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Born on Tuesday January 28, 1648
- Adrianus Van Bouckel, Heist op den Berg
- Anne Rousseau, Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin, France
- Thomas XHARDEZ, SOIRON, Liège, Belgique
- Joannes Kerckhoffs, Beek
- Geertruyt FYENS, Deurne,, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1679)
- Petronella Stephanus, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joannes Kerckhofs, Beek,, Limburg, Nederland
- Dielman****** 1 Kolb, Wolfsheim, Baden, Germany († 1712)
- Engele Wichel, Groningen, Aa-kerk
- Stephen Monk, Heathfield, Sussex, England († 1721)
Died on Tuesday January 28, 1648
- Joseph Geißel (48), Calw, Stadt, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- Phebe OCKES (8), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
- Maria van STEELANT (23), Delft, Oude Kerk
- Gijsbert Jans
- Miotte Lecombe Lacombe Lecompte (48), Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
- Grysell Roberts (73), Cranbrook, Kent, ENGLAND
- Maria Johannesdr. van Steelant (23), Delft
- Georg Dressle (54), Spielberg, Nagold, Germany
- Pauline Du Vivier (0), Montreal, Quebec, CA
- Marie HAMELIN, Brix, 50087, Manche, Normandie, France
Born on January 28
- 1582 » John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author († 1621)
- 1600 » Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church († 1669)
- 1608 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist († 1679)
- 1611 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician († 1687)
- 1622 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker († 1691)
- 1693 » Gregor Werner, Austrian composer († 1766)
- 1701 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer († 1774)
- 1706 » John Baskerville, English printer and typographer († 1775)
- 1712 » Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun († 1761)
- 1717 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan († 1774)
Died on January 28
- 1547 » Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
- 1613 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
- 1621 » Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- 1666 » Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
- 1672 » Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 » Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
- 1687 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
- 1688 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
- 1697 » Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
- 1754 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Thomas
- Jean
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Hendrik
- William
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1648
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Jannetje
- Anne
- 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 17 » England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
- June 15 » Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 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 18 » Boston Shoemakers form first American labor organization.
- 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".