1606

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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s

Years: 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 - 1606 - 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611


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[edit] Births

  • February 12 - John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
  • March 3 - Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687)
  • May 23 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
  • May 25 - Saint Charles Garnier, Jesuit missionary (died 1649)
  • June 6 - Pierre Corneille, French author (died 1684)
  • June 16 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (died 1675)
  • June 19 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (died 1649)
  • July 15 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter (died 1669)
  • September 22 - Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (died 1645)
  • November 12 - Jeanne Mance, French settler in Montreal (died 1673)
  • Richard Busby, English clergyman (died 1695)
  • Leonard Calvert, governor of Baltimore (died 1647)
  • Edmund Castell, English orientalist (died 1685)
  • William Davenant, English poet and playwright (died 1668)
  • Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (died 1680)
  • Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680)
  • Thomas Harrison, English puritan soldier and Fifth Monarchist (died 1660)
  • Thomas Herbert, English traveller and historian (died 1682)
  • John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (died 1685)
  • Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (died 1658)
  • Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (died 1688)
  • Tokugawa Tadanaga, Japanese nobleman (died 1633)
  • Thomas Washbourne, English clergyman and poet (died 1687)


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