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Born on Sunday January 17, 1621
- Geertruij Ariens van Muijlwijck, Hoornaar
- Adriaen Maes, Temse
- Geertruyd Adriaansz van Muylwijck, Hoornaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
- Antoine Arnould Jacques de Labeye, Herve, Luik, België
- Heijndricks Willemsz Boon, Katwijk aan de Rijn
- Gielielmus Van Gysel, Leest († 1640)
- Gilles (Egidius) Kappaert (Cappaert), Nieuwkerken Waas (B)
- Anna Corneliusdr, Hilvarenbeek
- Hendrik Willemszoon, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Heijndrick van der Boon, Katwijk aan den Rijn
Died on Sunday January 17, 1621
- Abraham von Schleinitz (64)
- William Sell (91), Great Munden, Hertfordshire, England
- William Scill \ Sell (91), Great Munden, Hertfordshire, England
- William Sell (91), Great Munden, Hertfordshire, England
Born on January 17
- 1560 » Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic († 1624)
- 1574 » Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician († 1637)
- 1593 » William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer († 1662)
- 1600 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet († 1681)
- 1612 » Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician († 1671)
- 1640 » Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler († 1724)
- 1659 » Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer († 1745)
- 1666 » Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician († 1723)
- 1686 » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author († 1766)
- 1706 » Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania († 1790)
Died on January 17
- 1456 » Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395)
- 1468 » Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
- 1588 » Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
- 1598 » Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
- 1617 » Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
- 1705 » John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
- 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
- 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
- 1738 » Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
- 1751 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1621
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 16 » Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
- March 22 » The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- April 5 » The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
- May 24 » The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- June 3 » The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
- June 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.