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June 3, 1648Born on Thursday June 4, 1648
- Dirk Coomans, Hoorn, N.H († 1708)
- Eulalia Zöller, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- agatha taxis, Nijmegen
- Henricus Putten, Westminster, London, England
- Adriaen Cornelis Hendrik Roovers, Rijsbergen
- Christian Guengrich, Alsace, France († 1713)
- Catharina Damen, Stevensweert
- Jan in 't Velt, Vorden
- Gijsbert de Roock, Haaften, Nederland
- Ingetje Weltevreen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Thursday June 4, 1648
- Pieter Anthonisz van Baal
- Doede Fockes (78)
- Broersen Hendricks DECKER (58), Amsterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Broersen Hendrick Decker (58)
- Hieronymus Eyben (44), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- George Seton (35)
- Joost ter Pelkwijk, Winterswijk,Gemeente Winterswijk,Gelderland,Netherlands
- Egidius Weyns, Bazel (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Paula Fernandes, Brasil
- Gillis Weyn (90), Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
Born on June 4
- 1563 » George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith († 1624)
- 1604 » Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine († 1648)
- 1665 » Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain († 1733)
- 1694 » François Quesnay, French economist and physician († 1774)
- 1704 » Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman († 1776)
- 1738 » George III of the United Kingdom († 1820)
- 1744 » Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle († 1780)
- 1754 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic († 1832)
- 1754 » Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier († 1833)
- 1787 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic († 1856)
Died on June 4
- 1472 » Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (b. 1402)
- 1585 » Muretus, French philosopher and author (b. 1526)
- 1608 » Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1563)
- 1622 » Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
- 1647 » Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (b. 1565)
- 1663 » William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (b. 1582)
- 1798 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
- 1801 » Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- 1809 » Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (b. 1743)
- 1830 » Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
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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.
- 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 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
- August 28 » The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil 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".