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Historical Event(s)
– Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
– The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
– The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.
– The Swedish warship ship sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
– Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
– The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
Who Were Born On ?
– François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
– Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
– François Girardon, French sculptor (d. 1715)
– Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)
– Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
– Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of Tyrol (d. 1662)
– Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
– John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
– John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
– Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)