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March 17, 1638Born on Thursday March 18, 1638
- Maria Müller
- Adamus Leijten, Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
- Jonathan Royce, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut († 1690)
- Willemken JANSSEN, Hardinxveld
- Robart WATER, Bagby, Yorkshire, England
- Anna Freiburger, Riehen, Germany († 1694)
- Maria Peten, Nieuwrode(Vlaams-Brabant)
- Elisabeth Hoppesack, Amsterdam († 1670)
- Gillis Egidiuszn Devenijns, Nazareth, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1704)
- Maria PETEN, Nieuwrode(Vlaams-Brabant)
Died on Thursday March 18, 1638
- John Davenport (51), Didsbury, Lancashire, England
- Jochum Reijnen
- Bartholomeus Berchmans (31), Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Cornelia Ruysch
- Jan Rudolf von Sternberg (37)
- Johann Rudolf von Sternberg (37), Praha
- Dudley DIGGES (55), Chilham Castle, Chilham, Kent
- Cornelia RUYSCH-VAN PIJLSWEERT
- Livina Buysse (29), Oosteeklo
- Rudolf Johann Sternberg von (37)
Born on March 18
- 1578 » Adam Elsheimer, German painter († 1610)
- 1590 » Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet († 1649)
- 1597 » Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal († 1659)
- 1603 » Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate († 1697)
- 1609 » Frederick III of Denmark († 1670)
- 1634 » Madame de La Fayette, French author († 1693)
- 1640 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer († 1719)
- 1657 » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer († 1743)
- 1690 » Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic († 1764)
- 1701 » Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company († 1776)
Died on March 18
- 1582 » Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (b. 1562)
- 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
- 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
- 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
- 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
- 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
- 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
Names that were popular for boys in 1638
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- John
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Thomas
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jean
- William
- Samuel
- Johann
- Gerrit
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1638
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Jeanne
- Catherine
- Sarah
- Trijntje
- Margaretha
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.