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Historical Event(s)
– Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
– City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.
– The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
– A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
– The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Hale, pastor during the Salem witch hunt (d.1700)
– Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
– Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
– Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
– Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)