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Historical Event(s)
– The Dutch East India Company is established.
– Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
– The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
– Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California.
– A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
Who Were Born On ?
– Per Brahe, Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
– Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
– John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
– Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
– Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661)
– Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
– Countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1675)
– William Chillingworth, English religious leader (d. 1644)
– Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. 1686)
– Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)