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Born on Wednesday February 5, 1648
- Jenneke van Wijc, Winssen,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jantje Cornelisse van Wijck, Winssen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna GEENTKENS, Wechelderzande, Lille, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1651)
- Jenneke de Wijc, Winssen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jean Gagnon, Québec, Quebec, Canada († 1687)
- Jantje van Wijck, Winssen
- John Cannan Starr, Oldcastle, Meath, Ireland († 1737)
- Jean-Baptiste de Forbin († 1701)
- Ephraim Bliss , Lieut., Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusettes Bay Colony († 1721)
- John Starr, Oldcastle, 5313, Ireland († 1737)
Died on Wednesday February 5, 1648
- Jacob Pietersz. Slikboer, Oud-Beijerland
- Jacob Pieters SLICKBOER, Oud-Beijerland
- Lady Frances (Maynard) Roberts (111), Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Anthonius van den Broeck (0), Rijsbergen
- Jacob Pieters Slikboer, Oud Beijerland
- Jan Pietersz Boogert (Rens) (27)
- Neeltje Sebastiaens
- Maartje Cornelisdr. Groen
- Jan Rens (28)
- Antonius Joannis Petrus van den Broeck (0), Rijsbergen
Born on February 5
- 1589 » Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator († 1669)
- 1594 » Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer († 1663)
- 1605 » Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint († 1667)
- 1608 » Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist († 1666)
- 1626 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author († 1696)
- 1650 » Anne Jules de Noailles, French general († 1708)
- 1703 » Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister († 1764)
- 1723 » John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic († 1794)
- 1725 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1783)
- 1748 » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor († 1798)
Died on February 5
- 1578 » Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)
- 1661 » Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1638)
- 1705 » Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
- 1751 » Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
- 1754 » Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
- 1766 » Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
- 1775 » Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
- 1790 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
- 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
- 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
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
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- 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 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".