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January 21, 1632
Died on Thursday January 22, 1632
- Dirk Louwen van WouW, Wassenaar
- Arrien Symons S.L.M. (58), St. Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Daelmans (36), 's Gravenwezel
- Arjen Symons SLM (59), Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- Tanneken van Hesvelt, Sint Niklaas
- Anne Saltonstall (0)
- Constantin von Lyskirchen (58)
- Dirk Lourisz WOUW,VAN (37), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dirck Lourensz van Wou (37), Wassenaar
- Dirck Lourisz van Wou (37), Wassenaar
Born on January 22
- 1552 » Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer († 1618)
- 1561 » Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1626)
- 1570 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library († 1631)
- 1573 » John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets († 1631)
- 1592 » Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher († 1655)
- 1645 » William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (probable; d. 1701)
- 1654 » Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet († 1729)
- 1690 » Nicolas Lancret, French painter († 1743)
- 1729 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author († 1781)
- 1733 » Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer († 1796)
Died on January 22
- 1517 » Hadım Sinan Pasha, Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b.?)
- 1536 » Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
- 1536 » John of Leiden, Anabaptist leader from the Dutch city of Leiden (b. 1509)
- 1552 » Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)
- 1560 » Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
- 1575 » James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
- 1599 » Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
- 1666 » Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
- 1750 » Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
Names that were popular for boys in 1632
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- John
- Jacob
- Thomas
- Jean
- Johannes
- Cornelisz
- Jansz
- William
- Van
- Jacobus
Names that were popular for girls in 1632
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Joanna
- Anne
- Jeanne
- Barbara
- Cornelia
- Cornelis
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1632
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 22 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
- March 29 » Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- April 15 » Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
- July 23 » Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.