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Historical Event(s)
– King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
– Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
– The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
– End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).
Who Were Born On ?
– William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
– John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)
– Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
– Michael of Poland (d. 1673)
– Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
– Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
– Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
– Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
– Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)
– (baptism date) – Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist (d. 1689)