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Historical Event(s)
– Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
– English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
– English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
– Thirty Years’ War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
– Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
– Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
Who Were Born On ?
– Johann Aegidius Bach, German violist (d. 1716)
– William “Captain” Kidd, Scottish sailor (d. 1701)
– Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
– Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
– Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)