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May 15, 1620Born on Saturday May 16, 1620
- Anna Heestermans, Roosendaal
- Anna Verstockt, Herentals, Belgie
- Ida van Assema, Langweer (DON), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1680)
- Laurentia De Rechter, Eksaarde
- Anna Jasper Verstockt, Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Melchior van Schote, Temse
- Martina Taelman, Haeltert in de Sint-Gorikskerk
- Richard Stowers, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1698)
- Emerentia Van der Elst, Vilvoorde
- Anna Franssen Heesterman, Roosendaal († 1627)
Died on Saturday May 16, 1620
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Atwater (92), Braintree District, Essex, England
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- Wyllyam Boxe (40), Barcombe, Sussex, England
- William ILLMAN Hylma (94), St Mary's, Balcombe, Sussex, England
- William Briggs (16), St James, London, England
- Mary Mildmay Atwater (93), Marshall, Essex, England
- Atze Atzes (37), Franeker
- Dorthy Tamworth (71), Weekley, Northamptonshire, England
- Atze Atses (37), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Atze Atzes (37), Franeker (Frjentsjer), Friesland, Nederland
Born on May 16
- 1455 » Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count († 1522)
- 1542 » Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman († 1580)
- 1606 » John Bulwer, British doctor († 1656)
- 1611 » Pope Innocent XI († 1689)
- 1641 » Dudley North, English economist and politician († 1691)
- 1710 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household († 1782)
- 1718 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1799)
- 1763 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist († 1829)
- 1788 » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator († 1866)
- 1801 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State († 1872)
Died on May 16
- 1561 » Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (b. 1488)
- 1620 » William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
- 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
- 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
- 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
- 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
- 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
- 1778 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
- 1790 » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1620
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- August 5 » The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.
- September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
- November 21 » Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
- December 21 » Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.