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February 27, 1640 
February 25, 1640
Born on Sunday February 26, 1640
- Hendrick Wolters, NG Kerk Vollenhove
- Catharina de Block, Temse († 1702)
- Dammis Jansz Meuldijk, Rockanje
- Hubrecht Eijckendonk, ,,, Dubbeldam
- Hilckien Siersma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Harman van de Poll, Amsterdam († 1673)
- Dammis Jansz Meuldijk, Rockanje, zh.nld
- Anna Maria Doderer, Murrhardt, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1719)
- Dirck Huijbrechts, Delft
- Adriaen Sijmonsz. van West, Nootdorp († 1687)
Died on Sunday February 26, 1640
- Margarita Fransdochter OETGENS (46), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
- Gerrit Cornelis Gerritsz (53)
- Sijmen HARMENS (33), Zuidbroek, Oosterbroek, Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
- Harmen JACOBS (62), Zuidbroek, Oosterbroek, Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
- Maritgen Symonsdr ?
- Joanna Joos Willem Sgrauwen (29), Gr. Zundert
- Richard Southcott (48)
- Jan JACOBSZ (35), Dokkum, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Margaretha Fransdr Oetgens van Waveren (45), Amsterdam
- Nicolaus Verhofstadt
Born on February 26
- 1564 » Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator († 1593)
- 1584 » Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria († 1666)
- 1587 » Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator († 1639)
- 1629 » Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Scottish peer († 1685)
- 1651 » Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic († 1689)
- 1671 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician († 1713)
- 1672 » Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian († 1757)
- 1677 » Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher († 1745)
- 1718 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist († 1773)
- 1720 » Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal († 1803)
Died on February 26
- 1548 » Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514)
- 1577 » Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
- 1603 » Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, spouse of Maximilian II (b. 1528)
- 1608 » John Still, English bishop (b. 1543)
- 1611 » Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
- 1625 » Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
- 1630 » William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 » Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
- 1723 » Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
- 1726 » Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
Names that were popular for boys in 1640
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Willem
- Joannes
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- John
- Petrus
- Jean
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Leendert
- Claes
- Hendrick
Names that were popular for girls in 1640
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Cornelia
- Trijntje
- Joanna
- Grietje
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Lijsbeth
- Jannetje
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1640
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
- August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
- October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
- December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.