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Born on Tuesday February 4, 1648
- Jantien Jacobs, Groningen
- Joannes (Jan) Pauwels, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1713)
- Claes van der Hart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Margaretha "Margriet" Van Strijdonck, Bazel († 1692)
- Petrus Lust, Ruddervoorde, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1724)
- Trijntien Toenissen Wassinck, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1723)
- Joannes Pauwels, Temse († 1713)
- Maria Biesemans (Biesmans), Merchtem
- Anna Heusdens, Mielen-boven-Aalst, Gingelom, Limburg, België († 1703)
- Barbara Van Audenhove, Bazel (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1711)
Died on Tuesday February 4, 1648
- Petrus Guilielmi Verhaert (58), Wechelderzande (is verworden tot een deelgemeente van Lille, in de Antwerpse Kempen), Belgie
- Marie-Anne Cloutier (22), Québec, Qc, Canada
- Anne Drouin (21), Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
- Jehan GOT (70), Arçais, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Peter Ulfsparre van Broxvik
- Adrianus CASTELEYN (Cathelyn) (80), Gistel
- Verhaert (80), Wechelderzande
- Petrus Veraart (30), Wechelderzande, Antwerpen, België
- Petrus Verhaert (58), Wechelderzander (Belgie)
- Roelf Jans Fewen (75), Larrelt Dld
Born on February 4
- 1505 » Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author († 1580)
- 1575 » Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality († 1629)
- 1646 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician († 1699)
- 1676 » Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer († 1753)
- 1677 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer († 1731)
- 1688 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright († 1763)
- 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
- 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
- 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
- 1799 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author († 1854)
Died on February 4
- 1498 » Antonio del Pollaiolo, Italian artist (b. 1429/1433)
- 1505 » Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (b. 1464)
- 1508 » Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
- 1555 » John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
- 1590 » Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
- 1615 » Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
- 1617 » Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
- 1713 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
- 1774 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
- 1781 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Jean
- Thomas
- 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 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
- June 15 » Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 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.