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December 20, 1636
Born on Sunday December 21, 1636
- Johannes van Hartoghvelt, Amsterdam
- Maria Adriaen Huybrechts Suijckerbuijck, Nispen-Essen († 1644)
- Arichjen Crijnen -, Goudriaan, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Maria Callis, van, Meijel,, Limburg, Nederland
- Maria Janssen, Meijel
- Andries Huijbrecht Cornelis Peter van der Heijden, Rijsbergen
- Foort van de Plas, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
- Otto Schrassert, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Asse Deddes, Noordbroek
- Elisabeth Simon Quirijnen, Wuustwezel (B) († 1638)
Died on Sunday December 21, 1636
- Nn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Neeltje Crijnen Vellecooper (=alias) (45)
- Catharina Davidsdr Buijs (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna van Mansfeld (73)
- Anna van Mansfeld (73)
- Neeltge Crijnen (41)
- Barber Cornelisd STOUT (26)
- Pieter Jacobsz Touw (34)
- Neeltge CRIJNSD (45)
- John Gore (75), London
Born on December 21
- 1505 » Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician († 1550)
- 1538 » Luigi d'Este, Catholic cardinal († 1586)
- 1542 » Thomas Allen, English mathematician and astrologer († 1632)
- 1550 » Man Singh I, Mughal noble († 1614)
- 1596 » Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint († 1646)
- 1603 » Roger Williams, English minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1684)
- 1615 » Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colonial governor († 1678)
- 1672 » Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer († 1737)
- 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
- 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
Died on December 21
- 1504 » Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (b. 1442)
- 1536 » John Seymour, English courtier (b. 1474)
- 1549 » Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
- 1581 » Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1502)
- 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
- 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
- 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
- 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
- 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
- 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
Names that were popular for boys in 1636
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- John
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Thomas
- Willem
- Jean
- Johannes
- William
- Gerrit
- Leendert
- Jacobus
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1636
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Jeanne
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Sarah
- Trijntje
- Adriana
- Catherine
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1636
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 26 » Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- April 30 » Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
- October 4 » Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- October 28 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
- December 13 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.