- 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]
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