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Born on Saturday October 20, 1629
- Catharina Aleffs, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1674)
- Maria Jans de Vries, Rossum
- Anneke van Rijswijck, Oisterwijk, NB, Nederland († 1653)
- Jannetje Jacobs Westerkerck, Pijnacker († 1668)
- John Wardlaw, Scotland († 1682)
- Jannetge Jacobs Westerkerck, Pijnacker († 1668)
- Catharina Alofs, Schimmert († 1674)
- Jannetge Jacobs WESTERKERCK, Pijnacker († 1668)
- Jannetje Jacobs Westerkerck, Pijnacker, Nederland
- Anne de FROIDMONT, Jodoigne († 1669)
Died on Saturday October 20, 1629
- Thomas Hull (47), Crewkerne, Somerset, England
- Adriaan Michielsz. de Ruyter (54), Vlissingen, ZLD, Nederland
- Adriaen Michielszn. (54), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Thomas Alfred Harrison (73), Gobions Manor, St Giles, Northamptonshire, England
- Adriaen Michielsz (54), Vlissingen, Flushing, Zeeland, Nederland
- Mechtelt Bruyns
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 20, 1629 at Delpher
Born on October 20
- 1554 » Bálint Balassi, Hungarian writer and noble († 1594)
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
Died on October 20
- 1438 » Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439 » Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
Names that were popular for boys in 1629
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Willem
- John
- Jean
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Adrianus
- William
- Johann
- Pierre
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1629
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Jeanne
- Sarah
- Neeltje
- Adriana
- Trijntje
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1629
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 10 » Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- May 22 » Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.