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Historical Event(s)
– New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
– Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
– First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
– English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Who Were Born On ?
– Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
– Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
– Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria (d. 1697)
– Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
– Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
– Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat (d. 1728)
– John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
– Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
– Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
– Abraham van Riebeeck, Dutch territorial governor of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)