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Born on Saturday January 18, 1648
- Atzo Hermannus Ynia, Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1691)
- Magdalena HOENS, Sijsele,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
- Elizabeth Cooke, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA († 1692)
- Francois Raffoux, Montalembert, 79180, Deux Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France († 1719)
- Tymothie Westwood, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
- Margaret Young, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States († 1734)
- Jean Lonnee, Jouandeau, Donzacq, Landes, Aquitaine, France († 1738)
- Margareta Smets, Tienen
- Catelina Beck, Biervliet,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
- Catharina Jacobus, Antwerpen Sint Joris
Died on Saturday January 18, 1648
- Lieuwe Wybes (48), Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
- Casparus Barlaeus van BAERLE (63), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- John Adam RUTHERFORD (37), Washington, Gibson, Indiana
- Rachel Jansdr. van der Bende (0), Delft
- Maria Van Ceunebroeck, Schorisse
- Rogerius CASTELEYN (52), Roeselare
- Adam Rutherford (47), Castlewood, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Born on January 18
- 1540 » Catherine, Duchess of Braganza († 1614)
- 1641 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War († 1691)
- 1659 » Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian († 1708)
- 1672 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author († 1731)
- 1688 » Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1765)
- 1689 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher († 1755)
- 1701 » Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist († 1785)
- 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
- 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
- 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
Died on January 18
- 1471 » Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
- 1479 » Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)
- 1547 » Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
- 1586 » Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)
- 1589 » Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)
- 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
- 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
- 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
- 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
- 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
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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.
- August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
- August 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
- August 28 » The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
- 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".