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Historical Event(s)
– The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo.
– An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
– The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
– The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
– The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
– Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
– A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (d. 1740)
– Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
– Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Florentine patroness of the arts, the last scion of the House of Medici (d. 1743)
– Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
– Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
– Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
– Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
– Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d. 1745)
– William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752)
– Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)