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May 15, 1646Born on Wednesday May 16, 1646
- Matthew Woodruff, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1690)
- George Mountagu, St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England
- Gerardus Hoens, Sijsele
- Edmâ©e VALADON, Villemarâ©chal, Seine-et-Marne, âéle-de-France, FRANCE († 1712)
- William Sims, Chard, Somerset, England († 1726)
- Maximilianus Van Hoerck, Rotselaar († 1694)
- Quirinus Kremers, Simpelveld, Limburg, Niederlande
- Maria KEUNEN, Blerick, 5921, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
- Christianus Gijbbels, Gerdingen
- GRIETJEN VAN WOLFSWINKEL, Scherpenzeel
Died on Wednesday May 16, 1646
- Maria Anna van Oostenrijk (39)
- adriaen van wijck (91)
- Henricus Van Twembeecke, Sint Martens Lierde
- Thomas BIRCH (61), Birchfield, Staffordshire, England
- Guilliaume (Willem) Van Slambrouck (56), Tielt,8700,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Guillaume Van Slambrouck (56), Tielt
- Humphrey Duke (34)
- Adrien Van den Haute (49), Sint-Martens-Lierde,9572,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
- Arien Cornelisz DECKER (57), Zouteveen
- Nicolaas Joannes Hardy (46), Halle
Born on May 16
- 1542 » Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman († 1580)
- 1606 » John Bulwer, British doctor († 1656)
- 1611 » Pope Innocent XI († 1689)
- 1641 » Dudley North, English economist and politician († 1691)
- 1710 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household († 1782)
- 1718 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1799)
- 1763 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist († 1829)
- 1788 » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator († 1866)
- 1801 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State († 1872)
- 1804 » Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten († 1894)
Died on May 16
- 1561 » Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (b. 1488)
- 1620 » William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
- 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
- 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
- 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
- 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
- 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
- 1778 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
- 1790 » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1646
- 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 16 » Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the first English Civil War.