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Historical Event(s)
– Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699)
– Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
– Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
– Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
– King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
– Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
– Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
– Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
– John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal (d. 1719)
– Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)