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May 28, 1648Born on Friday May 29, 1648
- Samuel Pearson, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony († 1721)
- Abram Abrahamsz Agterzoon, Katwijk aan den Rijn
- John COLBURN, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States († 1705)
- Abram Abrahamsz Agtersoon († 1716)
- Abraham Abrahamsz Agterzoon, Katwijk aan de Rijn († 1716)
- Robert Wells, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States († 1669)
- Louis CHEDEMAIL, Janzé, 35150, France
- Melchior Schoups, Munsterbilzen
- Joannes van Looy, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Anna Christina Leutwein, Wertheim, Mosbach, Baden
Died on Friday May 29, 1648
- Anna Mertens (12), Teralfene, België
- Willem Adriaenssen van Werckhoven (68), Utrecht
- Waling Arjens SLM (53), Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- Leonardo MINEO (55), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Elizabeth White (84), Little Bourton, Croperdy, Oxfordshire, Royaume-Uni
Born on May 29
- 1555 » George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English Earl, general and administrator († 1629)
- 1568 » Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess († 1615)
- 1594 » Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal († 1632)
- 1627 » Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess († 1693)
- 1630 » Charles II of England († 1685)
- 1675 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher († 1715)
- 1716 » Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist († 1800)
- 1722 » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician († 1773)
- 1730 » Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer († 1803)
- 1736 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia († 1799)
Died on May 29
- 1500 » Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1451)
- 1500 » Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (b. 1423)
- 1546 » David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1494)
- 1593 » John Penry, Welsh martyr (b. 1559)
- 1660 » Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
- 1691 » Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
- 1790 » Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
- 1796 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
- 1814 » Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
- 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
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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 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.
- January 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
- 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".