| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 24 |
Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) |
Mar 6 |
Cyrano de Bergerac, French playwright (Voyage to the Moon), known for his large nose |
Apr 21 |
John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony) |
May 24 |
Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter |
Jun 7 |
Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist/historian |
Jun 24 |
Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies) |
Aug 6 |
Barbara Strozzi, composer |
Aug 15 |
Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate |
Aug 29 |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron |
Sep 17 |
John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader |
Oct 8 |
Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) |
Nov 3 |
Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter (still lifes) |
Nov 7 |
Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) |
Nov 15 |
Philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher |
Dec 17 |
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, soldier/chemist/engraver/mathematician, commander in the English Civil War and first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, (d. 1682) |
Dec 28 |
Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) |
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