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Born on Monday December 29, 1631
- Noel DEVRAN, Sévignac, 22250, France († 1681)
- jean BLONDEAU, Blaugies (Belgium) Hainaut
- Lt Captian John Dodge, E Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USAST COKER, SOMERSETSHIRE, EN († 1711)
- John (Capt) Dodge, Salem, Essex, sawmill op., farmer, selectman, lt., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1722)
- Joannes Van Couwenberghe, Merchtem
- Juliana Henriëtte van Closen Vrouwe van Wankheim, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg († 1697)
- Gerard Gerardu Gerardi, Maastricht
- Egon (Egen) de Cocq van Delwijnen, Gemeente Maasdriel, Alem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1719)
- Maria Verhulst, Mechelen
- Egon de Cock, Alem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1719)
Died on Monday December 29, 1631
- Lambrecht Cornelisz Stulingh, Delft (ZH-NLD)
- Lucia Berthen Hendrickx Betten (36), Oisterwijk, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Lucia Berthen Hendrickx Betten (36), Oisterwijk, Nederland
- Lambrecht Cornelisz Stuijlingh (71), Delft
- Anthonis Jan Lodewijcx (31), Wuustwezel (B)
- Lucia Henricx Berthens Henrickx Betten (26), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jacobus Blontrock, Koekelare
- Lucia Henrick Berthen Henrickx Hendrickx (36), Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherland
- Lambrecht Stuijling, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Lucia Hendrickx Betten (26), Oisterwijk
Born on December 29
- 1536 » Henry VI, German nobleman († 1572)
- 1550 » García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller († 1624)
- 1633 » Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar († 1692)
- 1709 » Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress († 1762)
- 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
- 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
- 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
- 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
- 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
- 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
Died on December 29
- 1550 » Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)
- 1563 » Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
- 1565 » Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
- 1606 » Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)
- 1634 » John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
- 1661 » Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
- 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
- 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
- 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
- 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
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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 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.
- 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.