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August 1, 1620Born on Sunday August 2, 1620
- Jan Craen, Merksem, 2170, België
- Antonius Bogaerts, Kalmthout
- Anna Peeters Daal van, Loenhout, België
- Joannes Adriaen BOOGAERTS, Wilrijk,2610,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- BARTELEMEEUS DE CALUWE, VRASENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1693)
- Jacoba WELLENS, Wuustwezel, provincie Antwerpen († 1691)
- Gillis Van Osselaer, Belsele
- Anneke van DAEL, Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
- Anneken Woud, Axel
- Jacobijne Jacob Jan Wellens, Wuustwezel (B) († 1691)
Died on Sunday August 2, 1620
- Friedrich von Dietrichstein- Hollenburg (14)
- Martha Turesdotter Bjelke (35)
- Jean de Schoonhoven (6)
- Margaretha (56), Pfullingen, Germany
- Martha BIELKE (35), Stockholm, Svealand, Zweden
- Martha Turesdotter Bjelke (35)
Born on August 2
- 1549 » Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman († 1616)
- 1612 » Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn († 1642)
- 1627 » Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter († 1678)
- 1630 » Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch († 1704)
- 1646 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer († 1715)
- 1672 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar († 1733)
- 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
- 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
- 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
- 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
Died on August 2
- 1451 » Elizabeth of Görlitz (b. 1390)
- 1511 » Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
- 1512 » Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
- 1589 » Henry III of France (b. 1551)
- 1605 » Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
- 1611 » Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
- 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
- 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
- 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
- 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
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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 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 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
- 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.
- November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.