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Historical Event(s)
– English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
– James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
– England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
– The University of Kiel is founded.
– Battle of Ambuila, in which Portuguese forces defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
– The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
– The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
Who Were Born On ?
– Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714)
– Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
– Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
– Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
– James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)
– Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
– Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
– John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
– Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
– George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)