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Born on Tuesday August 20, 1647
- Adriana Boschmans, Westmeerbeek
- Pieter Frans Thuysbaert, Stekene († 1686)
- Jacob MEERMAN, Delft († 1712)
- René CHAUVIGNE, La Croix-en-Touraine, 37150, France († 1699)
- Christianus Goossens, Olen († 1713)
- Mechtildis EVERAERTS, Waasmont, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
- Eeleijs Koek, Amsterdam
- Dorothea von Rumohr († 1686)
- Albrecht van Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, Wertheim am Main, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany († 1688)
- Abrahanm Vincents Pedie, Leiden
Died on Tuesday August 20, 1647
- Henriëtte BONGIBAUT (50), Perroy (58-Nièvre), France
- Claes Corsz
- Marie Magdalene von Nassau-Siegen (24), Spa, Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium
- Catherine d'Ostrel
- Robert Kemp (49), England
- Tiberio Crivelli (55), Milano, Italie
- Mary Innes
- Pijerijntge Couckebakker (32), Delft
- Maria Magdalena van SASSAU-SIEGEN (24), Spa, Luik
- Robert KEMPE (52), Gissing, Norfolk
Born on August 20
- 1517 » Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector († 1586)
- 1561 » Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer († 1633)
- 1625 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist († 1709)
- 1632 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic († 1704)
- 1659 » Henry Every, English pirate († 1696)
- 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
- 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
- 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
- 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
- 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
Died on August 20
- 1580 » Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
- 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
- 1639 » Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
- 1648 » Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
- 1651 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
- 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
- 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
- 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
- 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
- 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
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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.