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August 5, 1643Born on Thursday August 6, 1643
- Catharina Bosmans, Hoboken, 2660, Antwerpen, B
- Felicitas Hochknie, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfaltz, Deutschland
- Susannah Hooke († 1698)
- Veronica VANMUIJSEN, Kuringen
- Catelijn Antonij Peter van Aken, Loenhout (B) († 1722)
- Catharina Anthony Van Aken, Loenhout († 1722)
- Maria Schrijvers, Oostmalle
- Catelijn van Aken, Loenhout, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1722)
- Joanna Maria De Campo, Mechelen, OLV over de Dijle, 2800, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Dirk Dubois, Mortier,, Friesland, Nederland († 1671)
Died on Thursday August 6, 1643
- Margarita Vlueghels, Denderbelle
- Margarita Vleughels XIII 7473 (78), Denderbelle, België
- Margaretha VLEUGHELS, Denderbelle, Lebbeke, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
- William Treeby, Yealmpton, Devon, England
- Gerald FITZGERALD (48)
- Katherine BOWDITCH (53), Thorncombe, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Adriana Lambrecht (6), Hansbeke, 9850, Deinze, Oost Vlaanderen
- Margareta Vlueghels (Vleughels) (78), Denderbelle
- Tielman Pieters van Aeck (53)
- Bridget Thompson (20), Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Born on August 6
- 1605 » Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer († 1675)
- 1609 » Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia († 1675)
- 1619 » Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter († 1677)
- 1622 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral († 1666)
- 1638 » Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher († 1715)
- 1644 » Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France († 1710)
- 1651 » François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet († 1715)
- 1656 » Claude de Forbin, French general († 1733)
- 1666 » Maria Sophia of Neuburg († 1699)
- 1667 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician († 1748)
Died on August 6
- 1553 » Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
- 1628 » Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
- 1637 » Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
- 1645 » Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
- 1657 » Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
- 1660 » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
- 1666 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
- 1679 » John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
- 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
Names that were popular for boys in 1643
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Willem
- Petrus
- John
- Jean
- Johannes
- Jansz
- Jacobus
- Thomas
- Van
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1643
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Jeanne
- Van
- Anne
- Cornelia
- Sarah
- Trijntje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1643
- 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 14 » Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- May 19 » Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
- July 1 » First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
- July 13 » English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
- August 24 » A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
- December 13 » English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.