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| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623).
- Francesco Andreini's The Penitent Magdalene is published.
- February 27 - Peace is reached between Russia and Sweden with the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War. Sweden gains Ingermanland and Karelia.
Births
- January 6 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
- May 23 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
- November 19 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
- Gerard Terborch, Dutch painter
- Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter
Deaths
- January 1 - Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
- January 17 - Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
- February 6 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
- April 4 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
- April 5 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer
- May 7 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (b. 1564)
- August 13 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
- August 30 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
- September 25 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1572)
- October 27 - Ralph Winwood, English politician
- November 10 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
- November 22 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1590)
- Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
- Pocahontas, Algonquian Indian princess
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