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Born on Saturday August 22, 1648
- Gerard Hoet, Zaltbommel († 1733)
- Niccolo PIGNATELLI († 1730)
- Nicolas de Pignatelli, Cerchiara († 1730)
- Dmitrij Alekseevich Grand Duke Of Russia (Romanov), Of, Moskva, Moskva, Russia († 1649)
- Pierre Bourbaut dit Lacourse, Notre-Dame de Cogne, Larochelle, France († 1710)
- Antonius Vervoort, Werchter
- Jean Baptiste BONNET, Lesdain,7621,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Digna Herman SEGERS, Tilburg,,Noord Brabant,PAYS BAS
- Digna Herman Wouter (Engela) Segers, Tilburg
- Catharina SEGERS, Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1716)
Died on Saturday August 22, 1648
- Leonardus (Macarius) Caris (83), Nuth
- Jacquette Poussard Vendre (38)
- Phebe Eltijns (60), Muntendam
- Eefke Riemersma (33), Grijpskerk
- Leonardus (Macarius) Caris (83), Nuth, Niederlande
- Leonardus Caris (Carys) (54), Nuth, Nederland
- Jacquette Poussard (38)
- Leonardus Caris (83), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
- Catharina Niclaes Adriaens van Nistelroij
- Leonardus Caris ° (83), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
Born on August 22
- 1570 » Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal († 1636)
- 1599 » Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman († 1636)
- 1601 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright († 1667)
- 1624 » Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet († 1701)
- 1647 » Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking († 1712)
- 1679 » Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal († 1758)
- 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
- 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
- 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
- 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
Died on August 22
- 1572 » Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
- 1584 » Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
- 1599 » Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
- 1607 » Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
- 1652 » Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1664 » Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
- 1680 » John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
- 1681 » Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
- 1701 » John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
- 1711 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
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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 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
- 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".