- March 19
- Birth of Alonzo Cano Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Athanasius Kircher German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern). [1]
- August 17
- Birth of Pierre de Fermat mathematician who needed wider margins. [1]
- September 27
- Birth of Louis XIII king of France (1610-43). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Jose Ximenez composer. [1]
1602
- January 6
- Birth of Karl Rabenhaupt German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader. [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Franciscus van de Enden Flemish Jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza. [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer. [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of John Lightfoot English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae). [1]
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- April 2
- Birth of Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel] Spanish franciscan. [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Johann Neukrantz composer. [1]
- April 30
- Birth of William Lilly England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler. [1]
- July 14
- Birth of Guilio Mazarini in Rome, Italy; French cardinal, French first Minister (1642-61). [1] [1206.39]
- November 20
- Birth of Otto von Guericke in Magdeburg; invented an air pump in 1650, first to learn that light travels through a vacuum, but sound does not, first to demonstrate that a vacuum can exist, built the world's first electric generator in 1663. [1] [37]
1603
- February 1
- Birth of Michael Trumper composer. [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Stephan Otto composer. [1]
- April 3
- Birth of William Smith composer. [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Francesco Nigetti composer. [1]
1604
- January 4
- Birth of Jacob Balde German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Johan IV composer/king of Portugal (1640-56). [1]
- August 5
- Birth of John Eliot "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator. [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Ambrosius Reiner composer. [1]
1605
- February 1
- Birth of Isaac Aboab de Fonseca Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic. [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Louis de Vadder Flemish painter. [1]
- Birth of Philip IV king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Giacomo Carissimi composer. [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Orazio Benevoli composer. [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Nikon [Nikita Minin] patriarch of Russian-orthodox church. [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Li Tzu-ch'eng Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor. [1]
- October 19
- Birth of Thomas Browne British writer (Garden of Cyrus). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Juan de Padilla composer. [1]
1606
- March 3
- Birth of Edmund Waller England, poet (Penshust). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Lorenzo Lippi [Perlone Zipoli] poet/painter. [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Pierre Corneille France, dramatist (Le Cid, Horace). [1]
- July 15
- Birth of Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Christoph Schultze composer. [1]
1607
- January 31
- Birth of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby. [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Abraham Megerle composer. [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer. [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Johann Rist composer. [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch Rear Admiral (Saint Vincent, Dune). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Georg Philipp Harsdörfer in Nürnberg; Baroque poet (Pegnesisches Schäfergedicht (1644)) and theorist, a founder of the Pegnitzer Hirtengesellschaft literary society, author (Poetischer Trichter, die Teutsche Dicht und Reimkunst, ohne Behuf der Lateinischen Sprache, in sechs Stunden einzugiessen). [1] [37]
- November 26
- Birth of John Harvard England, clergyman/scholar, major benefactor to Harvard University (library and half his estate). [1]
1608
- April 25
- Birth of Jean duke of Orléans brother of French King Louis XIII/General. [1]
- July 13
- Birth of Ferdinand III in Graz, Austria; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire during the 30 Years' War, agreed to the Peace of Westphalia which ended the war. [37]
- December 6
- Birth of George Monck/Monk English general/Governor of Scotland. [1]
- December 9
- Birth of John Milton London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost). [1]
1609
- January 30
- Birth of Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austrian chancellor (-1674). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of John Suckling English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier. [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/Prime Minister (1660-67). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Hadji Chalfa/Kâtib Tsjelebi Turkish literary (Djihannüma). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Michael Franck composer. [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Frederick III king of Denmark and Norway (1648-70), absolutist. [1]
- March 21
- Birth of Jan II Kazimierz cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Ferdinand Austria, cardinal of Spain/Governor of Netherlands. [1]
1610
- February 13
- Birth of Jean de la Badie French divine, founder of the Lagardists. [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Johann B Schup [Schuppius] German poet/historian. [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Hasegawa Tohaku Japanese painter. [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni] Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer. [1]
- December 15
- Birth of David Teniers II Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Charles Du Fresne Du Cange French scholar/philologist. [1]
1611
- January 7
- Birth of James Harrington England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Johannes Hevelius Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Andries de Graeff mayor of Amsterdam (1657-71). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Evliya Çelebi in Istanbul; author (Seyahatname 10 volumes, travel writing). [1516.29]
- April 9
- Birth of Giacomo Maria Predieri composer. [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Carlo Rainaldi composer. [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi] Italy, 240th Roman Catholic Pope (1676-89). [1]
1612
- January 7
- Birth of Paul de La Pierre composer. [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Thomas Fairfax Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary General. [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia. [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Antoine Arnauld [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist. [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Thomas Killigrew English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Samuel Butler England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized). [1]
1613
- January 19
- Birth of Jacques Huyn composer. [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Johann Jakob Wolleb composer. [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Francois duc de la Rochefoucald Paris France, writer (Memoires). [1]
1614
- January 31
- Birth of Nicolas Saboly composer. [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Jacob Colijn(s) Dutch coat of arms painter. [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Franciscus Sylvius in Hanau; physician, concluded that the basis of life and disease is chemical and that chemical compounds can be used to treat disease. [37]
- April 8
- Birth of El Greco [Domenikos Theotokopoulos] Iráklion Crete Greece, painter (View of Toledo). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Hieronymus van Beverningk chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas. [1]
- Birth of Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer. [1]
1615
- January 14
- Birth of John Biddle English minister (Unitarian). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Cornelis Galle II Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised. [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli] Pope (1691-1700). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Pieter de Groot Dutch regent/diplomat. [1]
1616
- January 13
- Birth of Antoinette Bourignon Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic. [1]
- January 30
- Birth of William Sancroft Archbishop (Canterbury). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Jacques de Saint-Luc composer. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Kaspar Forster composer. [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Malachias Siebenhaar composer. [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer. [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Pietro Andrea Ziani composer. [1]
1617
- April 3
- Birth of Antimo Liberati composer. [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Elias Ashmole antiquary. [1]
1618
- January 1
- Birth of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]. [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Jan Six Dutch mayor of Amsterdam. [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Francesco M Grimaldi mathematician/physicist (light defraction). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Elisabeth Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess. [1]
1619
- February 24
- Birth of Charles Le Brun Paris, painter, designer (The Chancellor Séguier). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Cyrano de Bergerac famous nose, dramatist (A Voyage to the Moon). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of John A van Riebeeck colonial director/founder (Cape Colony). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Philips Wouwerman(s) Dutch painter. [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Rupert in Prague, son of Elector Frederick V and Elizabeth; prince of Palts, admiral, general, chemist, engraver, mathematician. [1458.11]
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