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Born on Sunday December 13, 1637
- Cornelis Marijnis Boot, Etten
- Heijndrick Maartensz, Oud Loosdrecht
- Maria de Canto da Silveira († 1719)
- Anneken Jansen, Appingedam
- Maaike Benjaminsdr Hoogstraten, Sint Anthoniepolder, Nederland († 1678)
- Adriana Bakkelaris, Dordrecht († 1693)
- Maaijke Benjamins Hooghstraten, Sint Anthoniepolder († 1678)
- Dirk Petrusz Blokhovius, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1669)
- Maaike Benjamins Hooghstraten, Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1678)
- Isaac Cornelisz van den Bosch, Schipluiden († 1690)
Died on Sunday December 13, 1637
- Dirkje Cornelisdr de Vet (32)
- Jasper Crijnen
- Stijnke Dircck Horckmans
- Geertge Gerritsdr
- Martin de La Plancque, Canterbury
- Maritgen Hendricksdr Hilman, Zevenhuizen
- Jan Jans Coolen
- Gerrit Cornelisz van Staveren (60)
- Gerrit Cornelisz van Staveren (60)
- Job DIRCKS (34), Ooltgensplaat
Born on December 13
- 1521 » Pope Sixtus V († 1590)
- 1533 » Eric XIV of Sweden († 1577)
- 1553 » Henry IV of France († 1610)
- 1560 » Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France († 1641)
- 1585 » William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet († 1649)
- 1640 » Robert Plot, English chemist and academic († 1696)
- 1662 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher († 1729)
- 1678 » Yongzheng Emperor of China († 1735)
- 1720 » Carlo Gozzi, Italian playwright († 1804)
- 1724 » Franz Aepinus, German astronomer and philosopher († 1802)
Died on December 13
- 1516 » Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462)
- 1521 » Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)
- 1557 » Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1499)
- 1565 » Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516)
- 1621 » Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
- 1671 » Antonio Grassi, Italian Roman Catholic priest(b. 1592)
- 1716 » Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
- 1721 » Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
- 1729 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (b. 1676)
- 1754 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)
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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.