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August 1, 1648Born on Sunday August 2, 1648
- Jan van der Maerl, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Gertrudis Bruels, Hoensbroek
- Cornelis Joostszn Kamerman(s), Sleeuwijk (NBR) The Netherlands
- jacobus piggen (schoenmaakers), helden
- Henrick Evert Back, Sprang-Capelle
- Cornelia Piesen, Axel
- Antonis Willem Jansen van Bommel, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jannetje Groenewegen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Joosten K(C)amerman, Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Andreas Tombuer, Werchter
Died on Sunday August 2, 1648
- Claudia Francesca van Lotharingen Claude Francoise of Lorraine Claudia Van Lotharingen (36), Wien, Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Claude Françoise OF LORRAINE (35)
- Claude-Françoise de Lorraine (35)
- Claudia Franziska Lothringen (35)
- Maria, Geldrop
- Claude de Lorraine (35), Vienne (Wien), Vienne, Autriche
- Claudia van Lotharingen (35), Wenen
- Klaudia von Lothringen (35)
- Claudia Francesca VAN LOTHARINGEN (35), Nancy Lotharingen (France)
- Hendrickske Cornelis de Vries (28), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on August 2
- 1612 » Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn († 1642)
- 1627 » Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter († 1678)
- 1630 » Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch († 1704)
- 1646 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer († 1715)
- 1672 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar († 1733)
- 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
- 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
- 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
- 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
- 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
Died on August 2
- 1511 » Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
- 1512 » Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
- 1589 » Henry III of France (b. 1551)
- 1605 » Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
- 1611 » Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
- 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
- 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
- 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
- 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
- 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
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 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.
- October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.