About the day » Thursday April 15, 1621Calender converter
April 14, 1621Born on Thursday April 15, 1621
- Van Scherpenbergh Willem, Poppel, Antwerpen, België
- Elizabeth Sawtell, Aller, Somerset, England († 1656)
- Jan Jz Van Der Wel, Delft († 1672)
- Niklaus Stürler, Berne, Suisse († 1693)
- Mechteld Van Zuylen Van Nyvelt, Utrecht (UTR) NL († 1699)
- Franciscus Demeulenaere, Wingene († 1688)
- Kunigunde Klein, Bermershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1624)
- Marinus Debels, Waregem, Belgium
- Mechteld Van Zuijlen Van Nijeveld, Utrecht, Utrecht, Neth († 1699)
- Jeremy James, Holsworthy Devon
Died on Thursday April 15, 1621
- Josias Atweecke (38)
- Richard Farley (63), Albury, Surrey, England
- Wandel Becker (45), Sprendlingen, Alzey, Rheinhessen, Germany
- Elisabeth de Mencier
- Maria (61), Beinstein, Waiblingen, Wurttemberg, Germany
- Elisabeth van Mencier (46)
- Bodo von Adelebsen
- Adolf v.Salm-Grumbach (36), unbekannt
Born on April 15
- 1552 » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer († 1626)
- 1563 » Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader († 1606)
- 1588 » Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar († 1653)
- 1592 » Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal († 1675)
- 1641 » Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer († 1722)
- 1642 » Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan († 1691)
- 1646 » Christian V of Denmark († 1699)
- 1684 » Catherine I of Russia († 1727)
- 1688 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer († 1758)
- 1707 » Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1783)
Died on April 15
- 1502 » John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (b. 1443)
- 1558 » Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500)
- 1610 » Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)
- 1632 » George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
- 1652 » Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
- 1659 » Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
- 1719 » Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
- 1754 » Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
- 1761 » Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
- 1761 » William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
Names that were popular for boys in 1621
Names that were popular for girls in 1621
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 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."
- 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 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.