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Born on Friday December 17, 1638
- Petronella van Eyck
- Anna Sofie van Hessen Darmstadt († 1683)
- Anna Sofie Van Hessen Darmstadt († 1683)
- Anna Sofie van Hessen Darmstadt († 1683)
- Anna Sophia VON HESSE-DARMSTADT II († 1683)
- Godefridus (Gerardus) Cauwenbergh, Breda († 1703)
- PIeternelle Jans EijK van, Rotterdam
- Guilielmus Van Ouytsel, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1678)
- Guilielmus Christianus Cornelis van Aerde, Zundert Noord Brabant (NL)
- Dirkje Tijsse van Bremen, Leiden
Died on Friday December 17, 1638
- Anthonis van reMoorter, Temse
- Toussaint Trudeau (2), France
- Christyne Quirijnse ADRIAENSEN
- Aert Laurensz van Bylevelt (48), Utrecht
- Antonis Van Remoortere, Temse
- Anthonis van Remoortere (61), Temse
- Christyne Quirijnse Adriaensen (33)
- John HARRIS (27), Chipstead, Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent
- Christina Adriaensen
Born on December 17
- 1554 » Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop († 1612)
- 1556 » Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet († 1627)
- 1616 » Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author († 1704)
- 1619 » Prince Rupert of the Rhine († 1682)
- 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
- 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
- 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
- 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
- 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
- 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
Died on December 17
- 1419 » William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
- 1471 » Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
- 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
- 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
- 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
Names that were popular for boys in 1638
Names that were popular for girls in 1638
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.