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April 22, 1648Born on Thursday April 23, 1648
- geertje JURRIAENSDR., werkendam
- Israel LEAVITT, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1696)
- Geertje Jurriaensdr, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Aarts v Huijckenhorst, Huckenhorst/De Glind/Barn
- Geertje Jurriaensdr, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Aerts van Butseler, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
- Geertje Jurriaens, Werkendam
- Henrick Jacobsz Willemsz, Amsterdam
- Dirk Pietersz van Daalen, Delft, Nederland († 1734)
- Arentje Hendricks, NG Kerk Vollenhove
Died on Thursday April 23, 1648
- Thomas Delves
- Susanna van Uffelen (55)
- Susanna van Uffelen (55)
- Judith Dircks van Langelaer (38), Wijk bij Duurstede, Gelderland, Nederland
- Johanna Suzanne van Uffelen (55)
- Sidsel Knudsen (73), Nyborg, Funen, Denemarken
- Margarete Feuring (0), Beddelhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
Born on April 23
- 1512 » Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford († 1580)
- 1516 » Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist († 1571)
- 1598 » Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral († 1653)
- 1621 » William Penn, English admiral and politician († 1670)
- 1628 » Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician († 1704)
- 1661 » Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat († 1730)
- 1715 » Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor († 1797)
- 1720 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author († 1797)
- 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
- 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
Died on April 23
- 1554 » Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)
- 1605 » Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
- 1616 » William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
- 1625 » Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
- 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
- 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
- 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
- 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
- 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
- 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
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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.
- May 15 » The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
- August 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
- 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".