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May 26, 1648Born on Wednesday May 27, 1648
- Catherine Le Maout, Querrien, Finistère, France († 1707)
- Cornelia Van Peteghem, Desteldonk
- Suzanna Quackels, Mechelen
- Petronella Van Rheijn,Van Rhijn,Van Reijn,Van den Rheijn, Heist-Op-den-Bergh († 1687)
- Henricus Boekhorst OR Bockhorst OR Boeckhorst, Rees (D) († 1709)
- Adriana Debundel, Aalst
- Livina Raeman, Wetteren
- Laurence Cousin, Flobecq, Hainaut, Belgique
- Judocus Van Caneghem, parochie Sint-Gengulphus, Oosterzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1716)
- Adriana Debundel, Aalst
Died on Wednesday May 27, 1648
- Grietje Schotsman (68), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Maria Jacobs van der RIJT, Wouw, 4411, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Willem Adriaenss van Werchoven
- Maria Jacob Heijmans van der Rijt (41), Wouw
- Maejken Jacobs van der Rijt of Heymans
- Grietyken Thomas SCHOTSMAN (58), Werkendam
- Johanna de Jonge (78), Zierikzee, Nederland
- grietken thomasd schotsman (58), Werkendam
- Grietke Thomas Schotsman, Werkendam
- Thomas Gielielmus Rovers (28), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on May 27
- 1537 » Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg († 1604)
- 1576 » Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar († 1649)
- 1584 » Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer († 1640)
- 1601 » Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint († 1648)
- 1626 » William II, Prince of Orange († 1650)
- 1627 » Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier († 1693)
- 1651 » Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal († 1729)
- 1652 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany († 1722)
- 1738 » Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress († 1796)
- 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
Died on May 27
- 1541 » Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
- 1564 » John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)
- 1610 » François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
- 1624 » Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)
- 1637 » John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (b. c. 1566)
- 1661 » Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
- 1675 » Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
- 1690 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
- 1702 » Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
- 1707 » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
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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.
- June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
- 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".