Chronology of Notable Births

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1620

January 5
  • Birth of Miklós Zrínyi Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief. [1]
February 15
  • Birth of François Charpentier French scholar/archaeologist. [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Friederich Wilhelm in Cölln; elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire. [1] [37]
April 24
  • Birth of John Graunt statistician, founder of science of demography. [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Pieter Neefs the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized. [1]
October 31
  • Birth of John Evelyn British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Peregrine White son of William and Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower. [1]

1621

March 7
  • Birth of Georg Neumark composer. [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Heinrich Schwemmer composer. [1]
March 31
  • Birth of Andrew Marvell England, poet (To His Coy Mistress). [1]

1622

January 1
  • Birth of Isaac Sweers Dutch Admiral/General/Civil rights activist. [1]
January 15
  • Birth of Molière France, dramatist (Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope) (baptized). [1]
January 20
  • Birth of Susanna van Baerle Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns. [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Johann Clauberg in Solingen; philosopher (Defensio Cartesiana (1652), Ars Etymologica Teutonum e Philosophiae (1663)). [37]
April 7
  • Birth of Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart. [1]

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April 12
  • Birth of Johann Christian Baron von Boyneburg in Eisenach; diplomat of the Archbishop-elector of Mainz, Philipp von Schönborn, principal negotiator of the League of the Rhine (1658). [37]
April 17
  • Birth of Henry Vaughan English poet (Silex Scintillans). [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Juan de Valdés Leal Spanish painter/sculptor. [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Kurt S Adeler Danish admiral/ship builder. [1]

1623

January 31
  • Birth of François-Xavier de Laval Montmorency, consecrated the first bishop of Québec Canada in 1674. [1]
March 14
  • Birth of Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer. [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Jan Adam Reincken composer. [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Wallerand Vaillant painter/engraver, baptized. [1]
June 19
  • Birth of Blaise Pascal; mathematician/physicist/religious writer (dies 1662). [1] [5]

1624

January 3
  • Birth of William Tucker first Black child born in America. [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Arnold Geulincx South Netherlands, philosopher (About Virtue). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of François Roberday composer. [1]
August 5
  • Birth of William Jamestown Virginia, first black child born in English America. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler] German mystic (Saint Seelenlust). [1]

1625

June 8
  • Birth of Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered four satellites of Saturn. [1]

1626

January 25
  • Birth of John van de Cappelle Amsterdam, landscape painter. [1]
February 5
  • Birth of Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Jan van Kessel Flemish painter. [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Paul Hainlein composer. [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Aert Jansz van Nes Lieutenant-Admiral, baptised. [1]
May 27
  • Birth of William II prince of Orange/stadholder. [1]
October 4
  • Birth of Richard Cromwell lord protector of England (1658-59). [1]
December 8
  • In Stockholm, Kristina is born to King Gustav Adolf and Maria Eleonora. (She will become reigning Queen in 1644.) [7]

1627

January 25
  • Birth of Robert Boyle in Ireland; physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color). [1] [5]
January 28
  • Birth of Alfonso Marsh composer. [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Johann Caspar Kerll composer. [1]
April 9
  • Birth of Johann Kaspar Kerll composer. [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Anne of Orléans duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle). [1]

1628

January 1
  • Birth of Christoph Bernhard German composer. [1]
January 8
  • Birth of François de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Luxembourg, French soldier. [1]
January 13
  • Birth of Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of George Villiers second duke of Buckingham England. [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Constantine Huygens Junior Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist. [1]
March 17
  • Birth of Daniel van Papenbroeck [Papebrochius], Flemish historian. [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Constantin Christian Dedekind composer. [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Cornelis Evertsen de Young Vice Admiral of Zealand. [1]
November 28
  • Birth of John Bunyan England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Samuel Friedrich Capricornus composer. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Noel Coypel French painter. [1]

1629

March 19
  • Birth of Aleksei M Romanov first Romanov tsar of Russia. [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Juan José of Austria, Spanish General/Governor of Netherlands. [1]
April 14
  • Birth of Christiaan Huygens Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of John Commelin director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht). [1]
December 20
  • Birth of Pieter de Hoogh Dutch painter. [1]

1630

March 1
  • Birth of Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, baptized. [1]
March 24
  • Birth of José Saenz d'Aguirre Spanish cardinal. [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Charles II king of England (1660-85). [1]

1631

May 4
  • Birth of Mary I Henriette Stuart daughter of Charles I/Queen of England. [1]
August 19
  • Birth of John Dryden; first poet laureate of England (Absalom and Achitophel) (dies 1700). [1] [5]
December 28
  • Birth of Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist. [1]

1632

January 8
  • Birth of Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf in Dorfchemnitz, Saxony; developer of the concept of "natural law". [1] [37]
February 18
  • Birth of Giovanni Battista Vitali composer. [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Thomas Osborne Duke of Leeds, English Prime Minister (1690-94)/founder (Tories). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lully Florence Italy, composer. [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Georg Caspar Weckler composer. [1]
August 29
  • Birth of John Locke England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance. [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Christopher Wren England, astronomer/great architect. [1]
October 24
  • Birth of Antony van Leeuwenhoek Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions). [1]
October 31
  • Birth of Jan Vermeer Holland, painter (Procuress, The Astronomer). [1]
November 24
  • Birth of Benedict de "Baruch" Spinoza Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher. [1]
November 28
  • Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lully Florence Italy, composer (Bellerophen). [1]

