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Born on Thursday August 12, 1621
- Petronella van Ulft, Sevenum
- Gommara Mennens, Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Anna Gerits, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Niederlande
- Petrus (Pieter) Eeman (Heeman), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1693)
- Mary Fuller, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England († 1687)
- Mary Cooper, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England († 1706)
- Anna Wijnand Gerardus, Schijndel
- Petrus Vergauwen, SInt-Gillis-Waas
- Thomas Turner, Cambridgeshire, England († 1686)
- Sarah SKELTON, Sempringham, Linconshire, England († 1621)
Died on Thursday August 12, 1621
- Anna NN1 (41), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Samuel des BOUVERIES
Born on August 12
- 1503 » Christian III of Denmark († 1559)
- 1506 » Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian († 1576)
- 1591 » Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity († 1660)
- 1599 » Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet († 1678)
- 1604 » Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun († 1651)
- 1626 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer († 1690)
- 1629 » Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess († 1685)
- 1644 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer († 1704)
- 1686 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author († 1748)
- 1696 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer († 1755)
Died on August 12
- 1484 » Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)
- 1546 » Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
- 1577 » Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
- 1588 » Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
- 1602 » Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
- 1612 » Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
- 1638 » Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
- 1674 » Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
- 1689 » Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
- 1778 » Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
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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 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.
- 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.