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Historical Event(s)
– Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
– Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
– The formal inquest of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition begins.
– The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
– Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1702)
– Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703)
– Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
– Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
– Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
– Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
– Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
– James II of England and VII of Scotland (d. 1701)
– Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
– George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, British statesman (d. 1695)