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Historical Event(s)
– Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.
– Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population.
– Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
Who Were Born On ?
– Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
– Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
– Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
– Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
– Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (d. 1695)
– Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
– Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French governor of New France (d. 1698)
– Claude-Jean Allouez, French missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
– Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
– King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)