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May 5, 1620Born on Wednesday May 6, 1620
- Jeronimus VAN BEURDEN, Oisterwijk († 1677)
- Jeronimus van Beurden, Oisterwijk, Nederland († 1677)
- Elisabeth DOERR, Lauffen, Besichheim /Neckar, Würtemberg († 1695)
- Anna Daemen, Geleen, Nederland († 1660)
- Jeanne GUENO, Langueux, 22360, France († 1684)
- Jean DROUET, Saint Germain sur Moine, 49230, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1704)
- Anna Daemkens (Rutten) (Recken) (Putgens), Geleen, Nederland
- Anna Barbara Quadt van Landskron-Rheinbach († 1677)
- Petrus van Halle, Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Thomas Stebbins, Bocking, Essex, England or Harwich, England († 1683)
Died on Wednesday May 6, 1620
- Jacob van Warmond (84)
- tonis versteegh
- Wilhelm von Kettler (61), Preussen
- Magdalena Alcmaria Frederiksdr. van Boymer
- Magdalena van Boymer
- Jelska Hantkes (45), Meeden
- Jan Adriaen Doesz (70)
- Claude L'Aîné ALACOQUE de HAUTECOUR (80), Verosvres,SAÔNE et LOIRE,Bourgogne,France
- Mikael Arvidsson Uggla (100)
Born on May 6
- 1493 » Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal († 1563)
- 1501 » Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church († 1555)
- 1574 » Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church († 1655)
- 1580 » Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble († 1637)
- 1635 » Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist († 1682)
- 1668 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright († 1747)
- 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer († 1755)
- 1713 » Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic († 1780)
- 1714 » Anton Raaff, German tenor († 1797)
- 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
Died on May 6
- 1483 » Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)
- 1502 » James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)
- 1527 » Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)
- 1540 » Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)
- 1596 » Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
- 1631 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
- 1638 » Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
- 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
- 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
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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)
- June 20 » The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
- August 1 » Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
- 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 8 » The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
- November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.