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Born on Saturday August 26, 1617
- Jacoba Bekaert, Waasmunster
- Suzanne Ledanté, Villehardouin, 10413, Aube, Grand Est, FRANCE († 1669)
- Maud Pitt, Bristol, Gloucester, England († 1652)
- Henricus Aerts, Tessenderlo († 1676)
- Petrus Pricken
- Petrus Prikken (Pricken, Prick, Priequen)
Died on Saturday August 26, 1617
- James (Lord of Shurland) Herbert (1)
- Ulbe Douwes Aylva (66), Hijlaard, 9027, Nederland
Born on August 26
- 1548 » Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter († 1612)
- 1582 » Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint († 1637)
- 1596 » Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king († 1632)
- 1676 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1745)
- 1694 » Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician († 1755)
- 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
- 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
- 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
- 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
- 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
Died on August 26
- 1462 » Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
- 1486 » Ernest, Elector of Saxony (b. 1441)
- 1500 » Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1449)
- 1551 » Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
- 1572 » Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
- 1595 » António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
- 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
- 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
- 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
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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.