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Born on Sunday October 17, 1638
- Barent Eliasse, Loon op Zand
- Aryen Cornelisz Crijgsman, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1674)
- Jan Volckertsz. Massareeu, Medemblik
- Bastijaen Wallevis, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jacobus CRUYSANKER, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
- Jacob Claes Crinen Clasen, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Clement Willemsz., Ridderkerk
- Anna Sophia van der Capellen
- Grietge Cornelisse Willems, Fijnaart en Heijningen
- Andreas Boots, Rupelmonde
Died on Sunday October 17, 1638
- Simon Meunier (96), Levesville-la-Chenard, 28210, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Marguerite CORDIER (29), Isbergues, 62473, Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Gijsbertgen Cornelis Joriszoondochter van der Wel (58)
- Andries de NOLE, Antwerpen
- Katherin BAGNELL (28)
- Pieter Lansen (Lancen) (3)
- Gilg Widmayer (78), Bartenbach, Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Gijsbertgen (58)
- Agnes de (van) Maroye (n) (35), Roermond, Nederland
- Agnes de Maroye (35), Roermond, Nederland
Born on October 17
- 1577 » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter († 1621)
- 1577 » Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince († 1642)
- 1582 » Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic († 1637)
- 1587 » Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor († 1620)
- 1623 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic († 1687)
- 1629 » Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias († 1646)
- 1688 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer († 1726)
- 1711 » Jupiter Hammon, American poet († 1806)
- 1719 » Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic († 1792)
- 1720 » Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer († 1795)
Died on October 17
- 1552 » Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575 » Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586 » Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587 » Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
- 1616 » John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660 » Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776 » Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1638
- 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 28 » The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- March 22 » Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.