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Born on Friday December 19, 1631
- Dymitr Jerzy Wisniowiecki, Vychnivets, Ukraine († 1682)
- Hannah Salter 5th GGM, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England († 1696)
- John Dodge, East Coker, Somerset, England († 1711)
- Neeltgen Cornelisdr., Alblasserdam
- Neeltgen Cornelis, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
- Elisabeth De PAUW, Merchtem, Belgique († 1703)
- Gesken Barmentloo, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Marie Brumeels, Bruxelles en l'Eglise Ste Gudule
- Dimitri Georg Prins Wisniowiecky († 1682)
- Dirckje VAN TIELANT, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1717)
Died on Friday December 19, 1631
- Andrew KERR (69), Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- Catherine van der Goes
- Joannes De Ridder (51), parochie Sint-Paulus, Opwijk, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Jennon Dortu, Mortier,,Province de Liâ®ge,Walloon Region,Belgiâ´
- Jamin Dortu
- Frouck Sydsdr van Scheltema (41)
- Tobias Lotter (63)
- Elizabeth Younge (26), Rudgwick, Sussex, England
- Anthony Joan Marill (88), Maureillas Las Illas, 66480, France
- Catharina Geijsels (49), parochie Sint-Paulus, Opwijk, Vlaams-Brabant, België
Born on December 19
- 1498 » Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian († 1552)
- 1554 » Philip William, Prince of Orange († 1618)
- 1587 » Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg († 1645)
- 1683 » Philip V of Spain († 1746)
- 1699 » William Bowyer, English printer († 1777)
- 1714 » John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator († 1779)
- 1778 » Marie Thérèse of France († 1851)
- 1796 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic († 1873)
- 1797 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist († 1838)
- 1817 » James J. Archer, American lawyer and general († 1864)
Died on December 19
- 1442 » Elizabeth of Luxembourg (b. 1409)
- 1558 » Cornelius Grapheus, Flemish writer (b. 1482)
- 1637 » Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (b. 1565)
- 1741 » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
- 1745 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
- 1749 » Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
- 1807 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
- 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
- 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
- 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
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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.
- June 20 » The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
- October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.