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April 15, 1627Born on Friday April 16, 1627
- Peeter Swolfs, Tessenderlo, Belgie
- Maria de Winne, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Petrus Bauwens, Belsele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Mary Turner Brewster, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America († 1697)
- Jean Tielmans, Moerbeke-Waas B
- Petrina De Putter, Denderhoutem, België
- Pieter Bauwens, Belsele
- Jean HATSTATT, Muespach (68640, Haut-Rhin, France)
- Mary Brewster, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
- annetje arendsdr dijkshoorn, op 't woudt (zuid holland) († 1683)
Died on Friday April 16, 1627
- Goris Govertsz (Gregoris), Leiden
- Jean de Caestre d'Ittre
- Adrianus Kerselaers (57), Hulshout, Antwerpen, België
- Mary Brewster (37), Hol, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Faith Webster (0), Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jean Gaethofs, Heusden
- Gerardus Stoels, Munsterbilzen, Haspengouw, Belgisch Limburg
- Margaret Southworth (72)
- Anthony Patrickson (82), Stockhow, Cumberland, England
- Josijntgen Quaclais, Leiden
Born on April 16
- 1516 » Tabinshwehti, Burmese king († 1550)
- 1569 » John Davies, English poet and lawyer († 1626)
- 1635 » Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter († 1681)
- 1646 » Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon († 1708)
- 1660 » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic († 1753)
- 1661 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury († 1715)
- 1682 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant († 1744)
- 1697 » Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer († 1778)
- 1728 » Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist († 1799)
- 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
Died on April 16
- 1496 » Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
- 1587 » Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
- 1640 » Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
- 1645 » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
- 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
- 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
- 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
- 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
- 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
- 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
Names that were popular for boys in 1627
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- John
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Thomas
- Johan
- William
- Willem
- Johann
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- Jacobus
Names that were popular for girls in 1627
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Neeltje
- Louise
- Adriana
- Johanna
- Jannetje
- Barbara
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1627
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 30 » An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
- November 28 » The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.