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Historical Event(s)
– Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.
– Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
– The Battle of Klushino between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War.
– John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
– Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
– French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
Who Were Born On ?
– Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
– Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer (d. 1673)
– William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
– Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
– Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
– Gabriel Lallemant, French-born Jesuit missionary (North American Martyrs) (d. 1649)
– Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
– James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)
– Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (d. 1680)
– Saint Vasilije (d. 1671)