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Born on Thursday August 19, 1621
- Joannes VAN KESSENICH, Roermond
- Dirk Theodore van Scheltinga, Leeuwarden, Friesl († 1671)
- Dirck Theodorus Van Scheltinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1671)
- Marie de Pauw, Eeklo (B)
- Johannes Rutgers Wilhelmus Spierincx, Heeswijk († 1646)
- Konrad Stenger, Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1622)
- Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1674)
- Elizabeth, Saint Laurence Thanet,Kent,England († 1667)
- William Boys, Hastings, Sussex, England
- William Bruce
Died on Thursday August 19, 1621
- Maria Schurman (48), Tussen Delft en Leiden
- William Kerr (31), Roxburghshire, Scotland
- Frances Warcop (60), Dalston Parish, Cumbria, England
Born on August 19
- 1557 » Frederick I, duke of Württemberg († 1608)
- 1570 » Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer († 1630)
- 1583 » Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman († 1648)
- 1590 » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1649)
- 1596 » Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia († 1662)
- 1621 » Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet († 1674)
- 1631 » John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright († 1700)
- 1646 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic († 1719)
- 1686 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician († 1737)
- 1689 » Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher († 1761)
Died on August 19
- 1493 » Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
- 1506 » King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461)
- 1541 » Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469)
- 1580 » Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
- 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
- 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
- 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
- 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
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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 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
- 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.