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July 20, 1648Born on Tuesday July 21, 1648
- Michael Abeel, Temse († 1672)
- Anna van de Coevering, Berlicum
- Anneke Geerling Sjongers, Heeswijk († 1679)
- Melsen Anthonissen, Wuustwezel (B)
- Paulus van Engelen, Vlijmen († 1678)
- Elisabeth Bauwens, Belsele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1655)
- Joannes Adriaen Jan DENISSEN, Zundert,4880,Noord-Brabant,Breda,NEDERLAND
- Anna Petri van de Coeveringh, Berlicum, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
- Anna Sjongers, Heeswijk
- Anthonius Ketelaers, Wuustwezel
Died on Tuesday July 21, 1648
- Sarah Fones (1)
- Robert Waterton, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
- Willem Hidding (24), Bonnen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
- John White (73), Dorchester, Dorset, England
- Maria Fransen, Overpelt
- Henricus VERELST VAN ELSEN
- Henricus van Elsen, Rijmenam
- Willem Willems Hidding (28), Bonnen, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
- Sarah Feake (1), Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Maria Van Elst, Rijmenam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 21, 1648 at Delpher
Born on July 21
- 1515 » Philip Neri, Italian Roman Catholic saint († 1595)
- 1535 » García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete, Royal Governor of Chile († 1609)
- 1616 » Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria († 1676)
- 1620 » Jean Picard, French astronomer († 1682)
- 1648 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general († 1689)
- 1654 » Pedro Calungsod, Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized († 1672)
- 1664 » Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1721)
- 1693 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1768)
- 1710 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist († 1792)
- 1783 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general († 1853)
Died on July 21
- 1425 » Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)
- 1552 » Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)
- 1688 » James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
- 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
- 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
- 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
- 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
- 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
- 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
- 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
Names that were popular for boys in 1648
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- John
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Petrus
- Jean
- Pieter
- 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
- Johanna
- Sarah
- 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)
- June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
- 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 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
- 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".