Famous Birthdays Jan 17 Pieter van Bloemen [Standaart], Flemish landscape painter, baptized in Antwerp (d. 1720) Jan 18 Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Prince of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (1664-96), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1696) Born in 1657 Dec 1656 History by Year Feb 1657 What Happened in 1657 Flushing RemonstranceDecember 27, 1657