In the year 1648, the Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnyov embarks on the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait, between Asia and North America (Jun), the Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War (Oct 24), France and the Netherlands agree to divide the Caribbean island of Saint Martin between them (Nov 11), rabbi Sabbatai Zevi declares himself the Messiah at Smyrna, Rembrandt paints Beggars at the Door - and all these fine people were born:
1648-xxxx John Rogerson* Dutch-Irish politician/ merchant/property developer - Dutch Republic (1724/c.75)
1648-xxxx Esbjörn Olssen Trabeen** (b Thraeben) ferrryman (Helsingör-Helsingborg)/father of Carl Esbjörnsson Skotte- Helsingborg, Denmark-Norway (1679/26-35)
1648-0101 Matthijs Wulfraet* painter - Arnhem, Dutch Republic (1727/79)
1648-0201 Elkanah Settle* poet/playwright - Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England (1724/76)
1648-0223 Arabella Churchill* mistress of King James II/the mother of four of his children (surnamed FitzJames, that is, “son of James”) - England (1730/82)
1648-0307 Jakob Gyllenborg* (b Wollimhaus) politician/royal counselor - Uppsala, Sweden (1701/53)
1648-0331 Sebastiaen van Aken (B) Flemish historical painter - Mechelen (1722/74)
1648-0404 Grinling Gibbons* Anglo-Dutch sculptor/wood carver - Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (1721/73)
1648-0406 Wilhelm Johan Quensel* lawyer - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1727/79)
1648-0523 Johan Teyler* painter - Nijmegen, Dutch Republic (c.1709/c.61)
1648-0618 Petrus Houttuyn* botanist - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1709/60)
1648-0702 Arp Schnitger* organ builder - Schmalenfleth, Hoy Roman Empire (1719/71)
1648-0719 Gabriel Wallenius* priest/librarian active in Finland - Västerås, Sweden (1690/41)
1648-0805 Guichard Joseph Duverney* anatomist - Feurs, France (1730/82)
1648-0809 Johann Michael Bach (B) German organist/composer/father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach - Arnstadt, Thuringia (1694/45)
1648-0903 Sarah Cloyce (B) (b Towne) accused of witchcraft - Salem, Massachusetts (1703/c.55)
1648-1011 Carl Bonde* royal counselor/ambassador - Stockholm, Sweden (1699/51)
1648-1112 Juana Inés de la Cruz* nun/writer/philosopher - San Miguel Nepantia, New Spain (1695/46)
1648-1215 Gregory King* genealogist/ engraver/statistician - Lichfield, England (1712/63)
Updated 30.3.2023-1
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