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1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1755 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic 1753 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized 1733 Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized 1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, Blue Boy, baptized 1723 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist, Wealth of Nations, baptized 1718 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker, baptized 1710 Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized 1689 Samuel Richardson, English novelist, Pamela, baptized 1687 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized 1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical professor, baptized 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer, Traite, baptized 1664 John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect, baptized 1662 Jan F van Bloom, Orizonte, Flemish painter, baptized 1657 Pieter van Bloemen, Standaart, Flemish painter, baptized 1655 Francois Fagel, Dutch Field Marshal, baptized 1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies 1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized 1644 Abraham Jansz Storck, painter, baptized 1640 Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized 1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized 1630 Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized 1623 Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized 1622 Thomas of Apshoven, Flemish painter, baptized 1622 Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized 1620 Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized 1618 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized] 1613 Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized 1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized 1599 Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter, Rokeby Venus, baptized 1598 Francisco de Zurbaran, Spain, Baroque painter, baptized 1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized 1597 Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzassisch painter, baptized 1591 Robert Herrick, England, poet, Gather ye rosebuds, baptized 1583 Orlando Gibbons, English composer, O Clap Your Hands, baptized 1581 Thomas Overbury, poet, baptized 1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist, Phylaster, baptized 1578 Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized 1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized 1571 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized 1564 William Shakespeare baptized |
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