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July 7, 1621Born on Thursday July 8, 1621
- Joannes Steylaert, Kontich, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Georges GOURDON, Trémentines,49340,Maine-et-Loire,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE († 1675)
- William Cloud I († 1702)
- Dirck Hermsen (Visscher), Harderwijk († 1660)
- Leonora Christina af Danmark, Gräfin von Schleswig-Holstein († 1698)
- Johannes Wüst, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1624)
- Franz Strack, Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1695)
- Éléonore Christine de Danemark († 1698)
- Thomas Howard, Saffron Walden, Essex († 1682)
- Gerardus Van Nieuwenhove, Teralfene († 1702)
Died on Thursday July 8, 1621
- John William Gull (21), Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England
- Lijsbeth Pieters Hardenbol
- Jan Scheltes (41)
- Neeltie Niclaas (36)
- Jan Scheltes Fonteyn (36)
- Melijs Jochums
- John Gull, Church of England, Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Melis Jochums (31), Leeuwarden
- Neeltie Nicolaas (31)
- John Gull (21), Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England
Born on July 8
- 1478 » Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright († 1550)
- 1528 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy († 1580)
- 1538 » Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1585)
- 1545 » Carlos, Prince of Asturias († 1568)
- 1593 » Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter († 1653)
- 1621 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet († 1695)
- 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
- 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
- 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
- 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
Died on July 8
- 1538 » Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475)
- 1623 » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
- 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
- 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
- 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
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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)
- February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 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.