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March 18, 1621Born on Friday March 19, 1621
- Nicolas BACHELET, (Saint Aubin Jouxte Bouleng)-Saint-Aubin-Lès-Elbeuf, 76410, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE († 1696)
- Judoca De Wilde, Moerbeke
- Anna Dullaert, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Maria Smets - Smedts, Tienen
- Geertruijdt van der Asdonck, Boxtel
- Pierre de LEUZE
- Carolus Rosseel, Grembergen
- Joos Moenens, Gullegem, Belgie
- Judocus de Bruijn, Bornem, Antwerpen, België
Died on Friday March 19, 1621
- James McGowan (71), Isle of Man
- William Tucker D.D. (64)
- Diana Spinelli
- William Tucker, D.D. (63), Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Born on March 19
- 1534 » José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint († 1597)
- 1542 » Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman († 1605)
- 1601 » Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect († 1667)
- 1604 » John IV of Portugal († 1656)
- 1641 » Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian author and scholar († 1731)
- 1661 » Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer and educator († 1727)
- 1684 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar († 1766)
- 1721 » Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian poet and author († 1771) (baptised on this day)
- 1734 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania († 1817)
- 1739 » Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician († 1824)
Died on March 19
- 1539 » Lord Edmund Howard, English nobleman (b. c. 1478)
- 1563 » Arthur Brooke, English poet
- 1568 » Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)
- 1581 » Francis I, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
- 1612 » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1637 » Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
- 1649 » Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
- 1687 » René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (b. 1643)
- 1697 » Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
Names that were popular for boys in 1621
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Joannes
- Willem
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Thomas
- William
- Jacob
- Jean
- Johannes
- Richard
- Jacobus
- Johann
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1621
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Mary
- Anne
- Jeanne
- Neeltje
- Sarah
- Barbara
- Maartje
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
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)
- February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- February 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
- March 16 » Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
- 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.