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Born on Thursday February 21, 1647
- Gretgen Meuris, Voerendaal,6367,Limburg,Nederland
- Geetruida Borgesius, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1687)
- Berent Jurriaens, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
- Lutgart Bannink, Gelselaar
- Margaretha Vordes, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Conrad Ludwig Freiherr Reichlin von Meldegg († 1702)
- Maria Van Geel, Geel, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
- Hermannus Jan van Kalkar, Boxmeer († 1700)
- Lutgert Banninck (Snijder), Gelselaar
- Lambert de Herckenrode, St Trond († 1702)
Died on Thursday February 21, 1647
- François van BEAUMONT (0), Breda
- Adriana De Backer (39), Lede
- Cornelis Bellemsz.(Ballamsz, Ballingsz) (Krabbendam) (52)
- Hugues Fremault, Lomme, 59 (F)
- Adam Florissen van Os
- Niclaes Smet (87)
- Marguerite LEJEUNE (66), Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium
- Jean Louis jr de Mauhin (60), Mortroux, België
- Christina Becker (0)
- Joannes Van Uytfanghe (60), Hamme (O.-Vl.),, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
Born on February 21
- 1541 » Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1599)
- 1556 » Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist († 1615)
- 1559 » Nurhaci, Manchu emperor († 1626)
- 1609 » Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander († 1680)
- 1621 » Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch († 1692)
- 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
- 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
- 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
- 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
- 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
Died on February 21
- 1513 » Pope Julius II (b. 1443)
- 1543 » Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)
- 1554 » Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
- 1572 » Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar († 1501)
- 1590 » Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
- 1595 » Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
- 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
- 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
- 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
- 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
Names that were popular for boys in 1647
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- John
- Willem
- Jean
- Thomas
- Johann
- Hendrik
- William
- Gerrit
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1647
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Lijsbeth
- Margaretha
- Anne
- Sarah
- Grietje
- Jeanne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1647
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 14 » Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- August 8 » The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.