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July 7, 1648Born on Wednesday July 8, 1648
- Eerken Gerardi Bosch, Heeswijk
- Arnolda Bosch, Heeswijk
- Neeltgen Leversteijn, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arnola Bosch, Heeswijk
- Marie DORE, , Neuvy-Saint-Sepulchre, 36230, France († 1714)
- Hendrijck SCHEIJ, Dordrecht
- Hannah Tyler, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America († 1693)
- Wilhelmus de Monchy, Pernambuco († 1720)
- Govert Roovers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Wilhelmus de Monchy
Died on Wednesday July 8, 1648
- Edward (1St Viscount Chichester) CHICHESTER (80)
- Willem PEDI, Rotterdam
- Ebbe Folckerts
- Petronella STANGERUS, Delft
- Henricus Joosten (54), Meeuwen (B)
- Edward Viscount Chichester van Carrickfergus (83)
- Amor VANDERHEIJDEN (42), Bilzen, 3740, Limburg, België
- Rompt Romdt Rompte Tammes Sybema Sibbema ,Sybema State te Kollum,woonachtig op het Torp onder Kollum (55), Kollum, Kollumerland, Frysland
- Gerbrecht
- Edward CHICHESTER (84), Eggesford Manor, Eggesford, Devon
Born on July 8
- 1478 » Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright († 1550)
- 1528 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy († 1580)
- 1538 » Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1585)
- 1545 » Carlos, Prince of Asturias († 1568)
- 1593 » Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter († 1653)
- 1621 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet († 1695)
- 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
- 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
- 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
- 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
Died on July 8
- 1538 » Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475)
- 1623 » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
- 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
- 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
- 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jean
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Hendrik
- William
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1648
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Jannetje
- Johanna
- Sarah
- Trijntje
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1648
- Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
- May 15 » The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
- August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
- October 18 » Boston Shoemakers form first American labor organization.
- October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
- December 6 » Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".