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July 16, 1638Born on Saturday July 17, 1638
- Jan Huijberde Zeijlmans, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1720)
- Wilhelmus Beeck, Swalmen, Limburg, Nederland
- Adam FLÜHR, Sewen, 68290, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1683)
- Antonius de Schrijvere, Halluin(F)
- Jacoba Drossaert, Hingene, 2880, Bornem, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Maria Elsen, Sittard
- Joannes Huiberden Zijlmans, Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1720)
- Evertijen Walicks, putten
- Evertjen Walicks, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
- Claude REHEL, Mégrit, 22270, France († 1702)
Died on Saturday July 17, 1638
- Willem Wouter Van Wouwe (98), Wuustwezel
- Ursula von Lippe-Detmold (40), Hadamar
- John Alleyne ALLEN Alleyn (31), Stowting, Kent, England
- Frederik Adolf van Reede (26)
- Ursula van Lippe-Detmold (40), Hadamar
- Erm Saijersdr (43), Zandvoort
- Frederik Adolf van Reede van Amerongen (26), Bergen op Zoom
- Ermtie Saijersdr
- Johann Ludwig, Count von Waldeck (21)
- Frederik Adolf van Reede Van Amerongen (26), Bergen op Zoom
Born on July 17
- 1499 » Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman († 1543)
- 1531 » Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1574)
- 1674 » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian († 1748)
- 1695 » Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim († 1766)
- 1698 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher († 1759)
- 1708 » Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth († 1769)
- 1714 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic († 1762)
- 1744 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States († 1814)
- 1763 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist († 1848)
- 1774 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian († 1856)
Died on July 17
- 1531 » Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)
- 1571 » Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
- 1588 » Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
- 1603 » Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
- 1645 » Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
- 1704 » Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
- 1709 » Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
- 1725 » Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
- 1762 » Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
- 1790 » Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
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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.