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May 4, 1617Born on Friday May 5, 1617
- Anne Moyle, Bake, Cornwall, Englandnd († 1636)
- Margarethe BECK, Basel, Zwitserland († 1686)
- Jeffery Goodchild, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England († 1617)
- Elizabeth English, Horsham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom († 1617)
- Catharina VAN AUST, Maastricht
- Emmanuel VAMBOUR, Neuilly-en-Thelle, 60450, Oise, Picardie, France
Died on Friday May 5, 1617
- Maria Maertens Hogenhouck
- Jeffery Goodchild (0), Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England
- Thomas Tayler Barker (64), St George The Martyr, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, England
Born on May 5
- 1479 » Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru († 1574)
- 1504 » Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal († 1579)
- 1530 » Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman († 1574)
- 1542 » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire († 1623)
- 1582 » John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg († 1628)
- 1684 » Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles († 1739)
- 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
- 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
- 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
- 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
Died on May 5
- 1432 » Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
- 1525 » Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
- 1582 » Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
- 1586 » Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
- 1671 » Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
- 1672 » Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
- 1700 » Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
- 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
- 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
- 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
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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.