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Born on Saturday January 8, 1684
- Josina Praet, Denderhautem in de Sint-Amanduskerk
- Joanna Aans
- Johann Clemens GREEFF, Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Catrijntje GIESESTEIJN, Dordrecht
- Johanna van der Dussen
- Freda Dorothee VON SCHLEGEL, Merzien, Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt († 1767)
- Freda Dorothea von Schlegel († 1767)
- Conrardus Coenen, Eisden (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B) († 1714)
- Elske Lubbertsdr, Winschoten
- Margareta Crassingh, Groningen
Died on Saturday January 8, 1684
- Matthew Bentley (54), Middlesex County, Virginia Colony
- Hope Chipman (54), Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Franz Kettenring (54), Landsthul, Pfaiz, Bavaria, Germany
- Anna Justina Magirus (62), Steinheim am der Murr, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Hope Howland (54), Barnstable, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British America
- Magdalena Verelst (6), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jenneke Ariens van Eyk (33)
- Magdalena van Grimbergen, Sint Katharina Lombeek (B)
- Adriana Potters
- Madeleine (Magdalena) Van Grimbergen, Sint-Katherina-Lombeek
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 8, 1684 at Delpher
Born on January 8
- 1587 » Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1629)
- 1587 » Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic († 1616)
- 1589 » Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright († 1638)
- 1601 » Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author († 1658)
- 1628 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general († 1695)
- 1632 » Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist († 1694)
- 1635 » Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal († 1709)
- 1638 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter († 1665)
- 1735 » John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University († 1815)
- 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
Died on January 8
- 1557 » Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522)
- 1570 » Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)
- 1598 » John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
- 1642 » Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)
- 1664 » Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)
- 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
- 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
- 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
- 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
- 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1684
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- June 18 » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
- December 10 » Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.