What Happened In History Year 1617

Historical Events for the Year 1617

• 27th February » Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.

Famous Birthdays in 1617

• 6th January » Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (d. 1673)
• 8th March » Tito Livio Burattini, Italian inventor, architect, Egyptologist, scientist, engineer (d. 1681)
• 23rd May » Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)

Famous Deaths in History for 1617

• 1st January » Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
• 17th January » Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop (b. 1551)
• 4th February » Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
• 6th February » Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
• 4th April » John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)
• 5th April » Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
• 24th April » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 7th May » David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
• 13th August » Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (b. 1540)
• 25th September » Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
• 25th September » Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548)
• 27th October » Ralph Winwood, English politician, Secretary of State (England) called English Secretary of State (b. 1563)
• 10th November » Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)
• 22nd November » Ahmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1590)

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