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- Sir Alexander Stewart (Knight) (5th Earl of Moray), Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland († 1701)
- Matthias Vereecken, Sint-Niklaas († 1681)
- Elisabetha Barbara Heterich, Steinkirchen, Schwabisch Hall, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1681)
- Alexander Moray Stuart, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland († 1701)
- Joannes Spaan, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland († 1674)
- Elizabeth Ferris, Virginia († 1689)
- Anna De Cooman, St Lievens Houtem (Akte 29 pagina p29 van GAD 87)
- Joannes Zeghers, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België, St.Salv.3de
- Alexander Stewart V Earl of Moray, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland († 1731)
- Henricus Ingber, Wijlre
Died on Monday May 8, 1634
- Ebba Pedersdottir Brahe den äldre (79)
- Aeltje Hendrickx de Raet (84)
- Hendricus Goedertier, Sint-Laureins, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Ebba Persdotter Brahe (79), Strömsholm, Vastmanland
- Lijsbeth Cornelisdr de Voijs
- Ingetje (Engeltje) Crijnendr Gorter (84), Zegwaart
- Aeltje Hendrickx (Alida) de Raet (van Raedt) (van Raidt)
- Maria Le Fief (22)
- Jeanne de SAINT-VITEUX (19), SCRY (Saint-Vittu), Liège, Belgique
- Luitjen Tebinge (74), Gasselte
Born on May 8
- 1587 » Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy († 1637)
- 1622 » Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician († 1698)
- 1628 » Angelo Italia, Sicilian Jesuit and architect († 1700)
- 1629 » Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral († 1697)
- 1632 » Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician († 1706)
- 1639 » Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Italian artist († 1709)
- 1641 » Nicolaes Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1717)
- 1653 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1734)
- 1670 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1726)
- 1698 » Henry Baker, English naturalist († 1774)
Died on May 8
- 1538 » Edward Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1496)
- 1551 » Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (b. 1520)
- 1668 » Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
- 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
- 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
- 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
- 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
- 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
- 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1634
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
- August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
- September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
- September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
- October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.