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Born on Wednesday February 17, 1649
- Leonardus Heijnes, Velden
- Dirck de Raet, 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1706)
- Sofia Magdalena de Salm von REIFFERSCHEID († 1675)
- Sophia Magdalena van Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg, Bedburg, Rheinland-Palts († 1675)
- Maria Willems Peters MEIJS, Vlijmen, 4338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1695)
- Marijtje Westerveld, Maassluis († 1706)
- Sofia Magdalena von Salm und Reifferscheidt († 1675)
- Arent Arentsz. Houtsiegen, Vlaardingen († 1678)
- Hubertus JANSEN, Zonhoven, Limburg, BELGIE
- Marija van der Burgh, Schiedam
Died on Wednesday February 17, 1649
- jan reijnen
- Dirck Gerrits Loijen (46)
- Pleuntgen JORISDR* (49), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Westland (ZH.)
- hendrick gijsberts
- Joannis CUENEN, Beringen, 3580, Limburg, België
- Magdalena van Bentheim-Tecklenburg (57)
- Magdalena van BENTHEIM (57)
- Gerrijt Loijen (75)
- Magdalena v.Bentheim-Steinf (57), unbekannt
- Jacob Ates (49)
Born on February 17
- 1519 » Francis, French Grand Chamberlain († 1563)
- 1524 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal († 1574)
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
- 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
Died on February 17
- 1600 » Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)
- 1609 » Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
- 1624 » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
- 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
- 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
- 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1649
- 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 4 » English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- February 19 » The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
- March 19 » The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
- June 1 » Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
- September 2 » The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
- October 11 » Cromwell's New Model Army Sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.