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Born on Thursday December 2, 1638
- Johan Jörg Gross, Katzenfurt D
- Joanna van den Abeele, Beernem (Oedelem), West-Vlaanderen, België († 1696)
- Bernhard Muench, Horgen, Oberrieden, Zurich, Switzerland
- Meijnert Alertsz, Enkhuizen
- Antoine CREVIER LAMESLEE, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France († 1653)
- Jan Henricus van Damme, Hingene (Antwerpen
- Johann Andreas Kirschner, Stockhausen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1713)
- Johann Peter Kirschner, Stockhausen, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1713)
- Timon Jan van LINTELO tot de EHZE, Almen, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1685)
- Claudine HAMON, Pleubian,22195,Côtes-d'Armor,Bretagne,FRANCE († 1701)
Died on Thursday December 2, 1638
- Cornelis Maertensz Coevoet
- Nicole COLLIN (43), Vauchassis, 10396, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Wolf Goossen Bentinck Heer van Werkeren (43)
- Elizabeth Cave, Blithfield, Staffordshire, England
- Joos de Munck (61), Waasmunster (B)
- Lady Elizabeth Cave Bagot (83), Blithfield, Staffordshire, England
- Peter Cunaeus (52), Leiden, Z.H
- Wolf Bentinck-velde (46), Vollenhove
- Wolf Gooswin BENTINCK (48)
- Wolf Goswin Bentinck (48)
Born on December 2
- 1578 » Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist († 1641)
- 1599 » Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman († 1663)
- 1629 » William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal († 1704)
- 1694 » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay († 1771)
- 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
- 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
- 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
- 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
- 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
- 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
Died on December 2
- 1547 » Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)
- 1594 » Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
- 1615 » Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
- 1665 » Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
- 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
Names that were popular for boys in 1638
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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.