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Hamnet Shakespeare
(William Shakespeare's Son)
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2
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stratford-upon-Avon
Died: July 31, 1596
2
Cardinal Richelieu
(French Clergyman and First Minister of State (1624 - 1642))
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10
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 4, 1642
3
Heinrich Schütz
(German Early Baroque Composer and Organist)
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bad Köstritz, Germany
Died: November 6, 1672
4
John Cotton
(Theologian & Preacher)
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3
Listed In: Preachers
Birthdate: 4th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Derbyshire, England
Died: December 23, 1652
5
John Rolfe
(English settlers of North America)
2
2
Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Heacham, United Kingdom
Died: 1622 AD
6
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
(Former Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Finchingfield, Essex, England
Died: October 4, 1646
7
Uriel Acosta
(Philosopher)
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2
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Cornelius Jansen
(Dutch Catholic Bishop Best Remembered as the Father of a Theological Movement Called 'Jansenism')
2
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Acquoy, Netherlands
Died: May 6, 1638
9
Zacharias Janssen
(Spectacle-maker)
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0
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Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin
(Polymath)
1
0
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Malmö Municipality, Sweden
Died: July 13, 1629
11
Siti Wan Kembang
(Queen)
0
0
12
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill
(Soldier)
1
0
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William Rowley
(Dramatist)
0
0
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Jacques Lemercier
(French Architect)
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0
Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Pontoise, France
Died: January 13, 1654
15
Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc
(Trader)
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0
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Died: 1636 AD
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Gerbrand Bredero
(Dutch Poet and Playwright)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: August 23, 1618
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William Lithgow
(Traveler)
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0
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Luis Carrillo y Sotomayor
(Poet)
0
0
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Claude Favre de Vaugelas
(Grammarian)
2
2
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died: February 26, 1650
20
Hendrick Avercamp
(Painter)
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0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: May 15, 1634
21
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses
(Novelist)
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0
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Louis Cappel
(Scholar)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saumur, France
Died: June 18, 1658
23
William Drummond of Hawthornden
(The First Notable Poet in Scotland to Write Deliberately in English)
1
1
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Midlothian, Scotland
Died: December 4, 1649
24
Anna of Tyrol
(Queen)
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1
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Innsbruck, Austria
Died: December 14, 1618
25
John George I, Elector of Saxony
(Elector of Saxony)
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2
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: October 8, 1656
