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June 7, 1684Born on Thursday June 8, 1684
- Gerrit Jans Stroomberg, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland († 1746)
- Damasius Kremers, Bingelrade
- Peter Hendriks Fuijtinck, Oude Pekela Groningen
- Derk Vunderink, Borculo
- Aukje Sijbes, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
- Cornelia Adriaen Tichel van, Loenhout, België
- Albertina de Cock, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Ariaantje VALKENBURG, Bruchem, 1239, Gelderland, Nederland
- Ariaentje van Valckenburg, Bruchem,5314,Zaltbommel,Gelderland,Nederland
- Cornelia van Tichelen(van Tichelt), Loenhout, België
Died on Thursday June 8, 1684
- Gaspard DESURMONT (68), Tourcoing, Nord, Frankrijk
- Abraham Stieler (56), DE-08340 Beierfeld
- Gerrit Jans de Haas (8)
- Henry CREYKE (48), Lancaster, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Leuntie Pieters van der Loos
- Hannah Bethia Cowdrey (39), Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Francisca STECULORUM (33), Westouter,8954,Vlaanderen, België
- Cornelis Sloetmaeckers (59), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Gerrit Jans STROOMBERG (7), Zwartsluis, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland
- Lydia Spencer (1), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 8, 1684 at Delpher
Born on June 8
- 1552 » Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author († 1638)
- 1593 » George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania († 1648)
- 1625 » Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer († 1712)
- 1671 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer († 1751)
- 1717 » John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island († 1795)
- 1724 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge († 1794)
- 1745 » Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer († 1818)
- 1757 » Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal († 1824)
- 1788 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky († 1869)
- 1810 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic († 1856)
Died on June 8
- 1600 » Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (b. 1565)
- 1611 » Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
- 1612 » Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1621 » Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
- 1628 » Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
- 1651 » Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1604)
- 1714 » Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
- 1727 » August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
- 1768 » Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
Names that were popular for boys in 1684
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jean
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- John
- Hendrik
- Johann
- Thomas
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1684
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Anne
- Mary
- Johanna
- Trijntje
- Jannetje
- Grietje
- Petronella
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.