| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal |
Jan 14 |
Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India |
Jan 22 |
Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher |
Jan 27 |
Pierre de La Barre, composer |
Mar 28 |
Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius], Moravia, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer |
Apr 14 |
Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher |
Apr 20 |
John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author |
Apr 28 |
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral |
May 1 |
Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer |
May 8 |
Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) |
May 13 |
John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist |
Jun 13 |
Tobias Michael, composer |
Jul 10 |
Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) |
Jul 19 |
Erhard Buttner, composer |
Aug 12 |
Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) |
Aug 28 |
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) |
Oct 22 |
Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657) |
Nov 5 |
Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672) |
Nov 8 |
Domenico Mazzocchi, composer |
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