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Born on Tuesday August 15, 1662
- Edmée ALEXANDRE, Verdonnet, 21664, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France († 1762)
- Gerardus Henricus de Roij, Best († 1743)
- Machteltje~Aerts Gorp, Snits
- Cornelis van Roijen, Leiden
- Cornelis van RoOijen, Leiden
- Gerardus Henricus de ROIJ, Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1743)
- Maria Dominicus Zacharias Dominicus, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1718)
- Adrianus Saerens, Buggenhout
- Adriaen Willem Jacob van Ostaijen, Wuustwezel
- Lijsbeth Jacobs Cleijweg, Rotterdam
Died on Tuesday August 15, 1662
- Agnes Yoeman (70), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Agnes Yeomans (71), Newbury, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Macheltie Aerts Gorp, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
- Agnes Ann Yoeman (69), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
- Geertruid Elbertsdochter SPIEGEL (26), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Jan? Wijnen, Amerongen
- Jeanne Lefort, Villampuy, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Agnes Ann Yeoman (70), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Agnes (Ann) Wheeler (Yeoman) (70), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- Peter van Son
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 15, 1662 at Delpher
Born on August 15
- 1589 » Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania († 1613)
- 1607 » Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg († 1658)
- 1608 » Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician († 1652)
- 1613 » Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar († 1692)
- 1615 » Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise († 1688)
- 1652 » John Grubb, American politician († 1708)
- 1702 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician († 1788)
- 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
- 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
- 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
Died on August 15
- 1507 » John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
- 1528 » Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
- 1552 » Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
- 1594 » Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
- 1621 » John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
- 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
- 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
- 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
- 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
- 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1662
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- February 1 » The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
- May 9 » The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
- August 24 » The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
- October 17 » Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
- December 1 » Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine.