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Born on Saturday December 25, 1638
- Sara Rijckaart, Amsterdam († 1715)
- Adam Wolley, Matlock, Derbyshire, England
- Sara Rijckaart, Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
- Sara RIJCKAERT, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1715)
- Anna Hochuli, Reitnau, Aargau, Switzerland
- Willem Gilmer, Utrecht († 1702)
- Saeck Sjoerdtsdr, Welsrijp
- Thomas Jan Adriaen Roijens, Zundert
- Elisabeth Goos, Oostmalle
- Grietje Willems, Leiden († 1680)
Died on Saturday December 25, 1638
- Laas Doekes Jongema, Wommels
- Doeke Lases Jongema (58), Wommels
- Tette Alberts Van Der Lende (0), Spanga (Weststellingwerf)
- Doecke Laeses Jongema (58), Wommels
- Susanne Pollet (38)
- Doecke Laeses (Duco) Jongama (68), Wommels, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Unico Baro Ripperda Heer Van Weldam (60)
- Jean Lambert
- Claes Petersz Meijdam (36), Haaften
- Doecke Laeses (Duco) JONGEMA (58)
Born on December 25
- 1583 » Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer († 1625)
- 1584 » Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain († 1611)
- 1601 » Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha († 1675)
- 1628 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator († 1707)
- 1642 » (OS) - Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (d. 1726/1727)
- 1652 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar († 1713)
- 1665 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter († 1746)
- 1674 » Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian († 1712)
- 1686 » Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer († 1763)
- 1700 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau († 1758)
Died on December 25
- 1505 » George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1454)
- 1553 » Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500)
- 1634 » Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (b. 1540)
- 1635 » Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)
- 1676 » Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)
- 1676 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
- 1683 » Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634)
- 1730 » Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)
- 1758 » James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
- 1784 » Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
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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.