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May 15, 1679Born on Tuesday May 16, 1679
- Berent Hagedoorn, Deventer († 1679)
- Ann ORANGE, Bolbec, Haute-Normandie, France († 1679)
- Conrad von Rosenthal, Wesel,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany († 1746)
- Koenraad Edele van Rosenthal, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1746)
- Amini Ruhamah “Ammi” Rusco, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1728)
- Ebenezer Eddy, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1756)
- Catherine Desjonyes, 24000 Périgueux F († 1756)
- Jean VANDAT, THIMISTER, Liège, Belgique
- Karl Friedrich Gottlieb of Castell-Remlingen, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg († 1743)
- Elisabeth de Puysseleer, Tielrode, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1679)
Died on Tuesday May 16, 1679
- Elizabeth De Berruyer (44), France
- Maria Janse Langendyck (45), Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States
- Cornelius Lambrechts Broomans (68), Loenhout (B)
- Jacob Frans 't Serclaes (28)
- Anna (Annetje) Michiels (43), Amersfoort
- Lubbert Gerritszn (43), Harderwijk
- Anne RICOUART (48), Airaines, 80270, Somme, Picardie, Hauts-de-France, France
- Mary Chilton (71), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- JOANNES VAN DEN BRANDEN (1), HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Jacob Cornelisse Poolse (36)
Born on May 16
- 1542 » Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman († 1580)
- 1606 » John Bulwer, British doctor († 1656)
- 1611 » Pope Innocent XI († 1689)
- 1641 » Dudley North, English economist and politician († 1691)
- 1710 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household († 1782)
- 1718 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1799)
- 1763 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist († 1829)
- 1788 » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator († 1866)
- 1801 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State († 1872)
- 1804 » Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten († 1894)
Died on May 16
- 1561 » Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (b. 1488)
- 1620 » William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
- 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
- 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
- 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
- 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
- 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
- 1778 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
- 1790 » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1679
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 24 » King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
- June 1 » The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
- August 7 » The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.