1633

January 31
  • Birth of Nathaniel Crew English bishop (Durham). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Jan de Baen portrait painter/etcher. [1]
February 23
  • Birth of Samuel Pepys London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs). [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Werner Fabricius composer. [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban French fortress architect. [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Joseph de La Barre composer. [1]
October 14
  • Birth of James II king of England (1685-88). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Adriaen Melar Flemish engraver, baptised. [1]
  • Birth of Willem van de Velde the Young Dutch seascape painter, baptised. [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Charles E Biset Flemish painter, baptised. [1]

1634

January 25
  • Birth of Gaspar Fagel lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88). [1]
March 16
  • Birth of Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette novelist. [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Balthasar Bekker Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of Albertine Agnes princess of Orange-Nassau. [1]
December 1
  • Birth of John-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien] Flemish painter. [1]

1635

January 10
  • Birth of Willem à Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion). [1]
January 13
  • Birth of Philip Jakob Spener; founded German pietism. [37]
February 25
  • Birth of Walraad the Elder, Dutch field marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen. [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter. [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Willem van Outhoorn Dutch Governor-General (Dutch East Indies). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Philippe Quinault French playwright (L'amant indiscret). [1]
July 18
  • In Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, Robert Hooke is born; physicist. [1] [53]

1636

February 12
  • Birth of Herman Witsius [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist. [1]
November 11
  • Birth of Yen Jo-chu Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty. [1]

1637

February 10
  • Birth of Henriëtte Catharina van Nassau Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry. [1]
February 12
  • Birth of John Swammerdam Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of John van der Heyden Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Valentin Molitor composer. [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Philip J van Lichtenbergh Governor of Suriname, baptized. [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Barnardo Pasquini composer. [1]

1638

January 1
  • Birth of Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres French poet/playwright. [1]
January 10
  • Birth of Niels Stensen Danish astronomer. [1]
January 12
  • Birth of Ernst R Tarhemberg Austrian field marshal (Turkish Wars). [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Sybilla Schwarz writer. [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Frederik Ruysch Dutch anatomist. [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer. [1]
September 5
  • Birth of Louis XIV the Great, King of France, the Sun King (1643-1715). [1] [497.56]
December 17
  • Birth of Johann Ulrich Sultzberger composer. [1]

1639

January 19
  • Birth of Noël Alexandre French theologian/historian. [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Jean-Baptiste Racine French dramatist (Andromaque) (baptized). [1]

1640

April 22
  • Birth of Mariana Alcoforado Portugal, nun. [1]
June 9
  • Birth of Leopold I in Vienna; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. [1] [37]

1641

January 18
  • Birth of François Michel le Tellier French statesman (Marquis de Louvois). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Nicolaas Witsen etcher/mayor (Amsterdam). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of Dudley North financier/economist. [1]

1642

January 2
  • Birth of Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Georg Schmezer composer. [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Gerard Callenbach Dutch Admiral. [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Christian Weise German writer (Niederländische Bauer). [1]

1643

January 4
  • Birth of Isaac Newton in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; physicist/mathematician/astronomer (Laws of Motion and Gravity) (dies 1727). [5] (December 25, 1642 [1] [767.52])
February 25
  • Birth of Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Karl IV (Charles V) Leopold in Vienna, Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Austrian Field Marshal who successfully defended Vienna against the attacking Turks in 1683. [1] [37]
December 22
  • Birth of Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle France, French explorer (Louisiana). [1]

1644

January 10
  • Birth of Louis Boufflers marshall of France. [1]
March 18
  • Birth of Gottfried Wegner composer. [1]
April 17
  • Birth of Abraham Jansz Storck painter, baptized. [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Thomas Eisenhut composer. [1]
August 12
  • Birth of Heinrich Biber in Wartenberg, Bohemia, Austrian Empire; composer and violinist, court musician for the Archbishop of Salzburg. [37]
September 25
  • Birth of Olaus Rímer Denmark, first to accurately measure speed of light. [1]
October 14
  • Birth of William Penn English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania. [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Philips van Almonde; Dutch Zeeuws Lieutenant-Admiral. [1]

1645

December 27
  • Birth of Giovanni Adb Viscardi Swiss architect, baptized. [1]

1646

April 4
  • Birth of Antoine Galland French oriëntalist/interpreter. [1]
July 1
  • Birth of Gottfried Leibniz in Leipzig; German mathematician/philosopher, inventor of differential and integral calculus, postulated monads. [1] [37]
August 19
  • Birth of John Flamsteed first astronomer royal of England. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Harald Vallerius composer. [1]

1647

January 2
  • Birth of Nathaniel Bacon leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia (1676). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Konrad Hoffler composer. [1]
May 3
  • Birth of John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes poet (Bellone aen bant). [1]

1648

February 3
  • Birth of Louis Bouteiller composer. [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Grinling Gibbons sculptor/woodcarver. [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Ferdinand van Kessel Flemish painter. [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon French mystic (quiétisme). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of John Luyken poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Pedro II King of Portugal (1683-1706). [1]
December 15
  • Birth of Gregory King English statistician (Natural and Political Observations). [1]

1649

February 2
  • Birth of Benedict XIII [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30). [1]
February 23
  • Birth of John Blow composer of first English opera (Venus and Adonis) (baptized). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Johann Philipp Krieger in Nürnberg; composer, court organist at Bayreuth (1670), music director at Halle and Weissenfels (1680+). [37] (February 27 [1])
April 5
  • Birth of Elihu Yale England, philanthropist founded Yale. [1]
April 9
  • Birth of James Scott Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II. [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Andreas Kneller composer. [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Johann Valentin Meder composer. [1]
July 23
  • Birth of Pope Clement XI (dies 1721). [5]

End of 1620-1649. Next: 1650.

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