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April 15, 1647Born on Tuesday April 16, 1647
- Jan Jans, NG Kerk Vollenhove
- Maria Geyskens, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1694)
- Guilelmine Elisabeth van der Ryt, Bergen sur le Zoom
- Brechte Reints, Noordbroek (hervormd)
- Sibold Gerbens, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 1649)
- Cornelia Eva von IHLENFELD († 1697)
- Christianus Hechtermans, Lanaken
- Willem Willems, NG Kerk Vollenhove
- Cornelis Jansz Vinck, Jaarsveld
- Andreas Claes, Betekom
Died on Tuesday April 16, 1647
- Anne (Hamilton, Marchioness Cunyngham, Lady) Cunningham or Cunyngham (61), Midlothian, Scotland
- Françoise de Castellane
- Lady Anne Cunningham (61), Midlothian, Scotland
- Frederick te Voortwis (82), Winterswijk, Achterhoek, Gelderland, Nederland
- Heijlken Anthonisdr (7)
- frederick TE VOORTWIS (82), Winterswijk
- Anneken Anthonisdr Grootenboer
- Frederich te Voortwis (82), Winterswijk
- Lady Anne 1.10.4.5 Hamilton (57), Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Lady Ann Husband: James, 2e Markies Van Hamilton, 2nd Marquess Of Hamilton Children: Lady Mary Alexander * (born Hamilton Montgomery), Unknown Hamilton, Lady Anne (True) Montgomerie (Or) Montgomery (born Hamilton Montgomery), Lady Margaret Lindsay ( (62), Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Born on April 16
- 1569 » John Davies, English poet and lawyer († 1626)
- 1635 » Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter († 1681)
- 1646 » Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon († 1708)
- 1660 » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic († 1753)
- 1661 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury († 1715)
- 1682 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant († 1744)
- 1697 » Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer († 1778)
- 1728 » Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist († 1799)
- 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
- 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
Died on April 16
- 1496 » Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
- 1587 » Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
- 1640 » Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
- 1645 » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
- 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
- 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
- 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
- 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
- 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
- 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
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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.