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May 19, 1648Born on Wednesday May 20, 1648
- Bernardini Meron, Ammerschwihr, 68005, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France († 1688)
- Rosina Pliemb, Hall in Tirol,Innsbruck-Land,Tirol,Österreich,6060
- Antonius Avonts, Tielen († 1709)
- Antonius Koiman Coy Koy, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
- Antonius Koiman, Jutphaas
- Petrus Vercauteren, Stekene
- John Lombard, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States († 1672)
- Anna VAN Ophem
- Marie LESENE, Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1710)
- Adriaen van Hoogeveen
Died on Wednesday May 20, 1648
- Cornelis Bijleveld
- Vladislaus, Prince of Poland (52), Poland
- Wladislaw IV. Wasa (54), Merecz
- Antonius Cailliau (48), Noordschote 8647, Lo-Reninge, West Vlaanderen
- Wladislaus Wasa (52), Merkinė, Litouwen
- Władysław IV Vasa of Sweden (52)
- Herman Cornelisz van Kouwenhoven (56)
- Wladyslaw IV of Habsburg (52), Merkinė, Alytaus apskritis, Lithuania
- Catarina Jans Cotermans (21), Dordrecht
- Anna Bayly (61), Suffolk, ENGLAND
Born on May 20
- 1531 » Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava († 1584)
- 1537 » Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist († 1619)
- 1575 » Robert Heath, English judge and politician († 1649)
- 1664 » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect († 1714)
- 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
- 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
- 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
- 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
- 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
- 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
Died on May 20
- 1550 » Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1510)
- 1579 » Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527)
- 1622 » Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
- 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
- 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
- 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
- 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
- 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
- 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
- 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jean
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Hendrik
- William
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1648
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Jannetje
- Sarah
- Johanna
- 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)
- May 15 » The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
- 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".