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Born on Wednesday December 10, 1642
- Anna Rens, Langdorp,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- grietjen van wijck, Maurik
- Sybilla Goosens van ELDEROM, Sambeek, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1708)
- Anne RENY, Malonne, 5020, Namur, Belgique
- Aeltie van Besten, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Jacob Mr. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1695)
- jeanne SAUVAGE, Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut
- Sijbilla Goossens Elderom van, Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1708)
- Helena HULSHOUT, Dordrecht
- Grietken van Wijck, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland († 1644)
Died on Wednesday December 10, 1642
- Gerhard Deußen modo Scheulen (71), Schölenhof, Kelzenberg, Grevenbroich, Rhein
- Judith WITHENWICK (58), Otterton, Devon, England
- Arendt van den Born (2), Dordrecht
- Franziska Hippolyta Eusebia Von Fürstenberg (50)
- Franziska Hippolyta Eusebia Von Fürstenberg (50)
Born on December 10
- 1489 » Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours († 1512)
- 1588 » Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher († 1637)
- 1610 » Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter († 1685)
- 1654 » Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter († 1719)
- 1658 » Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York († 1743)
- 1713 » Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist († 1747)
- 1751 » George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist († 1813)
- 1776 » Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este († 1848)
- 1783 » María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright († 1873)
- 1787 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf († 1851)
Died on December 10
- 1475 » Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
- 1508 » René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
- 1541 » Francis Dereham, English courtier (b. c. 1513)
- 1541 » Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
- 1561 » Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
- 1618 » Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
- 1626 » Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
- 1665 » Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
- 1736 » António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
- 1791 » Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1642
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1642
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 15 » Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
- May 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
- August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
- September 6 » England's Parliament bans public stage-plays.
- November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
- November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).