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Born on Tuesday January 6, 1637
- Jan Aelbrechtsz Boer, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1680)
- Margareta Nicolaus Santegoets, Best († 1702)
- Leonarda aen gen Eindt dicti Brassen alias Lamerts, Venlo
- Jan Martensen, Amersfoort
- Joannes FEIJT, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Nederland († 1702)
- Katherine Briggs, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Simon Jansen CLINCKAERTS, Nieuwkuijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1709)
- Seger van Uchelen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1679)
- Maria Huijben, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- John Warboys, Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England († 1666)
Died on Tuesday January 6, 1637
- Bona Lucrezia Solaro
- joanna de geytere, Deftinge,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
- Mathurine ORY, Villevêque, 49140, France
- Willem I NS von Hake "Herrr zu Ohr " (54), Bisperode (D)
- Willem I van Hake Heer van Ohr (54), Bisperode, Nedersaksen
- Cornelis Corsz
- Wilhelm von Hake (54)
- Sn Vereecke (0), Loppem, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Catherine le NIVELLE, SPA, Liège, Belgique
- Cors Gerritsz
Born on January 6
- 1561 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist († 1656)
- 1587 » Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares († 1645)
- 1595 » Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier († 1650)
- 1617 » Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician († 1673)
- 1632 » Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress († 1716)
- 1655 » Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg († 1720)
- 1673 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire († 1744)
- 1695 » Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer († 1750)
- 1702 » José de Nebra, Spanish composer († 1768)
- 1714 » Percivall Pott, English surgeon († 1788)
Died on January 6
- 1537 » Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1616 » Philip Henslowe, English impresario (b. 1550)
- 1646 » Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
- 1689 » Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
- 1693 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
- 1711 » Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
- 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
- 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
- 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
Names that were popular for boys in 1637
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- John
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Jean
- Leendert
- Johann
- Adrianus
- William
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1637
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Mary
- Joanna
- Marie
- Anne
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Grietje
- Jeanne
- Sarah
- Barbara
- Trijntje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1637
- 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 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
- May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
- September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.