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Born on Monday February 23, 1637
- Rebecca Perkins, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire († 1707)
- Nicolas Wéry, Mellet (6211, Hainaut)
- Anne de Petris de Graville, Avignon
- Magdalena Pauwels, Temse († 1639)
- Elizabeth Gordon, Scotland († 1674)
- Laureys Verloo, Herenthout, België
- Elizabeth Rannow, Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom († 1680)
- Petronella Dobbelaere, Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1671)
- Willem Van Loock, Leest, Mechelen, Antwerpen
- Jacoba Vandenberghe, Zele
Died on Monday February 23, 1637
- Jannichgen Anthonis Stultingh
- Jannichgen Stultingh (37)
- Johan-Baptist Strozzi Markgraaf van Forano (42)
- William Baynard (1)
- Claude LEFEVRE (57)
- Antonis Gelisz Stultingh
- Hendrick van Hensbeeck
- Judocus Vermeersch (75)
- Sigrid Pehrsdotter (76), Undenäs, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Catharina Ockers, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands
Born on February 23
- 1539 » Henry XI of Legnica, thrice Duke of Legnica († 1588)
- 1539 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire († 1612)
- 1583 » Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer († 1656)
- 1592 » Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter († 1663)
- 1633 » Samuel Pepys, English diarist and politician († 1703)
- 1646 » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun († 1709)
- 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
- 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
- 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
- 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
Died on February 23
- 1473 » Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (b. 1410)
- 1526 » Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479)
- 1554 » Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)
- 1603 » Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
- 1603 » Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
- 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
- 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
- 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
- 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
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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.