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Historical Event(s)
– Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
– In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
– The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.
– Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper.
– Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
– The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
– Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
– A Saxon army takes over Prague.
Who Were Born On ?
– Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712)
– René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
– Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
– John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
– John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
– William Stoughton, American jurist (d. 1701)
– Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
– Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)