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Historical Event(s)
– English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
– Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
– Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
– King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
– Marriage contract between Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza.
– The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
– The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
– Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king’s musketeers.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
– Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)
– Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
– Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
– Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
– Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
– Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
– King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
– Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
– Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)