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Born on Tuesday January 21, 1631
- William Woodward, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States († 1690)
- Elisabetha Voenssen
- Elisabeth Van De Vyver, Haasdonk († 1682)
- Willemtgen Evertsdr. Duijsthouck, Delft
- Joanna Mr Jan Eijmberts van de Heuvel, Gemonde
- Hendrik Servaes Moonen, Hilvarenbeek, Gemeente Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1679)
- Jacobus van Goetom, Temse († 1692)
- Georgius Mertens, Geel (ANTWERPEN) België
- Perrine LESCAUDRON, Batz-sur-Mer,44740,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
- Maria Bosschaert, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Tuesday January 21, 1631
- Maria Jansen VAN AERDE (71), Groot-Zundert, Zundert, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
- Heijlke Jan, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Henrick Egberts ten Napel
- Eimbert Adriaensz Van Wijfflith
- Marie Jan Maria van Aerde (70), Groot Zundert, Noord-Brabant, NL
- Egbert Hendriks ten Napel
- Heijlke Jans, Best
- Maria Jansen van Aerde (66), Groot Zundert
- Maria Jan van Aerde (62), Groot Zundert
- Marie Jan van Aerde (70), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on January 21
- 1598 » Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō († 1645)
- 1612 » Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count of Nassau-Dietz († 1640)
- 1636 » Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised; d. 1667)
- 1655 » Antonio Molinari, Italian painter († 1704)
- 1659 » Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter († 1722)
- 1675 » Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden († 1733)
- 1714 » Anna Morandi Manzolini, Spanish anatomist († 1774)
- 1717 » Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba († 1779)
- 1721 » James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1794)
- 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French rococo painter († 1805)
Died on January 21
- 1546 » Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1491)
- 1609 » Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (b. 1540)
- 1638 » Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. 1570)
- 1670 » Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643)
- 1683 » Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1621)
- 1699 » Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616)
- 1706 » Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
- 1710 » Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
- 1722 » Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)
- 1731 » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
Names that were popular for boys in 1631
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- John
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Pierre
- Willem
- Jean
- Johannes
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- William
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1631
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Anne
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Jeanne
- Neeltje
- Barbara
- Margaretha
- Adriana
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1631
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
- May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
- June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- September 17 » Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
- October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.