Events

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623).
• Francesco Andreini's The Penitent Magdalene is published.
• February 27 - Peace is reached between Russia and Sweden with the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War. Sweden gains Ingermanland and Karelia.

Births

• January 6 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
• May 23 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
• November 19 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
• Gerard Terborch, Dutch painter
• Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter

See also Category:1617 births.

Deaths

• January 1 - Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
• January 17 - Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
• February 6 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
• April 4 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
• April 5 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer
• May 7 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (b. 1564)
• August 13 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
• August 30 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
• September 25 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1572)
• October 27 - Ralph Winwood, English politician
• November 10 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
• November 22 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1590)
• Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
• Pocahontas, Algonquian Indian princess

See also Category:1617 deaths.

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