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Born on Tuesday October 20, 1648
- Johann Georg Faas, Salmbach, Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1720)
- Cornelia Isaacs mijNbelet, Rotterdam
- Cornelius Nicolaas, Etten-Leur
- Catharina Van Hove, Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1707)
- Diderick Dicx, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1719)
- Maria Nicolai van Kilsdonck, Veghel
- Maria van Kilsdonck, Veghel
- Engel VAECK, Dordrecht
- Jean DESBONNET, Pecq, 57062, Hainaut, Belgique († 1710)
- Judocus Marcelissen Gastelaer, Roosendaal
Died on Tuesday October 20, 1648
- Willem Barentsse van den Guldenhoeck, Heusden
- Henry Thompson (108), Gainesboro, Lincolnshire, England
- Joan Baddiley (43), Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
- Gerardus Moenen (8)
- Deliana van Mierlo (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Thomas Thompson (99), St Andrew Holborn, London, England
- Robert Guninge (48), Meopham, Kent, England
- William Thomas Thompson (99), England
- Elizabeth Mansfield (101), St Dionis Backchurch, London, England
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 20, 1648 at Delpher
Born on October 20
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
- 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
Died on October 20
- 1438 » Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439 » Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
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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 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.
- August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
- 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.
- 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".