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern († 1697)
- Dympna Gosewinusdr. COCX, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Thursday May 18, 1617
- Sijken WOUTERSD (37)
- Jan Sanders van Tuijl (57), Gameren
- Sijken Wouters (47)
- Jan Sandersz van Tuyl (57)
- Jan Sanderszn van Tuyl
- Adriaencken Adriaen Jan Nenertss
- William Todd (48), West Riding, Yorkshire, England
- Jan Sandersz van Tuijl (62)
- Thomas Vivian (70)
- Sijken Wouters (47)
Born on May 18
- 1450 » Piero Soderini, Italian politician and diplomat († 1513)
- 1537 » Guido Luca Ferrero, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1585)
- 1631 » Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest († 1701)
- 1662 » George Smalridge, English bishop († 1719)
- 1692 » Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist († 1752)
- 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
- 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
- 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
- 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
- 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
Died on May 18
- 1550 » Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)
- 1551 » Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (b. 1486)
- 1675 » Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
- 1675 » Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)
- 1692 » Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)
- 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
- 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
- 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
- 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
- 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
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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.