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Historical Event(s)
– The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
– Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
– The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
– Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
– Katakura Kagenaga (2nd) (d. 1681)
– King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
– Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
– Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
– Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. 1714)
– Empress Eleanor Gonzaga of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
– Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
– Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665)