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May 20, 1635Born on Monday May 21, 1635
- Walterus de Jongh, Roosendaal († 1707)
- Michelle POTEL, Tourville-La-Rivière, 76410, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE
- Simon Joosten Kwast Quast, Enkhuizen
- Petronella Cornélia van OVERLOOP, Londerzeel, 1840, Brabant Famand, Belgique († 1695)
- Gesche Hullmann, Jade, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Mattheus Luyckx, Vosselaar († 1662)
- Geerdt Cornellis, Warffum
- Andries Vanseveren, Aarsele, België († 1679)
- Isabella Lansmans, Maestricht en l'Eglise St Nicolas
- Walterus Claes Willems (Smit) DE JONGE, Roosendaal,4700,Noord-Brabant,Bergen op Zoom,NEDERLAND († 1707)
Died on Monday May 21, 1635
- Willem Willemszn Degen (29)
- Alice Darrell (85), St Botolph Aldgate, London, England
- Richard Chetwood (75), Workworth, Northamptonshire, England
- Willem Dircksz DEGEN
- Anna Margaretha Allin (70), Gratenberg, Wurttenberg, Germany
- Sir Richard Chetwood (75), Warkworth, Northamptonshire, England
- Petrus Petrus Peter Sibs, Rijsbergen
- Robert 1566 MUSGRAVE (69), Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- Nikolaus Böhme (70), Torgau
- Johanna Becker (75), Düren
Born on May 21
- 1497 » Al-Hattab, Muslim jurist († 1547)
- 1527 » Philip II of Spain († 1598)
- 1653 » Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland († 1697)
- 1688 » Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator († 1744)
- 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
- 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
- 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
- 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
- 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
- 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
Died on May 21
- 1563 » Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510)
- 1607 » John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549)
- 1619 » Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537)
- 1639 » Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)
- 1647 » Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
- 1650 » James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)
- 1664 » Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
- 1670 » Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
- 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)
- 1690 » John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
Names that were popular for boys in 1635
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Willem
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Hendrik
- John
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Thomas
- Jean
- Hendrick
- Claes
- Peter
Names that were popular for girls in 1635
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Grietje
- Cornelia
- Mary
- Lijsbeth
- Trijntje
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1635
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
- May 30 » Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
- June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
- July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
- July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
- November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.