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) 1656 Famous Birthdays by Year 1658