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Born on Saturday October 17, 1626
- Adrianus van As, Lier, 2500, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jacques Loyer dit Latour, La Flèche, France († 1669)
- Samuel DANFORTH Rev, Framlingham, Suffolk, England († 1674)
- Jeanne Hughuette, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France († 1670)
- Jacques Loyer, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France († 1669)
- Samuel (Rev) Danforth, Framlingham, Suffolk, ENGLAND († 1674)
- Willem van Haren, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands († 1708)
- Adrianus van Assche, Lier
- "Francisco María" Dionisio Antonio Honorato Baltasar Fernández de Córdoba, Madrid († 1688)
- Samuel Danforth, Framlingham, Suffolk, England († 1674)
Died on Saturday October 17, 1626
- Hylcke Roelofs (Hippolitus) Crack (56), Oudeschoot, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
- William BULLARD (infant) 1626 (0), Barnham, Suffolk, England
- Alexander Ulrichs (0), Wijlre, Nederland
- Johannes Lennepp (31), Münster,Regierungsbezirk Münster,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
- William Bullard (0), Barnham, Suffolk, England
- Elizabeth (Elinor) "Eleanore" Reade (81), Marden, Wiltshire, England
- Neelken JACOBS
- Aeltgen
- John Bradshaw (74), Bolton, Lancashire, England
- Alexander ULRICHS (0), Wijlre,Gulpen-Wittem,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 17, 1626 at Delpher
Born on October 17
- 1538 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter († 1559)
- 1577 » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter († 1621)
- 1577 » Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince († 1642)
- 1582 » Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic († 1637)
- 1587 » Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor († 1620)
- 1623 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic († 1687)
- 1629 » Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias († 1646)
- 1688 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer († 1726)
- 1711 » Jupiter Hammon, American poet († 1806)
- 1719 » Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic († 1792)
Died on October 17
- 1485 » John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1552 » Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575 » Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586 » Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587 » Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
- 1616 » John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660 » Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1626
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 27 » Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
- May 4 » Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
- May 24 » Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
- November 18 » The new St Peter's Basilica is consecrated.